Fotheringay: Nothing More (The Collected Fotheringay) 2015

 

Fotheringay was a short-lived British folk rock group, formed in 1970 by singer-songwriter and musician Sandy Denny on her departure from Fairport Convention. The band drew its name from her 1968 composition "Fotheringay" about Fotheringhay Castle, in which Mary, Queen of Scots

had been imprisoned. The song originally appeared on the 1969 Fairport Convention album, What We Did on Our Holidays, Denny's first album with that group. The original Fotheringay released one self-titled album but disbanded at the start of 1971 as Denny embarked on a solo career. Forty-five years later, a new version of the band re-formed featuring the three original surviving members together with other musicians, and toured in 2015 and 2016. 
                           

When Sandy Denny departed Fairport Convention, insisting that she wanted to concentrate upon her own songwriting rather than pursue the band's exploration of traditional English music, she

never meant she also intended abandoning the folk idiom itself. Although all but two of the songs on this, her first post-Fairport project, are indeed original compositions, it is readily apparent that, like former bandmate Richard Thompson, her greatest talents lay distinctly within the same traditions as the poets and balladeers of earlier centuries, while the fact that fully one-half of Fotheringay itself would eventually join Fairport illustrates the care that went into the band's formation. 
                            

Two former members of Eclection, guitarist Trevor Lucas and drummer Gerry Conway, and two former members of Poet and the One Man Band, Jerry Donahue (guitar) and Pat Donaldson (bass), completed the line-up responsible for what was intended to be the quintet's first album. This folk-

based set included several Denny original compositions, notably "Nothing More", "The Sea" and "The Pond and The Stream", as well as versions of Gordon Lightfoot's "The Way I Feel" (#71 Canada) and Bob Dylan's "Too Much of Nothing". Though during the year of its original release the album featured in two of the UK's music papers' Top 20s (Melody Maker and NME), it did not meet commercial expectations, and pressures on Denny to undertake a solo career increased. She had been voted Britain's number 1 singer for two consecutive years in Melody Maker's readers poll. The album peaked at No. 18 in the UK Albums Chart.
                        

Fotheringay disbanded in January 1971 during sessions for a projected second album. The album remained unfinished after Denny announced that she was leaving the group and producer Joe Boyd left to

take up a job at Warner Brothers in California. Denny would later blame Boyd's hostility towards the group for its demise.  While Fotheringay's work proved to be interesting and beguiling, the band nevertheless broke up, with Denny going on to launch a solo career. She also sang in duet with Robert Plant on Led Zeppelin's "Battle of Evermore," becoming the only guest vocalist to perform on any of the band's albums. 

                               

Fotheringay – Nothing More (The Collected Fotheringay)
Label: Island Records – 471 848-2, Universal Music Catalogue – 471 848-2, Universal Music Operations Ltd. – 0602547184825
Format: CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Box Set, Compilation
Country: Europe
Released: Mar 27, 2015
Genre: Rock, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk Rock        

CD1.  THE ORIGINAL ALBUM, RELEASED AS ISLAND ILPS IN 1970

                           

01. Nothing More   4:38
Written-By – Sandy Denny
02. The Sea   5:25
Written-By – Sandy Denny
03. The Ballad Of Ned Kelly    3:29
Written-By – Trevor Lucas
04. Winter Winds   2:13
Written-By – Sandy Denny
05. Peace In The End   4:05
Written-By – Sandy Denny, Trevor Lucas
06. The Way I Feel   4:47
Written-By – Gordon Lightfoot
07. The Pond And The Stream   3:16
Written-By – Sandy Denny
08. Too Much Of Nothing   3:55
Written-By – Bob Dylan
09. Banks Of The Nile   8:06
Arranged By – Fotheringay
Written-By – Trad

BONUS TRACKS        

    
10. The Sea (Studio Demo)   4:53
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar – Sandy Denny
Written-By – Sandy Denny
11. Winter Winds (Studio Demo)   2:24
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar – Sandy Denny
Written-By – Sandy Denny
12. The Pond And The Stream (Studio Demo)   3:10
Acoustic Guitar – Trevor Lucas
Vocals – Sandy Denny
Written-By – Sandy Denny
13. The Way I Feel (Original Version)   4:05
Producer – Jerry Donahue
Written-By – Gordon Lightfoot
14. Banks Of The Nile (Alternate Take)   7:46
Arranged By – Fotheringay
Written-By – Trad
15. Winter Winds (Alternate Take)   2:27
Written-By – Sandy Denny

