Sandy Denny - Reynardine

[Humberto]

 

[seeformiles]

I liked Sandy Denny’s voice - esp. on her solo stuff - not so much with Fairport as it was all going a bit too “Whack-fol-Diddley-aye-yay” for my liking. Prefer FC with Judy Dyble in their acid rock phase with Richard Thompson’s fiery guitar work:

 

[Dystopiary]

I liked Sandy Denny’s voice - esp. on her solo stuff - not so much with Fairport as it was all going a bit too “Whack-fol-Diddley-aye-yay” for my liking. Prefer FC with Judy Dyble in their acid rock phase with Richard Thompson’s fiery guitar work:

Wonder if that had an influence, subconscious or otherwise, on Deep Purple's Strange Kind of Woman. Was struck by the similarity.

 

[seeformiles]

Wonder if that had an influence, subconscious or otherwise, on Deep Purple's Strange Kind of Woman. Was struck by the similarity.

Hmm - could be. A bit like J.Tull’s “We Used To Know” on the Eagles “Hotel California”

 

[Humberto]

At least we had this

 

[Agrippa57]

Fairport at their innovative peak. Richard's guitar wonderfully sparse, Tyger in his Rickenbacker phase. Plus, of course, the ever-sardonic Mattacks. They never bettered this album, and Reynardine, along with Farewell, Farewell and Crazy Man Michael, were an unforgettable introduction to English folk-rock for many a teenager back in '69. It's telling that Fairport never even tried to replace Sandy. It would have been impossible.

 

[Humberto]

Si Tu Dois Partir
If you've Got to go, Go Now

 

[butcher]

 

[Humberto]

 

[Humberto]

Any one else want to jump in?

 

[Humberto]

 

[Agrippa57]

"Farewell, Farewell". (trad tune, Thompson lyric)
Once described by the self-effacing Richard (at this point but a burgeoning songwriter) thus; "great tune, rotten lyrics".
It's utterly sublime, and Sandy's plaintive vocal is possibly one of her greatest contributions to the band's recorded canon.