Hilarious that Sandy Denny did not realize that was Art singing lead on Bridge. I mean, geez, I was ten years old when that record came out, and I recognized the vocalist the first time my parents played the album.
Thanks for posting this . Only started to get into her music recently, but Sandy Denny was special . What a voice . ‘ Who Knows Where The Time Goes?’ is a great song. Any track from the only album she recorded with Fotheringay is also worth a listen . If you have never listened to ‘ Nottamun Town’ , the old traditional folk song that she recorded with Fairport Convention , be prepared to be surprised . It’s a really weird song , with surreal lyrics, but ,in its own way , quite spectacular. Apologies to Sandy Denny fans, who have known she was special for decades. I’m only just catching up!
@@amtlpaul , Paul, that’s the surprise for people who have never heard it before. Bob used the tune and then created one of greatest songs that he ever wrote. It’s on the net somewhere, but to his credit Bob Dylan came to a financial arrangement with the person ( it’s not The Fairports) who found ‘ Nottamun Town’ , recorded it and made the world aware of the song. I think that’s why Martin Carthy was not happy with Simon and Garfunkel claiming they wrote ‘ Scarborough Fair’ on the single that they released . Carthy had been playing his particular interpretation of this song in the folk clubs for some time , before Paul heard it and then added it to his reportour.
There was a pretty good selection of music for her to comment on. She sticks to her roots. Gotta love her. Pretty mind boggling to see both Led Zeppelin albums on a chart topped by Abbey Road and including Let it Bleed. This channel has priceless value.
When watching all of these clips I've noticed the quality of music. It just goes to show that their is not much talent around today's and music is mostly rubbish
@@stevenewart3873 Laura Marling is pretty good Steven . Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Sandy Denny etc, all the influences of the greats are going on in her music..
It's true. He was an incredible singer. I heard Simon had regrets having him sing lead on that tune. Something about he felt it was the greatest thing he ever wrote and he 'gave' it to Garfunkel to sing. Personally, I think it was a genius decision. A.G. knocks it out of the park.
@@televinv8062 Paul admitted he was simply jealous. Back then people generally assumed that the person singing was the person who wrote the song (The Beatles being the best example). So Paul was standing on the shadow listening to the deafening applause Art was getting for HIS tune, but few realized Paul actually wrote it. I for one didn’t give it much thought back then, I just loved the melody and the singing.
@@pawelpap9 I think you're right. I have to assume that, back then especially, people would think the lead singer is also the writer of the tune. Still and all, I think it was a great decision. Those guys were like brothers so I bet you one could argue that subconsciously, it was a tailor made tune for A.G. And hey, Simon does some harmony singing at the end too (great touch because it enhanced the song). 👍
@@televinv8062 They were Indeed like brothers, which is an ambiguous statement. You can read the history how the album was recorded and despite heavenly singing harmonies they fought mercilessly. And actually it was their last album recorded together. As for the choice of Art as a lead singer, there are very few people under the illusion that Paul was a better singer, and I think it includes Paul himself. One can easily make a comparison by listening to Paul’s renditions available on the net.
Number 6 that week. Rolf Harris with " two little boys"! Sandy Denny has a wonderful voice, and really knows the players in the folk scene; Strawbs, Pentangle, Steeleye Span, Fairport Convention. Incredible String Band...
Sandy is an exquisite vocalist. I like people who say ‘I like it but I wouldn’t buy it.’ It’s such an honest statement. I picked up on the Dionne Warwick comment because Dionne’s probably my favourite female singer and Sandy’s nailed it here. Overall, it’s an intelligent, balanced review
The Fifth Dimension's cover of Laura Nyro's Wedding Bell Blues was USA No.1 in November 1969. That month Nyro had 3 songs on Billboard at Nos 1,2 and 10, the others being And When I Die, and Eli's Comin '.
'Liege And Leaf' is a classic. It gives me a feel of the olden days of England. Being American it's my small glimpse, I suppose. But I think Sandy's voice worked perfectly with Ian (Iain) Matthew's voice on Fairport's album 'What We Did On Our Holidays'. And 'Meet On The Ledge' is a perfect song. With Richard Thompson's lyrics and Sandy and Ian's vocals it's a song I'd love to have played at my funeral.
Sandy, one of the all time greats! Wish she would've talked more about Strawbs "Josephine", a lovely song and Sandy of course had a connection to the band :)
She clearly preferred the songs that were more or less in the style she was known for. A wonderful singer with a kind of sensitivity that almost seems to be lost.
There were so many folk style records in this batch, I don't believe they just played the records that came out that week, but rather, a special selection they thought fit for Sandy. Rather had heard her opinion on the regular pop issues though.
