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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I have only recently personally 'discovered' Sandy Denny having bought an Amazon Folk anthology with her on one of the tracks. I have now bought about 8 of her CDs from Amazon (where else? including this one. She has a delightful voice with a varied selection of songs on this album. The title "The BEST" says it all.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I have known of Sandy Denny since her death in 1978. I later learned that she sang on Led Zeppelin IV and later still that she had been at school in my very suburb of London (New Malden). I have at last got round to listening to her in an extended recording.
I am utterly blown away by Sandy Denny's voice. She has such a beautiful expressive way of putting songs across. She sings as a folk singer with plenty of folksy vocal inflection (like Maddy Prior) but she has a soulful quality that really draws the listener in. It has been a lovely hour listening to this CD and I heartily recommend anyone who loves good singing to try it.
It is not just the voice of course. She is accompanied on some records with just a piano or a guitar. On only 2 songs does she sing with a band. The harmonies made are so rich - wow!
These are live sessions from BBC broadcasts. This means that the recording quality is variable and the music making has a few rough edges. However, this does not diminish the pleasure for me. There is a real honesty in the music making. I much prefer this to the manufactured pap around (especially those produced in the wake of the X Factor).
If I have any quibbles, I would have preferred more information in the CD booklet, like an explanatory essay and details of the other musicians. However, it does not stop this being a great CD.
I am utterly blown away by Sandy Denny's voice. She has such a beautiful expressive way of putting songs across. She sings as a folk singer with plenty of folksy vocal inflection (like Maddy Prior) but she has a soulful quality that really draws the listener in. It has been a lovely hour listening to this CD and I heartily recommend anyone who loves good singing to try it.
It is not just the voice of course. She is accompanied on some records with just a piano or a guitar. On only 2 songs does she sing with a band. The harmonies made are so rich - wow!
These are live sessions from BBC broadcasts. This means that the recording quality is variable and the music making has a few rough edges. However, this does not diminish the pleasure for me. There is a real honesty in the music making. I much prefer this to the manufactured pap around (especially those produced in the wake of the X Factor).
If I have any quibbles, I would have preferred more information in the CD booklet, like an explanatory essay and details of the other musicians. However, it does not stop this being a great CD.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Some good recordings of Sandy, recorded over a number of years and graetly varying in quality both of performance and sound reproduction. Really for completists only. Strongly recommnet that you avoid the box set this was drawn from-definately not how I would like to remember Sandy Denny. All three songs on rtyhe dvd are available on youtube
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poor recordings
I am glad I bought this one and not the whole set for 50 quids, I listened to it once and it will gather dust. May suit completists but not all the listener who like Denny's voice. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Mois Benarroch
Beware of the sound- still OK though
Sandy Denny is beyond compare- that goes without saying. But I think we may be entering a period rather like with Tolkien where I fully expect to be able soon to purchase a... Read more
Published 18 months ago by D. R. Baker
Sandy Denny, such a sad loss to us all
I really love Sandy'd voice, and here it is put over without any 'post production' as it's how the BBC aired it.
Phenominal stuff. Read more
Phenominal stuff. Read more
Published on 7 Feb 2009 by heron fin 2
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