Rating: - It's good but she got better...
Whilst I broadly agree with the other reviews, I must say that I don't think this is the highlight of Sandy's post Fairport career. Sandy's compositions and vocal style continued to get more varied and interesting, and also her post Fotheringay albums are sung entirely by her which is all to the good.
This album is held back by Trevor's performances (although i actually don't mind The Ballad of Ned Kelly, which is one of Trevors best songs.) when what one longs for is to finally hear ... Read More
Rating: - Any chance of an upgrade?
Indeed, one of the indisputably great folk(rock) albums from the golden era of the late sixties and early seventies. For the moment, i'm having to content myself with my vinyl re-issue and the selection of tracks which appears on the superb "No More Sad Refrains" anthology of Sandy Denny's career.
Given that we have seen excellent upgrades of all the classic Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny and Richard/Linda Thompson albums, how about an "official" Island records upgrade of this one? This ... Read More
Rating: - Phew What a Corker.
I bought this album, finally, having pretty much exhausted all other Sandy Denny sources. I certainly wish I'd found it sooner.
If, like me, you are a fan of the Fairport Convention at their "What We Did On Our Holidays" and "Unhalfbricking" stage, then you will be mightily pleased with this album. In fact I would go so far as to say, that while it doesn't quite match up in terms of overall quality to the aforementioned albums, in terms of the Sandy Denny contributions, it may be that there is a ... Read More
Rating: - They're not THAT bad...
I really can't add anything to the excellent review above. Fotheringay is the sort of album you'd want to be buried with so you could listen to it in the afterlife.
However, I wouldn't be as harsh as the previous reviewer. Yes, the Dylan cover is a little flat, but not disastrously so. And I don't think Ned Kelly is a stinker at all. I'd say Lucas was trying to hit the same note of gravitas as, say, Levon Helm on The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down. I think, vocally at least, he pulls it off, ... Read More
Rating: - A timely reissue of a timeless album
Fotheringay's sole album was another one of those British folk-rock classics which had become almost impossible to locate on CD so top marks to Fledgling Records for finally making this album widely available again.
I'm guessing that you know that Fotheringay were the band that Sandy Denny formed after leaving Fairport Convention. Presumably she was unhappy with the band's forays into pure traditional music since 'Fotheringay' sounds a lot like 'Unhalfbricking'. The music is beautifully mellow ... Read More