What a great time to be 12 years old. Takes me right back to when I heard most of these on Radio 1, or Luxemburg. My big brother bought Abbey Road and Led Zep II and I listened to them endlessly. Pure nostalgia, but I do wonder who edited the original articles and how much of what they really said was left out.
I love Sandy Denny. She's not as well known as she should be. It's a bit of a surprise that she didn't like Sly's record, but it's too much to expect an artist one admires to like all the artists one likes. She wasn't rude to anybody except Cash and Carter, but it's true that too many people at the time were recording "If I Were a Carpenter," so the song really was worn out by the time they released it. I'm just astounded at the quality of the Top Thirty Singles and albums. Amazing!
Sandy had left Fairport by this time, I have always loved Sandy's voice and her music. The Strawbs song I never knew was released as a single, Sandy used to be in The Strawbs and they were the first band to record Sandy's Who Knows Where The Time Goes. Nice that some folk made it into Sandy's review pile if 45's.
This was so cool. Have loved Sandy's hauntingly beautiful voice since 1970. And the icing on the cake....sitting at number 19 on the U.K. album chart...Liege and Lief by Fairport Convention. Sandy's farewell to them. Her voice stills sends shivers down my backbone whenever I hear her sing. Second Winter(Johnny B. Goode)is a killer rockin' blues album. Memory Pain and Highway 61 Revisted are huge rockers. A must listen to. Actually released in 1969 in the US. I believe it is the only 3-side double lp out there.
I see Liege and Lief was number 19 that week in the album charts for Fairport Convention. What an incredible year 1969 was for the band, with 3 albums released - What we Did On Our Holidays, Unhalfbricking and Liege and Lief. But Sandy had already left by the time of this article. Presumably she's doing this Melody Maker "Blind Date" to promote her new group Fotheringay? Sandy comes across as incredibly knowledgeable about the folk scene (no surprise there) but a little bit dismissive of other genres. If I remember rightly though, people were a lot more close minded about the music they liked back then. If you liked folk you couldn't also like Motown for instance. I think that was the law back then. We're all more broadminded and eclectic these days, hopefully.
As you might know, Judy Dyble, whom Sandy replaced in Fairport, hooked up with Fripp in-between the dissolution of Giles, Giles and Fripp and the formation of King Crimson.
Yes, that's true, I don't know much about this lady at all. I just listened to a few of her songs and she has a lovely voice. But yes she's not that well known here in America.
Yep, most british folk/rock bands never made it outside of the UK. All those records she recorded with Fairport Convention are brilliant, though. Such a great voice and such a great band.
"I can't see the point of doing this." Uh, Johnny Winter played a little guitar. Felt that Sly's band's groove sounded like a machine. She couldn't stand Johnny Cash, while Bonnie Raitt said that his deep voice makes her melt. Sandy was one of her era's greatest singers, but she seems to have seen the world through her own folkie spectacles, with little tolerance for other aesthetics.
She was the Pete townshend of the folk scene really it was 1970 and everything was changing so fast and her slow attitude toward the sounds around her made her sound so lame ....popfffttt
@@ChrisLawton66 The issue I brought up was not her own opinions, but intolerance of other aesthetics. Please upgrade your reading and critical thinking skills from primary school.
She and Bert Jansch hung out with Simon when he moved to England after 3AM but before he got big. S&G wasn't really a folk outfit after Parsley Sage Rosemary and Thyme, they just played one on TV. By the time their final album came out, I doubt Sandy listened much to them since she was very much in her own space. Plus, British Folk was way different from the Dylan and Baez.
I have Sandys autograph made out to me. My parents went to see Fairport Convention at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh in Nov 1975 with Sandy, my mum met Sandy outside and she signed my medical card. I was 5 months old at the time , born in may 1975. I have the autograph still. Sandy wrote to me--- With Whispered Love.....
I own so many albums in that chart at the end there that it's not funny. In fact six out of the top-12 are in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die ('Abbey Road', 'Led Zeppelin II', 'Let it Bleed', 'Johnny Cash At San Quentin', 'America' and 'Chicago Transit Authority'). That's phenomenal. What a time to be buying records Feb, 1970 was!
Sandy Denny is so good and I'm not shocked she doesn't care for the more pop-oriented tracks. She was always at her best when she broke against the trends of the day, which is why Rendezvous feels so empty. Imagine having Pentangle's Basket of Light in the top ten. Wild.
@@CosmicHippopotamus You are totally right! The songs are great. Im trying to do acoustic versions of her songs for my project. Her last album needs a new release without all these strings and horns and choirs...
