Two Stawbs programmes - 1973 and 1974 - up on Ebay today in case anyone's
interested.
DICK
DICK GREENER
London, UK
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Hello again!
I thought you might be interested in a small tale regarding an old Strawbs
recording I found recently.
We were doing a clearout in our house and I decided some of the stuff from the
loft/attic should be thrown out. While sifting through some of the stuff I found
some old albums and cassettes gathering dust in a corner. Some of the cassettes
were live recordings from bands I had seen in my teens but one of the recordings
was of 1 track by The Strawbs recorded from a cassette recorder from the BBC
program 'Swap Shop'. The track I had recorded was 'Hard Hard Winter' presumably
from 1976 when Deep Cuts was out. The thing is even though the recording hasn't
got a great sound it does have a great line which Dave Cousins ad libs at the
end. Instead of repeating the line 'Its going to be a hard hard winter long and
cold' he changes it to' I'm dreaming of a white Christmas long and cold' and
then does a little laugh.
For the benefit of our overseas friends and if my memory molecules serve me
correctly 'Swap Shop' was a children's/youth based TV program presented by Noel
Edmonds on a Saturday morning. Noel Edmunds at that time was a regular face on
just about every TV show, he was also known to be quite a big Strawbs fan and
probably played a fair part in getting them on the show.
I hope you found this a little interesting!
Michael
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On the subject of Noel Edmunds and the Strawbs, I recall Noel having
Deep Cuts as the album of the week on his Radio 1 Show. I can't
remember whether it was a morning or afternoon show at the time, but
I do remember listening to it when driving to or from work. I also
have a vague recollection of Dave C and Dave L appearing live on the
show and being interviewed by Noel, but I may be mistaken there.
Anyone else have similiar memories ?
Gordon.
--- In Witchwood@y..., "Michael Coleman" <glow@g...> wrote:
> Hello again!
>
> I thought you might be interested in a small tale regarding an old
Strawbs recording I found recently.
>
> We were doing a clearout in our house and I decided some of the
stuff from the loft/attic should be thrown out. While sifting through
some of the stuff I found some old albums and cassettes gathering
dust in a corner. Some of the cassettes were live recordings from
bands I had seen in my teens but one of the recordings was of 1 track
by The Strawbs recorded from a cassette recorder from the BBC
program 'Swap Shop'. The track I had recorded was 'Hard Hard Winter'
presumably from 1976 when Deep Cuts was out. The thing is even though
the recording hasn't got a great sound it does have a great line
which Dave Cousins ad libs at the end. Instead of repeating the
line 'Its going to be a hard hard winter long and cold' he changes it
to' I'm dreaming of a white Christmas long and cold' and then does a
little laugh.
>
> For the benefit of our overseas friends and if my memory molecules
serve me correctly 'Swap Shop' was a children's/youth based TV
program presented by Noel Edmonds on a Saturday morning. Noel Edmunds
at that time was a regular face on just about every TV show, he was
also known to be quite a big Strawbs fan and probably played a fair
part in getting them on the show.
>
> I hope you found this a little interesting!
>
> Michael
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Hi Folks
Hearing all this talk about Deep Cuts as an old recording makes me
feel really ancient - I remember it as one of the newer albums - Sad
as well as ancient !!
But I do recall a BBC radio album review programme with Elton John
doing some of the reviews. They played "Turn Me Round" which was of
course classic uncompromising "crash the chords lads" Strawbs and you
just knew that EJ would pan it - which he did, but with some
platitudes about how the Strawbs spawned some good musicians. It was
great those few weeks back at Southampton and Burgess Hill to see the
band playing Turn Me Round live for the first time. I was delighted
in the post-gig crawling opportunity to say to DC about the song and
he commented that it needed two lead guitars and so never used to get
played.
Never quite forgave EJ though for his negative comments on the radio.
Strawbs fans have long memories it seems.
Glyn
Does anyone on the list know if Sandy Denny sang "The Battle of Evermore"? I
thought that when Jimmy Page and Robert Plant did the song on their "No
Quarter" CD that they mentioned Sandy.
Tom C.
She sure did, at least on the original album; I vividly remember buying the
vinyl version many years ago for that very reason (why else??). There may be
later versions which don't feature Sandy, but I'm not aware of these.
DJ0454@... wrote:
> Does anyone on the list know if Sandy Denny sang "The Battle of Evermore"? I
> thought that when Jimmy Page and Robert Plant did the song on their "No
> Quarter" CD that they mentioned Sandy.
>
> Tom C.
>
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In a message dated 8/3/01 3:07:53 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
cdfield@... writes:
<< She sure did, at least on the original album; I vividly remember buying the
vinyl version many years ago for that very reason (why else??). There may be
later versions which don't feature Sandy, but I'm not aware of these.
