Gold Dust (album)

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Gold Dust
Live album by Sandy Denny
Released	June 1998 (UK)
Recorded	Royalty Theatre, Posrtugal Street, London, 27 November 1977
Genre	folk rock
Label	Island Records IMCD 252/524 (UK)
Producer	Jerry Boys, Jerry Donahue, Trevor Wyatt
Sandy Denny chronology
The BBC Sessions 1971-1973 (1997) Gold Dust (1973) A Boxful of Treasures (

Gold Dust is a live album by English folk rock singer Sandy Denny released in 1997. It documents one of Denny's last public performances and was recorded at the Royalty Theatre, Portugal Street, London on 27 November 1977. The album features many of her classic songs both as a solo artist and as a member of Fairport Convention and Fotheringay.

Denny had not performed live for about two years and her solo studio release from earlier that year, Rendezvous, had shown a departure from traditional folk music. She had been quoted as saying shortly before this recording

If I have to sing "Matty Groves" one more time, I'll throw myself out of a window.^[1]

Denny's voice had audibly changed by this recording, as

relentless smoking was to blame for thinning the robust contralto heard on the early Fairport albums.^[1]

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Musicians 2.1 Production credits 3 References

[edit] Track listing

All tracks credited to Sandy Denny unless otherwise stated

1. "I Wish I was a Fool For You (For Shame of Doing Wrong)" (Richard Thompson) - 4:32
2. "Stranger to Himself" - 3:45
3. "I'm a Dreamer" - 4:53
4. "Take Me Away" - 4:42
5. "Nothing More" - 4:15
6. "The Sea" - 5:10
7. "The Lady" - 3:45
8. "Gold Dust" - 3:53
9. "Solo" - 4:46
10. "John the Gun" - 4:47
11. "It'll Take a Long Time" - 4:59
12. "Wretched Wilbur" - 2:59
13. "Tomorrow Is a Long Time" (Bob Dylan) - 3:57
14. "The North Star Grassman" - 3:46
15. "One More Chance" - 8:21
16. "No More Sad Refrains" - 2:27
17. "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?" - 6:38

[edit] Musicians

• Sandy Denny - vocals, piano, acoustic guitar
• Pat Donaldson - bass guitar & backing vocals
• Dave Mattacks - drums
• Pete Wilsher - pedal steel guitar
• Trevor Lucas - acoustic guitar & backing vocals
• Jerry Donahue - electric & acoustic guitars (except track 13)
• Simon Nicol - backing vocals
• Chris Leslie - backing vocals

[edit] Production credits

• Recorded by John Wood at the Royalty Theatre 22/11/77
• Mixes produced by Jerry Boys & Jerry Donahue
• Engineered by Jerry Boys at Livingstone Studios
• Executive Producer (Restoration) - Trevor Wyatt
• Mastered by Donal Wheelan at Chop 'Em Out, London

[edit] References

• Sandy Denny: Gold Dust Information

v • d • e Sandy Denny Solo albums It's Sandy Denny · The North Star Grassman and the Ravens · Sandy · Like an Old Fashioned Waltz · Rendezvous · Gold Dust Albums with Fairport Convention What We Did on Our Holidays · Unhalfbricking · Liege & Lief · Fairport Live Convention · Rising for the Moon · Heyday Albums with Fotheringay Fotheringay Collaborations Alex Campbell and his Friends · Sandy and Johnny · All Our Own Work · Rock On · Sandy Denny and the Strawbs Compilations Who Knows Where the Time Goes? · The BBC Sessions 1971-1973 · Live at the BBC · A Box of Treasures Guest appearances "The Battle of Evermore" (with Led Zeppelin) · Tommy (with The Who) · Galleries (with The Young Tradition) · Ragtime Cowboy Jew (with Stefan Grossman)