Customer Reviews
Rare beauty - By: D. J. H. Thorn, 13 Dec 2007 
Listening to Sandy Denny's voice makes you realise how much the music industry short-changes us these days. Sublime & unaffected, young yet embedded with wisdom, it sweeps you away like none of today's wannabes ever will. 'Sandy' also benefits from first class arrangements, production & musicianship, with Richard Thompson & Dave Swarbrick adding valuable guitar & violin respectively. Sneaky Pete contributes some of his best pedal steel playing too, lending a country tinge to some of the tracks. By & large, this is folk at the edge of rock. 'It'll Take A Long Time' is an expansive, epic opening, while Denny's take on 'Tomorrow Is A Long Time' is one of the best Dylan covers you'll hear.
There are many breathtaking passages, such as the multi-tracked vocal on 'Quiet Joys Of Brotherhood,' unaccompanied until the momentous pause at which Dave Swarbrick takes over. The mandolin landscape of 'Listen Listen' is another. All but two of the songs are Denny's own. While they're all very good, it's the manner of their execution that gives this album an extra edge. If Celine, Mariah or Whitney is the extent of your female vocal experience, buy this & discover what a great artist really is.
"Sandy" by Sandy Denny - By: M. R. Barnes, 29 May 2007 I was latein developing my music tastes & at 16 first heard Led Zep's Battle of Evermore & asked who is this female singer? Then I bought "Sandy" & the songs captured everything I wanted to hearin an album. Each track is perfect. Linda Thompson on backing vocals on the Dylan track & then multi tracking her own voice on "Quiet Joys of Brotherhood" & Dave Swarbrick's solo violin, not to mention Richard Thompson's guitar work. What could be better & the production is a great credit to Trevor Lucas. "The Lady" I have several versions & am amazed that it is not more covered by other artists like "Who knows where the time goes?"
It is far the best album that Sandy ever made being my favourite yet the others are of outstanding quality that should not be missed.
Listen to "Listen Listen" & then the French version "Ecoute Ecoute" & the performance does not change, try the former with a bottle of English wine Three Choirs & the latter with Cote du Duras.
This album took me onto Fairport including "Holidays" & "Rising for the moon" & more Sandy Denny & more Fairport without her. So I am forever grateful for buying this album backin 1978 & now again remastered with bonus tracks.
Recently I heard Simon Nicol performing an excellent version of "Who knows where the time goes?" & I hope that he will look at Sandy's other songs & champion these as well. You cannot replace her but you can leave it to her band mates to do her songs the justice they deservein her untimely absence.
I am very surprised that the BBC have not yet dedicated a program about her life & music which is long long overdue.
So buy this CD & her others with & without Fairport & not to mention the brilliant & outstanding Fotheringay.
Sandy's greatest ever performance - By: Siriam, 26 Nov 2005 While individual tracks (especially with the Fairports) may shine brighter, as a totality this was definitely Sandy's greatest LP. The recording & production are excellent throughout & after all these years when familiar with her other work one can still sense this should have been the big one. Not a single duff track & it would seem that lack of skilful promotion was the reason for the major breakthrough not happening.
However at the same time with the gift of retrospect & the story of Sandy now better known & understood through biographies, one suspects that the lady while very strong willed would never have been suited for 1970s super stardom.
Just listen & enjoy a timeless masterpiece.
SANDY re-issued CD on Island - By: , 03 May 2005 Absolutely superb re-mastering by Denis Blackham at Skye Mastering.
The quintessential Sandy Denny CD with 5 extra tracks.
A big improvement over earlier issues of this album.
Go buy...