@@songsofsandydenny We all know that Sandy was a very talented musician and she had a wide spectrum of music. She wasn’t just a folk singer. She also played rock, jazz and pop in a very short period. I can’t imagine what she would play if she’d live longer. As far as I know she was interested in strings very much and described it as her fur coat. If she’d be unhappy with strings on “Rendezvous”, she’d release it without it. Yes, it would be interesting to listen to Rendezvous reproduced without strings, but I’m not sure if Sandy would be happy with it.
@@varliklevent There are several factors that would suggest the production of the album was not the product of Sandy Denny's creative vision. First, Trevor Lucas, her husband, produced the album and it's not obvious that Denny had final say over the production many artists at the time did not. Second, Denny was in a pretty dark place after leaving Fairport again after the huge tour and was a really heavy drinker. Burnout can seriously effect how much you're willing to fight for your sound in the studio. Third, she and Lucas were not in a good place financially, it's not a big leap to say the glitzy production was a ploy to push more records than it was to stay true to who she was as an artist.
Very impressed by her overall fairness and integrity such as re Dionne Warwick :" I love her voice but I wouldn't buy the record." Seems like she is a very sensible young woman and of course a wonderful singer. BTW good to see The Sound of Music LP still on the charts. Was it ever not on the charts? Ever? ...lol
Everyone was spoiled ROTTEN with great music in those days . Imagine thinking 'meh' to Thank You (for letting me...) and Johnny B. Goode from J. Winter. We'd KILL for the quality of those tunes nowadays. Lol!
I recorded the intro music myself, glad you like it. You won't believe me but I actually didn't realize it sounded like In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida until someone mentioned it in the comments a few months ago. That song must have been in my subconscious when I recorded the intro tune! Hahaha!
Wow. Kind of weird that she didn't know Simon from Garfunkle. She most likely knew Simon from their London folkie days before the success of S&G or Fairport Convention. Not surprised she liked The Strawbs. She was in the group for a while and they recorded an album she didn't want released. She was pretty stately in her dismissal of some of those songs. Be gone! I find you tedious and grow weary. She's a gem.
Very folky selection for Sandy there.. called it wrong on Troubled Water though - it's Art Garfunkel! BTW bloomin 'eck it's 1970 and The Sound Of Music STILL hasn't left the charts!!
She wasn't into funk, that's for sure. She had a premonition when she thought Sly &FS sounded like a machine, she was forseeing sampling and the electronic side of urban music. She should have reviewed the folk and acoustic charts.
You don’t have to go all the way to sampling to witness the destruction of performed music. Just few years after she gave this comment disco dominated popular music and it all sounded prefabricated and machine like. To large extent it also killed bands playing music in clubs, they were replaced by blinking lights and recorded music. Accidentally, this was when I gave up on popular music. It was all unbearable.
This selection of singles might be the weakest I’ve heard on this channel to date. But I dig seeing the top albums segment at the end. The Easy Rider soundtrack owes everything to Steppenwolf of course. And it’s interesting to see Cash’s live prison record charting up there with Abbey Road and Zeppelin II!
When I learn her songs, I sometimes ask myself: What was the music she enjoyed and listened to? This is so interesting, thanks for uploading it. Sandy is on of the most underrated artists of the 70s. And I still dont know why. Her solo performances (Live BBC) and the demos for her records are better than the records, thats true. Not only her voice but also her songwriting is brilliant! I hope I can do a small contribution to keep her music alive...wonder how she would rate my interpretations :D
I don't think the UK album charts at 4:08 can be right...I think it's showing the charts for September 1969. That's when the Beatles' Abby Road and Led Zeppelin II came out. Not in February 1970
@@dennisbenn2065 They came out in September 1969 but they were still in the charts in February 1970. Those records were big sellers and remained in the album charts for several months.
on the charts rolf harris sings two little boys and jonathan king sings let it all hang out ROFLMAO another interesting tidbit....white plains and edison lighthouse were pretty much the same studio band....tony burrows was bigger than elvis and nobody knew
@@thewkovacs316 Yes, I think he was on an episode of Top of the Tops and he sang on four of the songs that charted that week. Vanity Fare, Brotherhood of Man, and I can't remember the others. That episode used to be on youtube.
@@YesterdaysPapers Vanity Fare are still on the road, with (l think ) some original members. A few years ago they were the headline act at some 1960s weekend at a hotel in Wales. Apart from some of their chart hits, didn’t know much about them . Expectations were not high .. Have to say they were excellent. Real musicians who could play live.. They are heavily into Beach Boys surf style music. How many modern day live bands base their act mainly on surf style music? If they are appearing near you ,and you love surf , go and see them.
