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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 Theatre in London on 27th November 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 UK tour with a six-piece band. Their London concert, which
resulted in this recording, was the last date. The show was also Sandy'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.
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