Sandy and Johnny

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Sandy and Johnny
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Studio album by
Released1967
Recorded22 March and 26 April 1967
Genre Folk music
Label Saga EROS 8041
Sandy Denny chronology
Alex Campbell and His Friends
(1967)
Sandy and Johnny
(1967)
What We Did on Our Holidays
(1969)

Sandy and Johnny is a split album featuring early recordings by Sandy Denny and Johnny Silvo, recorded for Saga Records in 1967. Despite being credited to both singers, the album consists of solo songs by each.

Contents

Background

For a time in 1967, Denny was a member of the Johnny Silvo Folk Four, and this album arose from that; however, Allmusic's Richie Unterberger has stated that the "simple folk arrangements ... are often old-fashioned and outmoded". [1]

Track listing

Side one

  1. Sandy Denny: "Milk and Honey" (Jackson C. Frank)
  2. Johnny Silvo: "I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate"
  3. Sandy Denny: "The Last Thing on My Mind" (Tom Paxton)
  4. Johnny Silvo: "Ol' Man Mose"
  5. Sandy Denny: "The 3:10 to Yuma" (George Duning, Ned Washington)
  6. Johnny Silvo: "Black Girl"

Side two

  1. Sandy Denny: "Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor" (Trad. arr. A. Johnson)
  2. Johnny Silvo: "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out"
  3. Sandy Denny: "Pretty Polly" (Trad. arr. A. Johnson)
  4. Johnny Silvo: "Take This Hammer"
  5. Sandy Denny: "Been on the Road So Long" (Alex Campbell)
  6. Johnny Silvo: "To Hear My Mother Pray"

Personnel

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References

  1. Unterberger, Richie. "THE BIRTH AND HEYDAY OF FAIRPORT CONVENTION". www.richieunterberger.com. Retrieved 12 August 2008.