Interesting takes but incorrect about Bridge Over Troubled Water - Art sings the lead which caused Paul Simon resentment when it used to bring the house down and he had to stand and watch Arty get all the acclaim for the song that he (Simon) wrote.
At minute 2:19 the song ''I'll Never Fall In Love Again'' appears. The best version of this classic is from ''THE CARPENTERS'', not Dionne Warwick or Bobbie Gentry. Thank you, Yesterday's Papers. 👍🥳🎶
I guess SD didn't listen to Simon and Garfunkle enough to be able to distinguish their voices. But what a top 30 in Feb '70! I would be finishing high school in a few months.
The songs she liked were the ones I didn’t like (and vice versa). She was really one dimensional; she only seemed to enjoy the style she herself was known for.
Hilarious that Sandy Denny did not realize that was Art singing lead on Bridge. I mean, geez, I was ten years old when that record came out, and I recognized the vocalist the first time my parents played the album.
Sandy Denny had a great voice. It's sad that she died so young.
Bless this channel for introducing me to The Young Tradition. The first second of them was like a 50,000 watt jolt to the spine.
This made me check them out too.
Thanks for posting this . Only started to get into her music recently, but Sandy Denny was special . What a voice . ‘ Who Knows Where The Time Goes?’ is a great song. Any track from the only album she recorded with Fotheringay is also worth a listen . If you have never listened to ‘ Nottamun Town’ , the old traditional folk song that she recorded with Fairport Convention , be prepared to be surprised . It’s a really weird song , with surreal lyrics, but ,in its own way , quite spectacular. Apologies to Sandy Denny fans, who have known she was special for decades. I’m only just catching up!
Agreed. Incredibly gifted and talented singer.
"Nottamun Town" is also the traditional song Bob Dylan made "Masters of War" out of.
'Banks of the Nile' takes some beating from Sandys tenure with the Fotheringay troupe.Absolutely beguiling piece of music.
@@amtlpaul , Paul, that’s the surprise for people who have never heard it before. Bob used the tune and then created one of greatest songs that he ever wrote. It’s on the net somewhere, but to his credit Bob Dylan came to a financial arrangement with the person ( it’s not The Fairports) who found ‘ Nottamun Town’ , recorded it and made the world aware of the song. I think that’s why Martin Carthy was not happy with Simon and Garfunkel claiming they wrote ‘ Scarborough Fair’ on the single that they released . Carthy had been playing his particular interpretation of this song in the folk clubs for some time , before Paul heard it and then added it to his reportour.
There was a pretty good selection of music for her to comment on. She sticks to her roots. Gotta love her. Pretty mind boggling to see both Led Zeppelin albums on a chart topped by Abbey Road and including Let it Bleed. This channel has priceless value.
When watching all of these clips I've noticed the quality of music. It just goes to show that their is not much talent around today's and music is mostly rubbish
@@stevenewart3873 Laura Marling is pretty good Steven . Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Sandy Denny etc, all the influences of the greats are going on in her music..
Sandy had a good stack of records here. One of the greatest singers of all time.
Sandy Denny was absolutely amazing. LOVE her voice! I think Unhalfbricking is my favorite Fairport Convention album.
I actually saw Sandy with Fairport in 1975. Magical.
Paul Simon did sing lead vocals on most of their hits but Art was clearly the main man on this one.
Yea, she had it backwards. I think a lot of people don't understand how good Art was.
It's true. He was an incredible singer. I heard Simon had regrets having him sing lead on that tune. Something about he felt it was the greatest thing he ever wrote and he 'gave' it to Garfunkel to sing. Personally, I think it was a genius decision. A.G. knocks it out of the park.
@@televinv8062 Paul admitted he was simply jealous. Back then people generally assumed that the person singing was the person who wrote the song (The Beatles being the best example). So Paul was standing on the shadow listening to the deafening applause Art was getting for HIS tune, but few realized Paul actually wrote it. I for one didn’t give it much thought back then, I just loved the melody and the singing.
@@pawelpap9 I think you're right. I have to assume that, back then especially, people would think the lead singer is also the writer of the tune. Still and all, I think it was a great decision. Those guys were like brothers so I bet you one could argue that subconsciously, it was a tailor made tune for A.G. And hey, Simon does some harmony singing at the end too (great touch because it enhanced the song). 👍
@@televinv8062 They were Indeed like brothers, which is an ambiguous statement. You can read the history how the album was recorded and despite heavenly singing harmonies they fought mercilessly. And actually it was their last album recorded together. As for the choice of Art as a lead singer, there are very few people under the illusion that Paul was a better singer, and I think it includes Paul himself. One can easily make a comparison by listening to Paul’s renditions available on the net.
Number 6 that week. Rolf Harris with " two little boys"!