>>
The "Original Album" didn't have "The Battle of Evermore " on it. What album
is it from? I looked through alot of her discography and didn't see it
anywhere. Not even in the compilations. I have "Who Knows Where the Time
Goes" and "No More Sad Refrains" and its not on either set.
Tom
The version on the untitled Led Zep fourth album has Robert Plant and
Sandy trading verses on that track, a real highlight of the Album. I
think its also on the Led Zeppelin Remasters double CD.
--- In Witchwood@y..., DJ0454@a... wrote:
> Does anyone on the list know if Sandy Denny sang "The Battle of
Evermore"? I
> thought that when Jimmy Page and Robert Plant did the song on
their "No
> Quarter" CD that they mentioned Sandy.
>
> Tom C.
True, Les. As a matter of fact, the first time I had ever heard of Sandy
Denny was that very track, on the very first album I ever bought with my own
money. It was also the spark for my reading 'The Lord of the Rings' by
J.R.R. Tolkien, a book I have read over a hundred times in my life, and has
been the biggest influence of all on me. Oddly enough, I have become a
Tolkien fan, and a Sandy Denny fan, but I have since come to loathe Led
Zepplin, because of their satanic garbage. Doug.
>From: lescotton@...
>Reply-To: Witchwood@yahoogroups.com
>To: Witchwood@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [Witchwood] Re: Sandy Denny
>Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 07:28:41 -0000
>
>The version on the untitled Led Zep fourth album has Robert Plant and
>Sandy trading verses on that track, a real highlight of the Album. I
>think its also on the Led Zeppelin Remasters double CD.
>
>--- In Witchwood@y..., DJ0454@a... wrote:
> > Does anyone on the list know if Sandy Denny sang "The Battle of
>Evermore"? I
> > thought that when Jimmy Page and Robert Plant did the song on
>their "No
> > Quarter" CD that they mentioned Sandy.
> >
> > Tom C.
>
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In a message dated 8/3/01 8:34:01 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
fraiswe@... writes:
<< True, Les. As a matter of fact, the first time I had ever heard of Sandy
Denny was that very track, on the very first album I ever bought with my own
money. >>
Yes, Yes but what is the name of the album that has The Battle of Evermore on
it?
Which Sandy album has that song?
Tom
> Yes, Yes but what is the name of the album that has The
> Battle of Evermore on
> it?
> Which Sandy album has that song?
>
As far as I know it's not on a Sandy album but first appears on Led Zeppelin
4 and also on the Led Zeppelin Remasters along with Stairway to Heaven etc.
In a message dated 8/3/01 8:42:51 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
dmortimer@... writes:
<< As far as I know it's not on a Sandy album but first appears on Led
Zeppelin
4 and also on the Led Zeppelin Remasters along with Stairway to Heaven etc.
>>
Did Sandy write the song? Who was the writer?
Tom
> Did Sandy write the song? Who was the writer?
>
> Tom
Very much thinking from the top of my head, it was written by Led Zep I
believe with Sandy in mind but I don't believe she got a songwriting credit.
However, I'll look at the album tonight and find out. I'm pretty sure she
was just a guest vocalist.
David
The album is called 'Led Zepplin IV', but was nicknamed 'Zoso' because of
one of the symbols on it.
I have never seen this track on any Sandy Denny album, but it may appear
on a collection we cannot get here in Canada. Doug.
>From: DJ0454@...
>Reply-To: Witchwood@yahoogroups.com
>To: Witchwood@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [Witchwood] Re: Sandy Denny
>Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 08:37:17 EDT
>
>In a message dated 8/3/01 8:34:01 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>fraiswe@... writes:
>
><< True, Les. As a matter of fact, the first time I had ever heard of
>Sandy
> Denny was that very track, on the very first album I ever bought with my
>own
> money. >>
>
>Yes, Yes but what is the name of the album that has The Battle of Evermore
>on
>it?
>Which Sandy album has that song?
>
>Tom
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In a message dated 8/3/01 8:51:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
dmortimer@... writes:
<< I'm pretty sure she
was just a guest vocalist.
>>
So she never sang The Battle of Evermore solo on any of her albums then?
Tom
In a message dated 8/3/01 3:07:53 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
cdfield@... writes:
<< She sure did, at least on the original album; I vividly remember buying the
vinyl version many years ago for that very reason (why else??). There may be
later versions which don't feature Sandy, but I'm not aware of these.
>>
So she never sang the song The Battle of Evermore on any of her solo albums
then?
Tom
On 03 Aug, Les Cotton <lescotton@...> wrote:
> The version on the untitled Led Zep fourth album has Robert Plant and
> Sandy trading verses on that track, a real highlight of the Album. I
> think its also on the Led Zeppelin Remasters double CD.
