Sandy Denny, I've Always Kept A Unicorn - The Acoustic Sandy Denny

2CD Island Records 2016 (536 735-0)  

Meraviglioso doppio Cd della Island che raccoglie 40 tracce fatte di demo, live, registrazioni radiofoniche e televisive e "previously unreleased". Tra i pezzi di pregio ci sono sicuramente i tre demo registrati da Richard Branson ai Manor Studios nel dicembre 1971 per l'album "The Bunch Rock On" del 1972.. Il produttore Andrew Batt ci  ha restituito un capolavoro.  Il booklet contiene una precisa introduzione di Mick Houghton che nel 2005 ha scritto una biografia di Sandy Denny.  Apprezzabile anche la grafica di Phil Smee e di quelli della Waldo's Design.

Tracks CD1:

01: Who Knows Where the Time Goes – Acoustic version – The Strawbs & Sandy Denny - 02: You Never Wanted Me (Saga album version) – Sandy Denny - 03: Milk and Honey (re-recorded version) – Sandy Denny - 04: Autopsy (demo) – Fairport Convention - 05: Now And Then (demo) – Fairport Convention - 06: She Moves Through the Fair (acoustic master) ) – Fairport Convention - 07: Fotheringay (acoustic master) – Fairport Convention - 08: The Pond and the Stream (demo) – Fotheringay - 09: Winter Winds (demo) – Fotheringay - 10: Wild Mountain Thyme (BBC Sounds of the Seventies) – Fotheringay - 11: Lowlands of Holland (BBC Folk On One) – Fotheringay - 12: Wretched Wilbur (demo) – Sandy Denny - 13: The Optimist (demo) – Sandy Denny - 14: Late November (BBC One In Ten) – Sandy Denny - 15: North Star Grassman and the Ravens (BBC Paris Theatre) – Sandy Denny - 16: Next Time Around (BBC Paris Theatre) – Sandy Denny - 17. John The Gun (BBC Paris Theatre) – Sandy Denny - 18: Love’s Made A Fool Of You ( demo ) – The Bunch Previously Unreleased - 19: When Will I Be Loved ( demo ) – The Bunch Previously Unreleased - 20: Learning the Game (demo) – The Bunch Previously Unreleased01: Quiet Joys of Brotherhood (demo) – Sandy Denny

Tracks CD2:

01: Quiet Joys of Brotherhood (demo) - 02: After Halloween ( demo ) – Sandy Denny - 03: The Lady (demo # 2) – Sandy Denny - 04: Bushes and Briars (live – BBC Bob Harris Show ) – Sandy Denny - 05: The Music Weaver (demo) – Sandy Denny - 06: No End (demo – piano version) – Sandy Denny - 07: Solo (BBC John Peel Session – acoustic version) – Sandy Denny - 08: Like and Old Fashioned Waltz (BBC John Peel Session – acoustic version) - 09: King and Queen of England (demo) – Sandy Denny - 10: Rising For The Moon (demo) – Fairport Convention - 11: One More Chance (demo) – Fairport Convention - 12: Take away the load (demo) – Fairport Convention - 13: What Is True? (demo) – Fairport Convention - 14: Blackwaterside ( live on Marc Time ) – Sandy Denny - 15: No More Sad Refrains ( live on Marc Time ) – Sandy Denny - 16: Full Moon (demo) – Sandy Denny - 17: I’m A Dreamer (demo # 2) – Sandy Denny - 18: By The Time It Gets Dark (studio demo 1976) – Sandy Denny - 19: One Way Donkey Ride (acoustic master 1976) – – Sandy Denny - 20: Moments ( acoustic version ) – Sandy Denny