Sandy: Vinyl LP

Known for her time as vocalist in Fairport Convention and respectedglobally as Robert Plant’s frst Alison Krauss (duetting with him on LedZeppelin’s The Battle Of Evermore), Sandy Denny left a beguiling, everevolving body of work – Kate Bush was to namecheck her in song, andDenny’s infuence can be heard in generations of singer-songwriters

From its David Bailey cover photo inwards, 1972’s Sandy is arguably the defnitiveSandy Denny album. Recorded at John Wood’s Sound Techniques studio, andproduced by Trevor Lucas, it adds some special guests into its mix ‘Sneaky’Pete Kleinow from The Flying Burrito Brothers enhances It’ll Take A Long Timewith his unmistakable pedal steel playing, and New Orleans legend AllanToussaint adds a brass arrangement to For Nobody To Hear. But it is Denny’salbum. Often, it is impossible not be stopped in your tracks by that beautiful, longgone yet so-full-of-life voice, especially on two of her career-bests The Lady andListen, Listen.

Out of print on LP for a number of years, this re- issue faithfully replicates theoriginal 1972 Island Records UK release with gatefold sleeve and is pressed ontohigh quality 180g vinyl.