Sandy Denny - North Star Grassman and the Ravens

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originally released in 1971-2014 EU reissue pressed on 180g audiophile Vinyl LP+download -Sandy Denny’s first solo album, released in September 1971; it followed three albums released by Fairport Convention during 1969 and the sole album by Fothering...
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Release date: 02-07-2014(originally released in 1971)

2014 EU reissue pressed on 180g Vinyl LP+download -Sandy Denny’s first solo album, released in September 1971; it followed three albums released by Fairport Convention during 1969 and the sole album by Fotheringay released in June 1970. In 1970 and 1971, Sandy Denny was voted Best British Female Singer in the prestigious Melody Maker poll, winning it for the second time just as this album was released. Featuring some of her most stunning and imaginative songs, including the eerie title track, majestic and powerful ‘John the Gun’, mystical ‘Late November’ and ‘Next Time Around’, about her former boyfriend Jackson C. Frank, it is the most shadowy and atmospheric of her four solo albums, also featuring an exquisite version of ‘Blackwaterside’, the only traditional song on the album. The North Star Grassman was co-produced by Sandy, with former Fairport Convention writer and guitarist Richard Thompson and John Wood.

Tracks:

A1 Late November

A2 Blackwaterside

A3 The Sea Captain

A4 Down In The Flood

A5 John The Gun

B1 Next Time Around

B2 The Optimist

B3 Let's Jump The Broomstick

B4 Wretched Wilbur

B5 The North Star Grassman And The Ravens

B6 Crazy Lady Blues

One could argue Sandy Denny left Fairport Convention at just the right time -- her final album with the group, 1969's Liege & Lief, was both a masterpiece and a millstone, a brilliant work they would never top -- but her instincts were not as keen in terms of launching her solo career. Denny not unreasonably wanted a showcase for her own songwriting, but after leaving Fairport she opted to join Fotheringay, a talented folk-rock band but one that was neither as interesting nor as visionary as Fairport.

Fotheringay splintered during the recording of their second LP, and Denny seemed to still be finding her footing as she set out to make her first solo album. The North Star Grassman and the Ravens was co-produced by Denny, fellow Fairport alumnus Richard Thompson and John Wood, and the interplay between Denny's vocals and Thompson's understated but striking lead guitar work is one of the best things about the record. With a gifted crew of U.K. folk-rockers backing her up, the sessions confirmed that Denny was still one of the most gifted and thoughtful vocalists to emerge from the British folk community, and she was also a talent to be reckoned with as a songwriter: "John the Gun," "Late November," and the title tune are only a little short of brilliant. But as good as the original songs were, and as compelling as Denny's vocals may have been, The North Star Grassman and the Ravens feels tentative and uneven. While Denny had the strength to do rock-oriented material, the covers of Bob Dylan's "Down in the Flood" and Brenda Lee's "Let's Jump the Broomstick" sound sloppy and meandering, and as sympathetic and expert as the production may be, the deference to Denny's vocals leaves the music a bit pale in comparison, while most of the tracks lack the personality they deserve. By any standards, The North Star Grassman and the Ravens is a fine album full of great songs and inspired vocal performances, but considering the excellence of Denny's music in Fairport Convention, it was a genuine disappointment, and seems pale in comparison to her next two solo efforts, Sandy and Like an Old-Fashioned Waltz.


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