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Sandy Denny & the Strawbs - Sandy Denny and the Strawbs (1968)

Track listing:
  1. Nothing Else Will Do 2:25
  2. Who Knows Where the Time Goes 4:09
  3. How Everyone But Sam Was a Hypocrite 2:48
  4. Sail Away to the Sea 3:23
  5. And You Need Me 3:18
  6. Poor Jimmy Wilson 2:35
  7. All I Need Is You 2:23
  8. Tell Me What You See in Me 3:41
  9. I've Been My Own Worst Friend 2:42
  10. On My Way 3:06
  11. Two Weeks Last Summer 2:06
  12. Always on My Mind 1:53
  13. Stay Awhile with Me 2:24

Notes

Sandy Denny was only with the Strawbs for a short period of time, but she was around long enough to make some very memorable contributions to the band. An expressive jewel of a folk singer with a rich, angelic voice, the pre-Fairport Convention Denny is clearly the main attraction on this CD. In contrast to the progressive-rock and art-rock elements the band would later embrace, these sides are acoustic-oriented and unmistakably British-sounding folk-pop. Gems like "Tell Me What You See In Me," "Nothing Else Will Do" and "Who Knows Where the Time Goes" not only illustrate how superb and moving a singer Denny was, they also demonstrate how prolific a composer Dave Cousins was. One can only speculate as to what direction the Strawbs would have taken had Denny stayed, but what we know with certainty is that her short-lived association with Cousins was lucrative and valuable.