Sandy Denny has a wonderful voice, and really knows the players in the folk scene;
Strawbs, Pentangle, Steeleye Span, Fairport Convention. Incredible String Band...
The backing music at the end is giving me strong Doors vibes. Love it 💜
Sandy is an exquisite vocalist. I like people who say ‘I like it but I wouldn’t buy it.’ It’s such an honest statement.
I picked up on the Dionne Warwick comment because Dionne’s probably my favourite female singer and Sandy’s nailed it here. Overall, it’s an intelligent, balanced review
The Fifth Dimension's cover of Laura Nyro's Wedding Bell Blues was USA No.1 in November 1969. That month Nyro had 3 songs on Billboard at Nos 1,2 and 10, the others being And When I Die, and Eli's Comin '.
'Liege And Leaf' is a classic. It gives me a feel of the olden days of England. Being American it's my small glimpse, I suppose. But I think Sandy's voice worked perfectly with Ian (Iain) Matthew's voice on Fairport's album 'What We Did On Our Holidays'. And 'Meet On The Ledge' is a perfect song. With Richard Thompson's lyrics and Sandy and Ian's vocals it's a song I'd love to have played at my funeral.
I love "Liege and Lief". A classic, indeed. My favourite is probably "What We Did On Our Holidays". I agree, their voices worked perfectly.
Sandy Denny had a beautiful voice. ❤
Sandy, one of the all time greats! Wish she would've talked more about Strawbs "Josephine", a lovely song and Sandy of course had a connection to the band :)
She is right about the Young Tradition. They were a truly great band, amazing vocals.
Man thank you is one of the greatest records of all time. Certainly one of the most important. Can't trust anyone who doesn't like it.
She clearly preferred the songs that were more or less in the style she was known for. A wonderful singer with a kind of sensitivity that almost seems to be lost.
There were so many folk style records in this batch, I don't believe they just played the records that came out that week, but rather, a special selection they thought fit for Sandy. Rather had heard her opinion on the regular pop issues though.
She is the opposite of funk. As white as white can possibly get with her Anglo folk. The Sly Stone song actually made her nervous. LOL
Sandy, your fans will always love you. RIP dear lady with the silver tongue.
What a great time to be 12 years old. Takes me right back to when I heard most of these on Radio 1, or Luxemburg. My big brother bought Abbey Road and Led Zep II and I listened to them endlessly. Pure nostalgia, but I do wonder who edited the original articles and how much of what they really said was left out.
My son was born in June 1978
Consequently we called him Tamlin.
What? Tam Lin.
Loved Sandy Denny's singing, she was gone too soon. Can you imagine hearing her sing with Art Garfunkle?
The voice of an angel. RIP Sandy.
I love Sandy Denny. She's not as well known as she should be. It's a bit of a surprise that she didn't like Sly's record, but it's too much to expect an artist one admires to like all the artists one likes. She wasn't rude to anybody except Cash and Carter, but it's true that too many people at the time were recording "If I Were a Carpenter," so the song really was worn out by the time they released it. I'm just astounded at the quality of the Top Thirty Singles and albums. Amazing!
Me too! Sly was genius and the arrangements on those songs were so unique...
Yes considering she was in it!.....
#19
Sly would've been a tad outside of Sandy's musical wheelhouse.
It's hard to believe that she is a bit unknown. I thought that she won the NME (?) poll for bestfemale vocalist more than once.
I will have to check out The Young Tradition. They sound like an interesting group.
Interesting how she reviews The Strawbs, who she did an album with in 1967, before she joined Fairport Convention.
Sandy. My absolute favourite! 🌹
Sly Stones Greatest song in my opinion. You cannot stay off the dance floor when this gets on.
Love that song.
There's some strong competition but it's got to be 'Loose Booty' for me.
One of the very best voices ever recorded ... and boy, could she sing.
Wow a lot of classics were in the top 30 at the same time. That’s amazing.
Steve jolliffe from Steamhammer was also a founder member of tangerine dream
Sandy had left Fairport by this time, I have always loved Sandy's voice and her music.
The Strawbs song I never knew was released as a single, Sandy used to be in The Strawbs and they were the first band to record Sandy's Who Knows Where The Time Goes.
Nice that some folk made it into Sandy's review pile if 45's.
The flute player that sandy mentions on the Steamhammer single is Steve jolliffe. He lived next door but one to me a few years ago!
It was Art Garfunkel singing lead. She was right about the Carter/Cash song.
Paul Simon wishes he could sing like that. Sly & The Family Stone are excellent. And I'd buy their record + Dionne Warwick's.
