A Boxful of Treasures [Box set] [Live]

A Boxful of Treasures [Box set] [Live]

Track Listings
Disc: 1

1. 3.10 to Yuma

2. She Moves Through the Fair

3. Boxful of Treasure

4. They Don't Seem to Know You

See all 19 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Si Tu Dois Partir

2. Cajun Woman

3. Ballad of Easy Rider

4. Sailor's Life

See all 16 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. North Star Grassman and the Ravens

2. Next Time Around

3. Blackwaterside

4. Sea Captain

See all 18 tracks on this disc

Disc: 4

1. Whispering Grass

2. Solo

3. At the End of the Day

4. Like an Old Fashioned Waltz

See all 18 tracks on this disc

Disc: 5

1. One Way Donkey Ride

2. I'm a Dreamer

3. Take Me Away

4. Rising for the Moon

See all 17 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
The most comprehensive portrait of one of England's finest singer/songwriters. A deluxe five CD long format box-set. Includes such previously unreleased gems as 'Silver Threads & Golden Needles' (outtake from 'Fotheringay'), 'Losing Game' ((Duet with Jess Roden), 'She Moves Through The Fair' (live duet with Dave Swarbick), plus many alternate takes & demo versions, with & without Fotheringay, Fairport Convention, & more. 56-color booklet with a forward by Richard Thompson plus pieces & remembrances from Jim Irvin (MOJO), Joe Boyd, John Renbourn, Linda Thompson, Pete Townshend, & more. Fledg'ling. 2004.

Tracks:

3.10 to Yuma
She Moves Through the Fair
Boxful of Treasure
They Don't Seem to Know You
Go Your Way My Love
Geordie
Been on the Road So Long
You Never Wanted Me
This Train
Sail Away to the Sea
Tell Me What You See in Me
Who Knows Where the Time Goes?
Autopsy
Now and Then
I Don't Know Where I Stand
Bird on a Wire
Fotheringay
Nottamun Town
Meet on the Ledge

Tracks:

Si Tu Dois Partir
Cajun Woman
Ballad of Easy Rider
Sailor's Life
Reynardine
Farewell Farewell
Tam Lin
Sir Patrick Spens
Pond and the Stream
Sea
Banks of the Nile
Silver Threads and Golden Needles
Lowlands of Holland
Nothing More
Gypsy Davey
Late November

Tracks:

North Star Grassman and the Ravens
Next Time Around
Blackwaterside
Sea Captain
Thro' My Eyes
Learning the Game
Here in Silence
Bruton Town
Sweet Rosemary
After Halloween
Lady
Music Weaver
Ecoute Ecoute
Quiet Joys of Brotherhood
It'll Take a Long Time
No End
Bushes and Briars
Walking the Floor Over You

Tracks:

Whispering Grass
Solo
At the End of the Day
Like an Old Fashioned Waltz
Until the Real Thing Comes Along
John the Gun
She Moves Through the Fair
One More Chance
King and Queen of England
Rising for the Moon
White Dress
I'm a Dreamer
By the Time It Gets Dark
No More Sad Refrains
Losing Game
Easy to Slip
Full Moon
Moments

Tracks:

One Way Donkey Ride
I'm a Dreamer
Take Me Away
Rising for the Moon
Still Waters Run Deep
All Our Days
No More Sad Refrains
By the Time It Gets Dark
Music Weaver
What Is True?
Stranger to Himself
Take Away the Load
By the Time It Gets Dark
Full Moon
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
It'll Take a Long Time
Who Knows Where the Time Goes?

Album Description

The most comprehensive portrait of one of England's finest singer/songwriters. A deluxe five CD long format box-set. Includes such previously unreleased gems as 'Silver Threads & Golden Needles' (outtake from 'Fotheringay'), 'Losing Game' ((Duet with Jess Roden), 'She Moves Through The Fair' (live duet with Dave Swarbick), plus many alternate takes & demo versions, with & without Fotheringay, Fairport Convention, & more. 56-color booklet with a forward by Richard Thompson plus pieces & remembrances from Jim Irvin (MOJO), Joe Boyd, John Renbourn, Linda Thompson, Pete Townshend, & more. Fledg'ling. 2004.

Album Details

Sandy Denny is One of the Most Beloved of British Singer/Songwriters. This Deluxe, Comprehensive 5cd Set Comes Packaged in Long Box and Traces Denny's Complete Recording Career. The First Four Discs Include Many Rare and Previously Unreleased Songs While the Fifth Has Rare Demo Recordings and Live Tracks. The Accompanying Book Includes a Foreward by Former Bandmate Richard Thompson and Reminscences from Contemporaries Like Pete Townshend, Joe Boyd, John Renbourn, Linda Thompson and More.

