Fotheringay [Import][Original recording remastered]

Fotheringay

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 11, 2004)
• Original Release Date: December 28, 2004
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Fledg'ling UK
• ASIN: B0002QPT3K
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #91,615 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Nothing More

2. Sea

3. Ballad of Ned Kelly

4. Winter Winds

5. Peace in the End

6. Way I Feel

7. Pond and the Stream

8. Too Much of Nothing

9. Banks of the Nile

10. Two Weeks Last Summer [Live][*]

11. Nothing More [Live][*]

12. Banks of the Nile [Live][*]

13. Memphis Tennessee [Live][*]

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Fotheringay's Only Album, the Beautiful Self Titled "Fotheringay" Has Long Been Regarded as One of the Finest Achievements of British Folk Rock. Released in 1970, Soon after Sandy Denny Left Fairport Convention, the Album Includes Some of her Finest Vocal Performances. For this Remastered Edition, Fledg'ling have Restored all the Elements of the Original Artwork, Added Four Bonus Tracks Recorded Live at the 1970 Rotterdam Pop Festival and Added Several Previously Unpublished Photographs.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

42 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars is that what you hear? the coming of the sea?, January 2, 2006

By	emperor nobody "il mio nome e nessuno" (california, USA) - See all my reviews

This is maybe my personal favorite English folk-rock album... beautiful songs, stunning arrangements, warm, enveloping production. The twin singing talents of husband and wife, Sandy Denny and Trevor Lucas. The utterly masterful, Clarence White-ish guitar of Jerry Donahue. A marvelously fluid rhythm section of Pat Donaldson on bass and Gerry Conway on drums. Near perfect covers of Gordon Lightfoot and Bob Dylan. Arguably Sandy's most beautiful and evocative song, "The Sea," featuring a breathing, tidelike arrangement that raises the impact of the song to the point that it makes you cry tears of joy. And of course, Sandy's jawdropping performance of the traditional ballad "The Banks of the Nile," one of the greatest songs against the horror of war that will ever be written.

Essential stuff, with some nice live tunes tacked on the end including a tremendous version of Sandy's "Nothing More," where her rare gift for tapping the most literal, direct emotions with the most oblique and indirect lyrics is on full display. Get this immediately, turn the lights down low and pour yourself a glass of wine, and let the exquisite, unequallable sound of her soul wash over you.

If you think that's a laughable hyperbole then you haven't heard Sandy Denny, one of the most singular, gorgeous singers and songwriters of all time.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars British Folk Rock Zenith, May 24, 2007

By	PHILIP S WOLF (SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CA. USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

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It is very rare to be able to express your thoughts about a Work of Artists that Achieve Something as Beautiful or Timeless as this Music that is Presented here as "Fotheringay". First Released in 1970, it in it's self is best and purest Example of "British Folk Rock". This Record stands as such a Grand Achievement due to Sandy Denny. Less than a year after the release of Fairport Convention's groundbreaking "Liege & Lief", this was her Moment, and for one reason or another it was all but ignored by the Masses.

These Finely Crafted Songs (Five by Sandy) and Trevor Lucas (Two) Stand up as well as anything from the Traditional Songbooks that other Folk Rock Bands were Raiding. It is almost a contradiction to have Music this Powerful to be so Played in Such a Gentle Manner, But it DOES work and that is why "Fotheringay" is so Unique. And when this Band performs the Work of other Artists;(Dylan & Gordon Lightfoot) it Blends in so well you are led to Believe that Sandy or Trevor wrote these Gems as well. That said, my Favorite Track on this record was always "The Way That I Feel".

I do think this is the Best Work of Sandy Denny's Career. Fotheringay contains some of her very best Compositions, and what can you say about her Voice? She was the Best Singer of her Day... and this CD is the Best of the Best. This Music belongs in any Music Collection.

This Version of this Classic Contains Four Bonus Tracks of the Band Live In Concert. The Live Material Echoes the Greatness of the Studio Versions and the Last Song: "Memphis Tennessee" is a Rocker that Previews Ms. Denny's next Project "The Bunch".

If you Enjoy Music, This CD will Floor You...FIVE STARS !!!

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Transitional, but good, October 2, 2005

By	William M. Feagin "music dealer/geek" (Upstate New York, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Sandy Denny's transition between her stay in Fairport Convention (now considered the pinnacle of that group's long career) and her own too short solo career, Fotheringay are one of the best-known also-rans of the English folk music scene. The late Trevor Lucas was Sandy's boyfriend, later her husband, and would himself join Fairport, along with Fotheringay guitarist Jerry Donahue, in 1972 following Simon Nicol's departure. For also-rans, however, Fotheringay managed to turn in a fine performance with this lone album.

Sandy gets a chance to flex her songwriting muscles a bit more fully on this album--"Nothing More," "The Sea," and "The Pond and the Stream" are fine examples of Sandy's often deeply personal style. The covers of Gordon Lightfoot's "The Way I Feel" and Dylan's "Too Much of Nothing" are very well executed also, but the true centerpiece of this album is the epic ballad "Banks of the Nile." This track could easily have fit in on Liege & Lief or Unhalfbricking, the albums on which Fairport began to make serious inroads into traditional British and Celtic folk music; Sandy, by contrast, only saw that album as an interesting one-off rather than a new career direction. Yet her interpretations of such traditional songs must have inspired her, because she'd write a number of songs in that style on her first two albums that rank among the best and most memorable songs Sandy would record.

In the meantime, spend a few bucks and take some time with this album; it's truly worth a listen.