This was so cool. Have loved Sandy's hauntingly beautiful voice since 1970. And the icing on the cake....sitting at number 19 on the U.K. album chart...Liege and Lief by Fairport Convention. Sandy's farewell to them. Her voice stills sends shivers down my backbone whenever I hear her sing.
Second Winter(Johnny B. Goode)is a killer rockin' blues album. Memory Pain and Highway 61 Revisted are huge rockers. A must listen to. Actually released in 1969 in the US. I believe it is the only 3-side double lp out there.
One thing I've learned from these is that _everybody_ loves Dionne Warwick.
Seek out her works. Sandy produced some divine records.
Agreed. The albums she did with Fairport Convention are masterpieces.
I love Sandy..But Sandy up in Heaven You Angel that was ART!
I see Liege and Lief was number 19 that week in the album charts for Fairport Convention. What an incredible year 1969 was for the band, with 3 albums released - What we Did On Our Holidays, Unhalfbricking and Liege and Lief. But Sandy had already left by the time of this article. Presumably she's doing this Melody Maker "Blind Date" to promote her new group Fotheringay?
Sandy comes across as incredibly knowledgeable about the folk scene (no surprise there) but a little bit dismissive of other genres. If I remember rightly though, people were a lot more close minded about the music they liked back then. If you liked folk you couldn't also like Motown for instance. I think that was the law back then. We're all more broadminded and eclectic these days, hopefully.
When Artists could have an opinion of their own
Do one of Robert Fripp if one exists! His dry, deadpan British humor is perfect for this!
As you might know, Judy Dyble, whom Sandy replaced in Fairport, hooked up with Fripp in-between the dissolution of Giles, Giles and Fripp and the formation of King Crimson.
To Americans, she is the loan guest vocalist on a Led Zeppelin album with the battle of evermore.
Yes, that's true, I don't know much about this lady at all. I just listened to a few of her songs and she has a lovely voice. But yes she's not that well known here in America.
Yep, most british folk/rock bands never made it outside of the UK. All those records she recorded with Fairport Convention are brilliant, though. Such a great voice and such a great band.
Very spot-on comments in most cases!
She kind of dropped the ball on Bridge Over Troubled Water. It's Art singing all the way thru.
The album chart was certainly varied. Led Zeppelin, King Crimson, Family and Pentangle rubbing shoulders with The Sound of Music and Mantovani.
Sometimes I just come for the reviews and stay for the lead out music. Great work.
Thank you!
"I can't see the point of doing this." Uh, Johnny Winter played a little guitar. Felt that Sly's band's groove sounded like a machine. She couldn't stand Johnny Cash, while Bonnie Raitt said that his deep voice makes her melt. Sandy was one of her era's greatest singers, but she seems to have seen the world through her own folkie spectacles, with little tolerance for other aesthetics.
She was the Pete townshend of the folk scene really it was 1970 and everything was changing so fast and her slow attitude toward the sounds around her made her sound so lame ....popfffttt
Otis Redding If I Were A Carpenter? Must thinking of Levi Stubbs with the Four Tops.
@@vuzkoth eh, not sure how anyone could hear that Sly funk and not find the melody or the appeal.
So...she has her own opinions? Imagine that!
@@ChrisLawton66 The issue I brought up was not her own opinions, but intolerance of other aesthetics. Please upgrade your reading and critical thinking skills from primary school.
She's a folkie but couldn't recognize Art Garfunkel's voice, that's sad...
She and Bert Jansch hung out with Simon when he moved to England after 3AM but before he got big. S&G wasn't really a folk outfit after Parsley Sage Rosemary and Thyme, they just played one on TV. By the time their final album came out, I doubt Sandy listened much to them since she was very much in her own space. Plus, British Folk was way different from the Dylan and Baez.
You'd have thought the reporter would have worded her up to save her the embarrassment later when it was published.
@@stevecharman8420 it makes you wonder if the reporter knew who was singing on any track....
Not like S&G were a new group either.
She got it backwards; Simon comes in at the end.
I have Sandys autograph made out to me. My parents went to see Fairport Convention at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh in Nov 1975 with Sandy, my mum met Sandy outside and she signed my medical card. I was 5 months old at the time , born in may 1975. I have the autograph still. Sandy wrote to me--- With Whispered Love.....
I see Canned Heat in the charts with their last hit with the Blind Owl in the group.
"Let's Work Together", I love that song.
I own so many albums in that chart at the end there that it's not funny. In fact six out of the top-12 are in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die ('Abbey Road', 'Led Zeppelin II', 'Let it Bleed', 'Johnny Cash At San Quentin', 'America' and 'Chicago Transit Authority'). That's phenomenal. What a time to be buying records Feb, 1970 was!