Flac Size: 364 MB

CD2.  THE ORIGINAL 2nd ALBUM, RELEASED ON FLEDG'ING IN 2008    

                           

        
01. John The Gun   5:07
Saxophone – Sam Donahue
Written-By – Sandy Denny
02. Eppie Moray   4:45
Arranged By – Fotheringay
Written-By – Trad
03. Wild Mountain Thyme   3:51
Written-By – Francis McPeake
04. Knights Of The Road   4:10
Written-By – Peter William Roche, Trevor Lucas
05.Late November   4:40
Written-By – Sandy Denny
06. Restless   2:48
Written-By – Peter William Roche, Trevor Lucas
07. Gypsy Davey   3:42
Arranged By – Fotheringay
Written-By – Trad
08. I Don't Believe You   4:45
Electric Organ [Hammond] – John "Rabbit" Bundrick
Written-By – Bob Dylan
09. Silver Threads And Golden Needles   4:30
Backing Vocals – Wendy Righart Van Gelder
Written-By – Dick Reynolds, Jack Rhodes
10. Bold Jack Donahue   7:38
Arranged By – Fotheringay
Written-By – Trad
11. Two Weeks Last Summer   3:51
Written-By – Dave Cousins
12. Late November (Joe Boyd Mix)  4:31 
Written-By – Sandy Denny
13. Gypsy Davey (Joe Boyd Mix)   3:52
Arranged By – Fotheringay
Written-By – Trad
14. Two Weeks Last Summer (Joe Boyd Mix)   3:58
Written-By – Dave Cousins
15. Silver Threads And Golden Needles (2004 Version)  4:31 
Written-By – Dick Reynolds, Jack Rhodes
16. Bruton Town (Band Rehearsel)  5:18 
Arranged By – Fotheringay
Low Whistle – Fraser Fifield
Written-By – Trad
17. Bruton Town (2015 Version)   4:44
Arranged By – Fotheringay
Low Whistle – Fraser Fifield
Written-By – Trad

Flac Size: 440 MB

CD3.  LIVE IN ROTTERDAM, 1970            

                       

01. The Way I Feel   5:05
Written-By – Gordon Lightfoot
02. The Sea   5:37
Written-By – Sandy Denny
03. Too Much Of Nothing   4:11
Written-By – Bob Dylan
04. Nothing More   4:55
Written-By – Sandy Denny
05. I'm Troubled   3:02
Arranged By – Fotheringay
Written-By – Trad
06. Two Weeks Last Summer   4:47
Written-By – Dave Cousins
07. The Ballad Of Ned Kelly   3:56
Written-By – Trevor Lucas
08. Banks Of The Nile   7:42
Arranged By – Fotheringay
Written-By – Trad
09. Memphis Tennessee   4:12
Written-By – Chuck Berry

LIVE RECORDINGS FOR THE BBC, LONDON, 1970        

    
10. Interview; The Sea   6:15
Interviewer – Brian Matthew
Written-By – Sandy Denny
11. The Lowlands Of Holland   2:37
Arranged By, Solo Vocal [A Cappella Vocal] – Sandy Denny
Written-By – Trad
12. Eppie Moray   4:29
Arranged By – Fotheringay
Written-By – Trad
13. John The Gun   4:48
Written-By – Sandy Denny
14. Bold Jack Donahue   5:56
Arranged By – Fotheringay
Written-By – Trad
15. Gypsy Davey  3:43
Arranged By – Fotheringay
Written-By – Trad
16. Wild Mountain Thyme   3:53
Written-By – Francis McPeake

Flac Size: 442 MB

LINE - UP

                                               

Vocals, Piano, Guitar – Sandy Denny

Vocals, Acoustic Guitar – Trevor Lucas
Backing Vocals [Additional Backing Vocals] – Linda Peters, Tod Lloyd
Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals – Pat Donaldson
Drums, Backing Vocals – Gerry Conway
Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals – Jerry Donahue

NOTES

                                   

CD3 :
1-9 recorded live on 28th June 1970 at the Holland Pop Festival, Rotterdam
10 : Pop Gear
11-12 Folk On One
13-16 Sounds Of The 70's

Fairport Convention: Discography 1968 - 1971 + Meet On The Ledge (2CD Compilation) On Urban Aspirines HERE