SANDY DENNY "THE NORTH STAR GRASSMAN & THE RAVENS" DEBUT 1st PRESS ILPS 9165 -EX

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ARTIST - SANDY DENNY - DEBUT ALBUM 

TITLE - "THE NORTH STAR GRASSMAN & THE RAVENS"

LABEL - ISLAND PINK RIM

RECORD NO. -  ILPS 9165

YEAR - 1st PRESS - 1971

SLEEVE - GATEFOLD - VG - knocks at corners

VINYL - EX

TRACK LISTING........

A1 Late November Acoustic Guitar – Trevor LucasBass – Pat DonaldsonDrums – Gerry ConwayElectric Guitar – Jerry Donahue, Richard ThompsonPiano – Sandy DennyWritten-By – Sandy Denny 4:25 A2 Blackwaterside Acoustic Guitar – Sandy DennyArranged By – Sandy DennyBass – Pat DonaldsonDrums – Gerry ConwayElectric Guitar, Accordion – Richard ThompsonWritten-By – Trad* 4:07 A3 The Sea Captain Acoustic Guitar – Sandy DennyBass – Pat DonaldsonDrums – Gerry ConwayElectric Guitar – Richard ThompsonWritten-By – Sandy Denny 3:07 A4 Down In The Flood Acoustic Guitar – Trevor LucasBass – Tony ReevesDrums – Gerry ConwayPiano – Ian WhitemanVocals, Electric Guitar – Richard ThompsonWritten-By – Bob Dylan 3:17 A5 John The Gun Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals – Trevor LucasBacking Vocals – Robin Dransfield, Royston WoodBass – Pat DonaldsonDrums – Gerry ConwayElectric Guitar – Richard ThompsonPiano – Ian WhitemanViolin, Backing Vocals – Barry DransfieldWritten-By – Sandy Denny 4:35 B1 Next Time Around Acoustic Guitar – Richard ThompsonArranged By [Strings] – Harry RobinsonBass – Tony ReevesDrums – Gerry ConwayPiano – Ian WhitemanWritten-By – Sandy Denny 4:20 B2 The Optimist Drums – Gerry ConwayElectric Guitar, Bass [Tweleve String] – Richard ThompsonPiano – Ian WhitemanWritten-By – Sandy Denny 3:21 B3 Let's Jump The Broomstick Acoustic Guitar – Trevor LucasDrums – Roger Powell (2)Electric Guitar – Richard ThompsonPiano – Ian WhitemanWritten-By – Charles Robins 2:40 B4 Wretched Wilbur Arranged By [Strings] – Harry RobinsonBass – Pat DonaldsonDrums – Gerry ConwayElectric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Richard ThompsonWritten-By – Sandy Denny 2:34 B5 The North Star Grassman And The Ravens Acoustic Guitar – Richard ThompsonBass – Pat DonaldsonDrums – Gerry ConwayPiano, Organ [Flute Organ] – Ian WhitemanWritten-By – Sandy Denny 3:25 B6 Crazy Lady Blues Acoustic Guitar – Sandy DennyBass – Richard ThompsonDrums – Gerry ConwayPiano – Ian WhitemanSteel Guitar [Pedal] – Buddy EmmonsWritten-By – Sandy Denny 3:21

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – Island Records Ltd.
• Mastered At – Sterling Sound
• Published By – Warlock Music Ltd.
• Published By – Dwarf Music
• Published By – aberbach
• Made By – Howards Printers (Slough) Ltd.
• Printed By – Howards Printers (Slough) Ltd.

Credits

• Design [Cover Design], Photography By – Keef (4)
• Engineer, Producer – John Wood
• Mastered By – LH*
• Producer – Richard Thompson, Sandy Denny
• Vocals [Uncredited] – Sandy Denny

Notes

Released on the Island " pink rim " label in a matt gatefold sleeve. 

All tracks published by Warlock Music Ltd, except Down In The Flood (Dwarf) and Let's jump The Broomstick (Aberbach) 

Ian Whiteman and Rodger Powell by courtesy of Blue Horizon Records Ltd. 

Printed and made by Howards Printers (Slough) Ltd. 

Island Records Ltd 
Basing Street London W11 

?1971 

(There is also a near identical UK version,with ?1971 Island Records Ltd. credited on the labels.)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Var.1 A-side stamped in two lines, LH engraved): STERLING LH ILPS 9165 A-1U
• Matrix / Runout (Var.1 B-side stamped in two lines, LH engraved): STERLING LH ILPS 9165 B-1U

Alexandra Elene MacLean Denny (6 January 1947 – 21 April 1978), known as Sandy Denny, was an English singer and songwriter, perhaps best known as the lead singer for the folk rock band Fairport Convention. She has been described as "the pre-eminent British folk rock singer".

After briefly working with British folk band the Strawbs, Denny joined Fairport Convention in 1968, remaining with that band until the end of 1969. She formed the short-lived band Fotheringay in 1970, releasing one album with them (another unreleased album surfaced over thirty years later), before focusing on a solo career. Between 1971 and 1977, Denny released four solo albums: The North Star Grassman and the Ravens, Sandy, Like an Old Fashioned Waltz, and Rendezvous. She is also noted as the only guest vocalist on a Led Zeppelin studio album, when she shared a duet with Robert Plant for "The Battle of Evermore" on Led Zeppelin'suntitled fourth album (1971).

Music publications Uncut and Mojo, as well as the Sunday Express, have all called Denny Britain's finest female singer-songwriter

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