Customer Reviews:

Sombody FINALLY got it right.......2007-01-28

This is the Sandy Denny retrospective that her fans have been waiting for! Everything about this set screams quality, from the packaging to the book to the songs themselves. Get rid of your Hannibal box set & replace it with this. You will not be sorry!!!! Although it is a bit pricy, it's worth every penny.

that is you to they...that is where they think you are.......2006-02-16

A simply glorious set covering maybe the greatest, most emotionally-resonant vocalist anyone will ever hear. There's really not much to say that hasn't already been said, but that won't stop me from saying that in addition to the identifiable-by-one-syllable voice she possessed perhaps the rarest of gifts: the ability to transmit the purest emotional impact through the most obtuse & indecipherable words.

In this she is only rivalled by Bob Dylan and possibly Neil Young... songs like "The Sea," "The North Star Grassman and the Ravens," and "Nothing More" will just wrench your still-beating heart from your chest and open up previously-floodgated torrents of deep, melancholic feelings from within you. That is to say, I guarantee this woman will make you weep like a child, often through lyrics where you won't have the foggiest conscious inkling of just what or who it is she is singing about. It's as if she is able to transmit the innermost meanings of her songs, as only she understands them, through the barriers in your mind and send them right to your heart, bypassing the unconscious filters we have and cutting straight to the core. Which is to say nothing of her incredible, one-of-a-kind vocal instrument, itself a rival to singers like Billie Holliday, Maria Callas, and others outside the periphery of what you'd call "pop".

Someone on here said she is maybe the best singer of the 20th century and that about says it. Don't just buy this set, buy everything she did and let it change your life as it did mine and countless others... let this woman wash over you and become, inevitably, the music you hold closest to you in your private moments and that which sustains you for the rest of your life, even though (so sadly) she herself only lived to be barely 30 years old.

There are precious few artists about whom you find yourself thanking Providence that you got to be alive at the same time as they were and to experience the indescribable totality of what it means to be alive through their eyes. This is one of those people, period.

bluespro.......2006-01-24

I use to put Sandy Denny right up there with Joni Mitchell. Not any more. After listening to this box set I came to the conclussion that Sandy was the best female vocalist of this era. Its too bad she was not known very well in the U.S. What Richard Thompson had written about Sandy (see 52 page booklet) say's it all. I highly recommend this CD collection.

Incomparable voice of the 20th Century.......2005-11-23

Even those who are not Sandy Denny completists should consider springing for this set. Her vocals are among the sweetest ever recorded, whatever the setting. And the settings with Fairport Convention are very good indeed. The biography included in the set was well done, even if it unfortunately confirmed my worst fears about her life and depressing death. Only complaint: Like the previous set Who Knows Where The Time Goes, this one leaves off Matty Groves, one of Fairport's great folk ballads.

An Unknown Superstar.......2005-07-02

You've probably never heard of her.

But, ironically enough, you've almost certainly heard her.

And you've probably heard at least one of the songs she wrote, again without knowing it. Both Joni Mitchell and Sandy Denny share the somewhat dubious distinction of writing songs ("Clouds" and "Who Knows Where The Time Goes", respectively) Judy Collins made into hits. (But Sandy's several recordings of her own work make Collins' cover version sound almost sterile in comparison.)

And just where exactly did you actually hear her? Three female guest vocal appearances on albums by some of rock's greatest bands of the early 1970's come to mind: Mary Clayton's incredible shriek on the Stones' "Gimmie Shelter"; Clare Tory's unbelievable wordless solo on Pink Floyd's "Dark Side Of The Moon"; and Sandy Denny's jaw-dropping duet with Robert Plant on Led Zep's "The Battle Of Evermore".

Yeah, she's that singer.

As far as I know, Mary and Clare were never heard of again. For most people, at least here in the States, Sandy might just as well have dropped totally out of sight too, except for a handful of devoted followers, though in Britain she was a queen. Her untimely and tragic death, coming at a lull in her career, prevented her from ever reaching the level of recognition here she deserved. I can remember still how downhearted I was when I heard a radio DJ say: "And the last selection was by Sandy Denny ... or should I say, the late Sandy Denny?" Only John Lennon's death saddened me more. Had she not died, I'm sure Sandy would have rebounded from that lull and her personal problems and become the superstar she ought to have been.

But beware--listen to this collection only when you really want to feel something, something strong. Sandy's voice was like a strong drink, perhaps the most emotionally evocative voice of her generation, and her songs were given to strong emotions, introspection, and melancholia. Along with her remarkable emotional range, her dynamic range was simply astonishing, ranging from a breathy, delicate whisper to a full-throated roar (all the more impressive coming from such a diminutive woman) in a single breath, with perfect control. Her live work, especially where she's accompanied only by a simple piano or guitar, displays her true vocal power, clearly demonstrating she often didn't need a band behind her at all--one of the contradictions of her life and career was her lack of self-confidence often required a supporting cast and often led to producers over-adorning her songs needlessly.

This is by no means a perfect anthology but it is certainly a great start. Hoepfully someday the legendary BBC Sessions, which were withdrawn immediately after they were released, will be officially re-released; those recordings and the live "Gold Dust" concert would round out this collection nicely.

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