Sandy Denny and the Strawbs

Infobox Album
Name = Sandy Denny and the Strawbs
Type = compilation
Artist = Sandy Denny and the Strawbs


Released = start date|1991
Recorded = start date|1967 Copenhagen, Denmark
Genre = folk rock, progressive folk, bluegrass
Length = 36:54
Label = Hannibal
Producer = Gustav Winckler
Compiler = Joe Boyd
Reviews =
Chronology = Strawbs
Last album = "Preserves Uncanned"
(1990)
This album = "Sandy Denny and the Strawbs"
(1991)
Next album = "Ringing Down the Years"
(1991)

"Sandy Denny and the Strawbs" is a compilation album of songs by Strawbs, recorded at the time when Sandy Denny was in the band line-up. The album is a reworking of tapes recorded by the band in Copenhagen in the late 60's and released on the Pickwick budget label in 1973 under the name "All Our Own Work". The track listing on this album is slightly different and some of the songs now have string arrangements added.

Track listing

ide one

#"Nothing Else Will Do" (Dave Cousins) – 2:25
#"Who Knows Where the Time Goes" (Sandy Denny) – 4:09
#"How Everyone But Sam Was a Hypocrite" (Cousins) – 2:48
#"Sail Away to the Sea" (Cousins) – 3:23
#"And You Need Me" (Cousins) – 3:18
#"Poor Jimmy Wilson" (Cousins) – 2:35

ide two

#"All I Need Is You" (Cousins) – 2:23
#"Tell Me What You See in Me" (Cousins) – 3:41
#"I've Been My Own Worst Friend" (Cousins) – 2:42
#"On My Way" (Cousins) – 3:07
#"Two Weeks Last Summer" (Cousins) – 2:06
#"Always on My Mind" (Tony Hooper) – 1:53
#"Stay while With Me" (Cousins) – 2:24

Personnel

*Sandy Denny – lead vocals, backing vocals, guitar
*Dave Cousins – lead vocals, backing vocals, guitar, banjo
*Tony Hooper – lead vocals, backing vocals, guitar
*Ron Chesterman – double bass

with

*Ken Gudmand – drums
*Cy Nicklin – sitar

Other

*Svend Lundvig - string arrangement on 2, 5, 7, 13

Recording

Recorded in Copenhagen, Denmark 1967.

The liner notes state "The original 1967 sessions" although the liner notes for "All Our Own Work" state August 1968. This is a discrepancy as both albums derive from the same source recordings. Joe Boyd writes he and Denny listened to a white label pressing of the album shortly before the release of "Sgt. Pepper" (June 1967).

*Gustav Winckler – producer
*Ivar Rosenberg – engineer
*Karl Emil Knudsen – co-ordination

Release history

References

* [http://www.strawbsweb.co.uk/@f/f_sandy.htm "Sandy Denny and the Strawbs" on Strawbsweb]
* [http://no-more-sad-refrains.tripod.com/sandyandthestrawbs.html "Sandy Denny and the Strawbs" on "Sandy Denny - No More Sad Refrains"]

ee also

*All Our Own Work