Sandy Denny-No More Sad Refrains: The Anthology (2000)

 


Artist: Sandy Denny

Title: No More Sad Refrains: The Anthology

Label:A&M Records

Format: 2xCD

Catalog Number: 314 542 747-2

Year of Release: 2000

Country and Year of Edition: US 2000

Sell Price: $9.49

Sell Date: 10/15/26

Condition: VG+VG+ 

Discogs Last Sold: 7/16/26 VG+/NM $8.88

Low: $2.99

Median: $8.00

Average: $7.73

High: $12.99

Current low price: $8.08

Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 9

Have/Want: 172/23

Where Sold: Springfield, IL

Time It Took To Sell: 3 years

Where and When Bought: Facebook marketplace lot

Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+

Sad To See It Go: No

Sandy Denny you would think would be a straight A for a 2-CD retrospective.  The problem is not every album is A-level and to get there you have to chop it down.  For someone that wants to invest a few hours in an overview from Fairport to the end, this certainly does the job.  For an even more expansive overview, the box set compiled by Joe Boyd and her widower Trevor Lucas that Hannibal put out in 1985,  Who Knows Where The Time Goes?  is the way to go.

The first disc of No More Sad Refrains ignores the Strawbs and starts off with her time in Fairport Convention then Fortheringaay, her 1971 solo debut The North Star Grassmen and the Ravens plus a couple covers (Everly Brothers & Buddy Holly) with the Bunch and closes with a couple cuts from the Pass of Arms soundtrack. The second disc focuses on  Sandy, Like An Old Fashioned Waltz and her swan song Rendezvous from 1977, throwing in a couple demos to boot.

34 tracks are here and it's very tough to consume in one sitting, let alone a few times in a row with focus.  That said, there are certain standouts for me.   I suppose her signature song is "Who Knows Where The TIme Goes?" which was her final live performance at a charity event before her accidental head injury and death at 31 in 1978.  For me the other big standouts are "John The Gun" from Northstar Grassman in 1971,  "It Suits Me Well" from 1972's Sandy and of course the track of the compilations namesake and came from Rendezvous.  Fitting that it closes out the whole thing as it sounds like an epitaph.

Unintended as it may have been.

FOR FURTHER REVIEW:

Fairport Convention-House Full: Fairport Convention Live In LA 1970 (1986)

Led Zeppelin-IV (1971)

Nick Drake-Maximum Nick Drake (2004)

Nick Drake-Five Leaves Left (1969)

Richard Thompson @ Town Hall, New York, NY 10/18/24


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