Yes, it is.
Jon.
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On 03 Aug, Tom <DJ0454@...> wrote:
> Does anyone on the list know if Sandy Denny sang "The Battle of Evermore"?
Yes!!!
Jon.
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The song was written by Jimmy Page. "Battle" has got to be one of Zep's
finest moments, Sandy really sounds like she was having a great time with it
as well. Ya know it's kinda funny, I was just talking to someone about
Sandy Denny and the person said, "Oh, you mean the lady that sang with Led
Zeppelin!" What a shame!
Lew
PS: If no one has answered yet, the Led Zeppelin album is Led Zeppelin IV,
or Zoso. Whichever you call it. It had so many names back in the 70's.
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>From: Jon <jghall@...>
>To: Witchwood@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [Witchwood] Sandy Denny
>Date: Fri, Aug 3, 2001, 5:40 AM
>
> On 03 Aug, Tom <DJ0454@...> wrote:
>> Does anyone on the list know if Sandy Denny sang "The Battle of Evermore"?
>
> Yes!!!
> Jon.
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DJ0454@... wrote:
> In a message dated 8/3/01 3:07:53 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> cdfield@... writes:
>
> << She sure did, at least on the original album; I vividly remember
> buying the
> vinyl version many years ago for that very reason (why else??). There
> may be
> later versions which don't feature Sandy, but I'm not aware of these.
>
> >>
> So she never sang the song The Battle of Evermore on any of her solo
> albums
> then?
>
> Tom
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Doug,
I can understand your feeling about Led Zepplin if they dabbled in "satanic
garbage", presumably on their fourth album? Fortunately, I don't know that
album, but their first 3 albums are surely fundamental to a classic rock
collection.
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And the 4th album isn't????? Led Zeppelin IV is the quintessential Zeppelin
album in my opinion. ( No, not for Stairway to Heaven!) but for Black Dog,
Rock N Roll, Misty Mountain Hop and of course The Battle Of Evermore. Don't
get me wrong, Led Zeppelin III is my favorite, but IV has to be in that
high regard as well!
Lew
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>To: Witchwood@yahoogroups.com,Witchwood@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [Witchwood] Re: Led Zeppelin
>Date: Fri, Aug 3, 2001, 7:16 AM
>
>
> Doug,
>
> I can understand your feeling about Led Zepplin if they dabbled in "satanic
> garbage", presumably on their fourth album? Fortunately, I don't know that
> album, but their first 3 albums are surely fundamental to a classic rock
> collection.
>
> Malo
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On 03 Aug, Tom <DJ0454@...> wrote:
> Yes, Yes but what is the name of the album that has The Battle of Evermore on
> it?
Zep 4
> Which Sandy album has that song?
None of them.
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On 03 Aug, Lew <ptfan@...> wrote:
> The song was written by Jimmy Page. "Battle" has got to be one of Zep's
> finest moments, Sandy really sounds like she was having a great time with it
> as well. Ya know it's kinda funny, I was just talking to someone about
> Sandy Denny and the person said, "Oh, you mean the lady that sang with Led
> Zeppelin!" What a shame!
If you go to my Sandy pages - via my music pages - there is a pic of Sandy
and Led Zep taken at the time of the recording.
Very nice pic it is too:)
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The Battle Of Evermore is on Side 2, track 3 of the original
album............
Lew
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>From: Jon <jghall@...>
>To: Witchwood@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [Witchwood] Re: Sandy Denny
>Date: Fri, Aug 3, 2001, 6:26 AM
>
> On 03 Aug, Tom <DJ0454@...> wrote:
>
>
>> Did Sandy write the song?
>
> No
>
>> Who was the writer?
>
> Page/Plant
> Jon.
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On 03 Aug, Lew <ptfan@...> wrote:
> And the 4th album isn't????? Led Zeppelin IV is the quintessential Zeppelin
> album in my opinion. ( No, not for Stairway to Heaven!) but for Black Dog,
> Rock N Roll, Misty Mountain Hop and of course The Battle Of Evermore. Don't
> get me wrong, Led Zeppelin III is my favorite, but IV has to be in that
> high regard as well!
Agreed - don't forget 'When the Levee Breaks' - now that's what I call
drumming!!
Satanic? Nope, I don't think so - Nordic myth yes.
Jon.
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Sorry, Lew
I don't really know Led Zeppelin IV, but Black Dog (and
"Stairway to Heaven"!) is indeed a great track.
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Hey John, thanx for the link! I've always loved Sandy's music, not an
uncommon sentiment on this list of course.
Lew
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>To: Witchwood@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [Witchwood] Sandy Denny/Zep
>Date: Fri, Aug 3, 2001, 7:00 AM
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