Track Listing
1. I Wish I Was A Fool For You (For Shame Of Doing Wrong)
2. Stranger To Himself
3. I'm A Dreamer
4. Take Me Away
5. Nothing More
6. Sea
7. Lady
8. Gold Dust
9. Solo
10. John The Gun
11. It'll Take A Long Time
12. Wretched Wilbur
13. Tomorrow Is A Long Time
14. Northstar Grassman
15. One More Chance
16. No More Sad Refrains
17. Who Knows Where The Time Goes
| Details | | Number of CDs: | 1 | | Producer: | Jerry Boys, Jerry Donahue | | Recording Type: | Live | | Distributor: | Universal Music | | Recording Mode: | Stereo |
Album Notes
GOLD DUST was recorded at Sandy Denny's final live performance in November of 1977. It contains re-recordings of some of the original guitar and backing vocal tracks due to the poor sound quality of the original tracks.Recorded live at The Royalty Theater, London, England on November 27, 1977. Includes liner notes by Pamela Murray Winters.In 1977, Sandy Denny returned to the concert stage after a two-year absence to embark on an 11-city British tour with a six-piece band. Their London concert, which resulted in this recording, was the last date. The show was also Denny's last performance--she died less than five months later. Unreleased for 21 years, the concert tapes required guitar and background vocal repairs to remove some sonic disturbances. With a steel guitarist among the band members, there's a gorgeous sweep to the arrangements on GOLD DUST. And Denny's voice, fragile at some moments and powerful at others, is simply an awe-inspiring instrument. All of the songs were written by Denny with the exception of a song by Richard Thompson and a song by Bob Dylan. Drawing from British and American folk, pop, and more, GOLD DUST has a regal and spiritual quality that makes it timeless.
Editorial Reviews
...Her husky, barleycorn voice still sounds luminous, and the tracks include some of ther most heavyhearted ballads....Thankfully, the posthumous guitar and harmony overdubs are fairly unobtrusive. - Rating: B+
Entertainment Weekly (07/10/1998)
6 (out of 10) - ...through an amalgamation of Denny's songwriting...and that of her former Fairport Convention partner Richard Thompson, [Denny] demonstrates both the bell-like clarity of her voice and its strength...
NME (05/23/1998)
6 (out of 10) - ...through an amalgamation of Denny's songwriting...and that of her former Fairport Convention partner Richard Thompson, [Denny] demonstrates both the bell-like clarity of her voice and its strength...Entertainment Weekly (7/10/98, p.77) - ...Her husky, barleycorn voice still sounds luminous, and the tracks include some of ther most heavyhearted ballads....Thankfully, the posthumous guitar and harmony overdubs are fairly unobtrusive. - Rating: B+
NME (05/23/1998)
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