Sandy Denny ... this is a shock to me

This now seems very judgemental, which it isn't meant to be.

I think I'll go and listen to "Who Knows Where the Time Goes" and weep a bit.

And 'No more sad refrains'; the last song on her last album...

Who likes the new re-releases, then?

I will buy them of course. Sigh.

he's not, because i'm not a very big sandy denny fan

At the end of the day (alternate take)
King & Queen of England (demo)
Like and Old Fashioned Waltz (with Fairport Converntion)
No End (solo piano version)

from 'Rendezvous'

Still waters run deep
Full moon
I'm a dreamer (demo)
Easy to slip
Moments

Oh, Mr.Miller... Arse, I should have remembered that before coming to London. Will sort out soon.

sigh.

There's precious few that line that road
She welled from deep and overflowed
There's no cup to hold the past
Too rich to drink, too rich to last
That's all

Well, you wish
But don't wish for me
As if a wish
Could cheat the fall
Oh just believe
And leave it be
There's beauty in what's brief
There's beauty in what's small
That's all

There's some who dare and some who shine
And some who only drag behind
And some who reap what others sow
When memories fail well who's to know

That's all. That's all there was.
Say Amen. Close the door.
She gave as much as she had to give
Oh please don't ask for more
Please don't ask for more
That's all.

that said, the fledg'ling label seems to be systematically making box sets (the artwork for which has been really spotty btw) for all the major artists of britfolk. but seeing as denny's original lps are being re-reissued one by one, i'm not sure a box set is really the best choice. in a way this project seems to date to the mid-90s heyday of box sets, when they all came in big boxes.

nice but too brief

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvdr_kilrw4

so did anyone grab that humongous sandy denny box set that was on sale mid-2010 then sold out in a few months? it was actually a bargain at about $150 but now you can only find it for upwards of $600. it's insane; pretty much everything she ever recorded.

Limited Edition 19 CD box set from the British Folk legend. Includes 11 CDs featuring Sandy's complete studio recordings with Alex Campbell, Johnny Silvo, Fotheringay, Strawbs, Fairport Convention and solo with additional content; outtakes, demos and live recordings. There are eight CDs of bonus material; unreleased songs, demos, unreleased BBC recordings, alternate takes, live recordings, acoustic versions, and rare radio interviews. Each CD is housed in an individual gatefold digipak sleeve. The box comes with a 72-page 11" square hardback book containing over 100 rare and mostly unseen photographs, Sandy's handwritten lyrics (many of which are unrecorded songs) and fascinating memorabilia. The box also contains a reproductions of a beautiful original Island press pack, an exceptionally rare A3 promo color poster for Northstar Grassman and the Ravens, a set of Postcards, the receipt for the purchase of her first piano and one of Sandy's handwritten notebooks.

i wonder, how did that box happen? i mean that has got to me one of the most--if not THE most--lavish major-label box sets ever.

Was this ever sold in stores or just online? I never saw one, but there aren't any real record stores left where I live.

It wasn't an online-only release, shops could have had copies if they bought them via pre-sales from the distributor, but the numbers were very limited, hence the currently ridiculous prices.

there's a new deluxe ed of northstar grassman coming on in sept that features a second disc of stuff that was on the box set

http://www.amazon.com/North-Grassman-Ravens-Sandy-Denny/dp/B004XAD0U0/ref=ntt_mus_ep_dpi_1

just read this today, don't really know who this person is?
In late 2010 Thea Gilmore was commissioned by Sandy [Denny]’s estate, in conjunction with Island Records, to write melodies for unfinished manuscripts, lyrics without music, and works in progress and so to finally bring some of Sandy’s last works to the world.

You honestly didn't know she was a boozehound? Why do you think she fell down those stairs?

The North Star... reissue was mentioned a few weeks ago in this other Sandy Denny thread, which has tended to be the home of recent discussions... There Is No Proper Sandy Denny Thread! I Love Her. I Will Always Love Her.

yeah that thread is better
clip above is interesting -- is there a sandy denny documentary in the works? uploader is "sandyfilm2011"

ok. so i saw listed for sale a japanese "4 CD" box set edition of sandy's "north star grassman and the ravens" album. i can't find any trace of such a thing on the web.

does anyone know what this is or might be??

this one?

http://www.amoeba.com/buy-stuff/detail/sandy-denny/the-north-star-grassman-and-the-ravens-mini-lp-box-set-cd--38193.html

looks like it's four albums, not a 4 disc set of one

that must be it. weird.

Yeah, they do this in Japan for CD reissues:

Create a 'box' based on one of the albums, then fill it with that album plus a number of other albums by the same artist, usually from around the same time. Always "lp facsimiles".

I have one for the Rolling Stones. They are particular in re-presenting all the original inserts, posters (if applicable), and inner sleeves. I have the "London Singles" with four LP minicovers inside, but they still 'compile' the tracks onto three CDs.