Yes, that's truly an incredible album chart. I own many of those records, too. Probably the peak of the rock album era.
I'd add #19 on the U.K. album chart from this video to that list of top Albums to listen to.
Sandy Denny is so good and I'm not shocked she doesn't care for the more pop-oriented tracks. She was always at her best when she broke against the trends of the day, which is why Rendezvous feels so empty.
Imagine having Pentangle's Basket of Light in the top ten. Wild.
Yes, it's pretty amazing that "Basket Of Light" was a Top 10 album. Love that record.
@@tas6313 The production was what made it bad, not the performances. Song selection was fine, but soaking the songs in gloss never suited Denny.
@@CosmicHippopotamus You are totally right! The songs are great. Im trying to do acoustic versions of her songs for my project. Her last album needs a new release without all these strings and horns and choirs...
@@songsofsandydenny We all know that Sandy was a very talented musician and she had a wide spectrum of music. She wasn’t just a folk singer. She also played rock, jazz and pop in a very short period. I can’t imagine what she would play if she’d live longer. As far as I know she was interested in strings very much and described it as her fur coat. If she’d be unhappy with strings on “Rendezvous”, she’d release it without it. Yes, it would be interesting to listen to Rendezvous reproduced without strings, but I’m not sure if Sandy would be happy with it.
@@varliklevent There are several factors that would suggest the production of the album was not the product of Sandy Denny's creative vision.
First, Trevor Lucas, her husband, produced the album and it's not obvious that Denny had final say over the production many artists at the time did not. Second, Denny was in a pretty dark place after leaving Fairport again after the huge tour and was a really heavy drinker. Burnout can seriously effect how much you're willing to fight for your sound in the studio. Third, she and Lucas were not in a good place financially, it's not a big leap to say the glitzy production was a ploy to push more records than it was to stay true to who she was as an artist.
I thought the Sound-A-Likes broke up forty years ago but here they are in your videos.
They were smart reviews. She seemed spot on throughout
Very impressed by her overall fairness and integrity such as re Dionne Warwick :" I love her voice but I wouldn't buy the record." Seems like she is a very sensible young woman and of course a wonderful singer. BTW good to see The Sound of Music LP still on the charts. Was it ever not on the charts? Ever? ...lol
Hahaha! Amazing, isn't it? I'll have to check out the charts for February, 2022. My guess is it's still there.
@@YesterdaysPapers lol
Everyone was spoiled ROTTEN with great music in those days . Imagine thinking 'meh' to Thank You (for letting me...) and Johnny B. Goode from J. Winter. We'd KILL for the quality of those tunes nowadays. Lol!
I love the brutal honesty.
Awesome as always! By the way who does your Sunshine of your In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida intro question it’s really cute! Keep ‘‘em coming…..🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
I recorded the intro music myself, glad you like it. You won't believe me but I actually didn't realize it sounded like In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida until someone mentioned it in the comments a few months ago. That song must have been in my subconscious when I recorded the intro tune! Hahaha!
@@YesterdaysPapers Proper intro my friend! 🇬🇧🇬🇧
Actually,this was pretty cool.
Is this the only time that she took a turn?
I always loved her voice,and her singing.
A few good singles in the singles chart then and some of the best albums ever in the album chart.
Wow. Kind of weird that she didn't know Simon from Garfunkle. She most likely knew Simon from their London folkie days before the success of S&G or Fairport Convention. Not surprised she liked The Strawbs. She was in the group for a while and they recorded an album she didn't want released. She was pretty stately in her dismissal of some of those songs. Be gone! I find you tedious and grow weary. She's a gem.
What's that instrumental track at the end? New to me....
The battle of Evermore! 🔥
Very folky selection for Sandy there.. called it wrong on Troubled Water though - it's Art Garfunkel!
BTW bloomin 'eck it's 1970 and The Sound Of Music STILL hasn't left the charts!!
My favourite singer. Well, my favourite white singer. Well, my favourite folk singer. Well, one of them for shure :)
This is the lady that sang on The Battle of Evermore with Robert Plant .
She wasn't into funk, that's for sure. She had a premonition when she thought Sly &FS sounded like a machine, she was forseeing sampling and the electronic side of urban music. She should have reviewed the folk and acoustic charts.
You don’t have to go all the way to sampling to witness the destruction of performed music. Just few years after she gave this comment disco dominated popular music and it all sounded prefabricated and machine like. To large extent it also killed bands playing music in clubs, they were replaced by blinking lights and recorded music. Accidentally, this was when I gave up on popular music. It was all unbearable.
Good to see Ralf Harris in at number 8 with Two Little Boys.
Wow, art Garfunkel sang the whole song ,Paul wrote it.
