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5.0 out of 5 stars
Great entry point into Denny's music, October 18, 2011
This review is from: Best of the BBC Recordings (Audio CD)
This was the first Sandy Denny album I purchased. I did have CDs of her early work with Fairport Convention, and I was looking for a compilation CD to learn whether or not I wanted to buy her solo work. This is one beautiful album, and now that I own her studio recordings as well, I can say that these live performances are, overall, my favorites. On most of the songs she accompanies herself on piano or guitar (the last two songs are with a band, which I find jarring after the meditative pieces which precede them). It's the Denny album I listen to most often. I love its version of "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?" which I think has more melancholy chords than the Fairport version (which is lovely, too, but in a completely different way). A few of the tunes on here which I prefer to the studio versions are "Next Time Around," "The Music Weaver," and "Bushes and Briars" - they seem more expressive and direct. Anyway - the album's a great starting place for looking into Denny's music.
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