The out-tro music is great, again.
Thank you.
Interesting edition. I've never heard of many of the artists she mentioned here. No doubt because I am an American.
The number 1 in the country that week … “Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes “ by Edison Lighthouse… lol
One hit wonder if I remember correctly.
This selection of singles might be the weakest I’ve heard on this channel to date. But I dig seeing the top albums segment at the end. The Easy Rider soundtrack owes everything to Steppenwolf of course. And it’s interesting to see Cash’s live prison record charting up there with Abbey Road and Zeppelin II!
Yes, a lot of great albums on the album chart.
Into my reggae but kinda surprised the 'Elizabethan Reggae' was an actual bona fide hit.
Art Garfunkel sang the lead on Bridge over troubled water. She must have not know much about them at the time
No Garfunkel in Bridge Over Troubled Water? It’s pretty much all him.
The carpenters was on the charts sometime that year. I want to here a review, 'take it off please, its love song".
When I learn her songs, I sometimes ask myself: What was the music she enjoyed and listened to? This is so interesting, thanks for uploading it. Sandy is on of the most underrated artists of the 70s. And I still dont know why. Her solo performances (Live BBC) and the demos for her records are better than the records, thats true. Not only her voice but also her songwriting is brilliant! I hope I can do a small contribution to keep her music alive...wonder how she would rate my interpretations :D
She'd admire you, I believe.
@@varliklevent Oh that would be awesome! Thank you for your kind words :)!
@@varliklevent 😍🥰🤩
Sandy got it wrong. It's Art singing all along - Paul didn't come in in the end : )
Pretty good week for music.
She was wrong about paul singing
Yes that’s Art Garfunkel at his finest
Ha! I've seen Paul sing it and he doesn't even try to get near Artie's take
I don't think the UK album charts at 4:08 can be right...I think it's showing the charts for September 1969. That's when the Beatles' Abby Road and Led Zeppelin II came out. Not in February 1970
@@dennisbenn2065 They came out in September 1969 but they were still in the charts in February 1970. Those records were big sellers and remained in the album charts for several months.
Respect for Sandy Denny's musical talent, but that woman was fucking crazy !!!!!
Sly & The Family Stone Were Smooth ! 😎
no sly....no prince
but not for Sandy !!!
lmao imagine thinking that was Paul singing.
on the charts
rolf harris sings two little boys and jonathan king sings let it all hang out
ROFLMAO
another interesting tidbit....white plains and edison lighthouse were pretty much the same studio band....tony burrows was bigger than elvis and nobody knew
Yep, Tony Burrows sang on many hit singles from the late 60s, early 70s.
@@YesterdaysPapers didnt he show up on top of the pops a few times on the same show with different groups and nobody noticed?
@@thewkovacs316 Yes, I think he was on an episode of Top of the Tops and he sang on four of the songs that charted that week. Vanity Fare, Brotherhood of Man, and I can't remember the others. That episode used to be on youtube.
@@YesterdaysPapers Vanity Fare are still on the road, with (l think ) some original members. A few years ago they were the headline act at some 1960s weekend at a hotel in Wales. Apart from some of their chart hits, didn’t know much about them . Expectations were not high .. Have to say they were excellent. Real musicians who could play live.. They are heavily into Beach Boys surf style music. How many modern day live bands base their act mainly on surf style music? If they are appearing near you ,and you love surf , go and see them.
TRES Cool
Sure, she got Simon and Garfunkel mixed up but I just like hearing from her. I just wish things had turned out better for her.
Yes, very sad story.
Art sang lead on Bridge Over Troubled Water.
Interesting takes but incorrect about Bridge Over Troubled Water - Art sings the lead which caused Paul Simon resentment when it used to bring the house down and he had to stand and watch Arty get all the acclaim for the song that he (Simon) wrote.
At minute 2:19 the song ''I'll Never Fall In Love Again'' appears.
The best version of this classic is from ''THE CARPENTERS'', not Dionne Warwick or Bobbie Gentry.
Thank you, Yesterday's Papers. 👍🥳🎶
I guess SD didn't listen to Simon and Garfunkle enough to be able to distinguish their voices. But what a top 30 in Feb '70! I would be finishing high school in a few months.
Ohhh.... can we go back to the 60s? 😟
The songs she liked were the ones I didn’t like (and vice versa). She was really one dimensional; she only seemed to enjoy the style she herself was known for.
Sandy dear, that was Art not Paul.
She gets Simon and Garfunkel confused. That's Garfunkel singing.
She didn't recognize Art Garfunkel's voice. Sandy, Sandy, Sandy ☺
Damn! Sandy could be a little brutal in her critiques.