A Boxful of Treasures

A Boxful of Treasures is a 2004 compilation box set of recordings by folk singer Sandy Denny and comprises solo material and recordings made during her time as a member of Fotheringay, Fairport Convention, and other groups. The fifth CD contains previously unreleased tracks, most of which are demos recorded at Denny's home.

A Boxful of Treasures
Compilation album by Sandy Denny
Released	11 October 2004[1]
Recorded	1967–1977
Genre	folk rock
Label	Fledg'ling NEST 5002
Producer	various
Sandy Denny chronology
Gold Dust (1985) A Boxful of Treasures (2004) Live at the BBC (2007)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Track listing

All songs are credited to Sandy Denny except where noted.[3]

Disc one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Context	Length
1.	"3:10 to Yuma"	George Duning, Ned Washington	from Sandy and Johnny	3:37
2.	"She Moves Through the Fair"	Traditional	Solo, home recording	4:04
3.	"Boxful of Treasure"		[3][4]	1:43
4.	"They Don't Seem to Know You"			2:25
5.	"Go Your Way My Love"	Anne Briggs		4:12
6.	"Geordie"	Traditional		3:45
7.	"Been on the Road So Long"	Alex Campbell	with Alex Campbell from Alex Campbell and his Friends	5:03
8.	"You Never Wanted Me"	Jackson C. Frank		3:24
9.	"This Train"	Traditional		2:07
10.	"Sail Away to the Sea"	Dave Cousins	from All Our Own Work by Strawbs	3:25
11.	"Tell Me What You See In Me"	Cousins		3:38
12.	"Who Knows Where the Time Goes?"			4:14
13.	"Autopsy"		Demo recording	4:28
14.	"Now & Then"			3:51
15.	"I Don't Know Where I Stand"	Joni Mitchell	Radio session with Fairport Convention from Heyday	3:40
16.	"Bird on a Wire"	Leonard Cohen		3:30
17.	"Fotheringay"		with Fairport Convention from What We Did on Our Holidays	3:06
18.	"Nottamun Town"	Traditional		3:11
19.	"Meet on the Ledge"	Richard Thompson		2:53
Total length:				66:16

Disc two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Context	Length
1.	"Si Tu Dois Partir"	Bob Dylan	with Fairport Convention from Unhalfbricking	2:22
2.	"Cajun Woman"	Richard Thompson		2:45
3.	"The Ballad of Easy Rider"	Dylan, Roger McGuinn	with Fairport Convention from the Liege & Lief sessions	4:56
4.	"A Sailor's Life"	Traditional arranged by Denny, Thompson, Simon Nicol, Ashley Hutchings, Martin Lamble	with Fairport Convention from Unhalfbricking	11:11
5.	"Reynardine"	Traditional arr. Fairport Convention	with Fairport Convention from Liege & Lief	4:33
6.	"Farewell Farewell"	Thompson		2:40
7.	"Tam Lin"	Traditional arranged by Dave Swarbrick		7:13
8.	"Sir Patrick Spens"	Traditional arr. Fairport Convention	BBC radio session on September 23, 1969, from From Past Archives	3:47
9.	"The Pond and the Stream"		with Fotheringay from their album Fotheringay	3:19
10.	"The Sea"			5:32
11.	"The Banks of the Nile"	Traditional		8:06
12.	"Silver Threads and Golden Needles"	Dick Reynolds, Rhodes	with Fotheringay, previously unreleased	4:32
13.	"The Lowlands of Holland"	Traditional	BBC radio session, August 24, 1971, from The BBC Sessions 1971–73	3:21
14.	"Nothing More"		Live Rotterdam, June 28, 1970, from Who Knows Where the Time Goes?	4:54
15.	"Gypsy Davey"	Traditional	with Fotheringay from their album Fotheringay	3:54
16.	"Late November"		from Who Knows Where the Time Goes?	4:34

Disc three

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Context	Length
1.	"The North Star Grassman and the Ravens"		from The North Star Grassman and the Ravens	3:23
2.	"Next Time Around"		[5]	4:46
3.	"Blackwaterside"	Traditional		4:12
4.	"The Sea Captain"			3:10
5.	"Thro' My Eyes"	Iain Matthews	with Iain Matthews	2:37
6.	"Learning the Game"	Buddy Holly	from Rock On by The Bunch	2:09
7.	"Here in Silence"	Elford, Fraser	from the soundtrack of the film "Pass of Arms"[6]	3:53
8.	"Bruton Town"	Traditional	from Who Knows Where the Time Goes?[7]	4:50
9.	"Sweet Rosemary"		[8]	2:58
10.	"After Halloween"		[8]	2:58
11.	"The Lady"		[8]	3:40
12.	"The Music Weaver"		from Sandy	3:21
13.	"Ecoute Ecoute"		from The Attic Tracks Vol. 4	3:59
14.	"The Quiet Joys of Brotherhood"	Richard Fariña	from Sandy	4:28
15.	"It'll Take a Long Time"			5:15
16.	"No End"		live solo version recorded December 3, 1972, from The Attic Tracks Vol. 1	7:36
17.	"Bushes and Briars"		BBC radio session, October 25, 1972; from The BBC Sessions 1971-1973	2:38
18.	"Walking the Floor Over You"	Ernest Tubb	from Who Knows Where the Time Goes?	4:21

Disc four

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Context	Length
1.	"Whispering Grass"	Doris Fisher, Fred Fisher	BBC radio session, November 14, 1973; from The BBC Sessions 1971–73	3:45
2.	"Solo"		from Like an Old Fashioned Waltz	4:24
3.	"At the End of the Day"		[5]	6:31
4.	"Like an Old Fashioned Waltz"			4:13
5.	"Until the Real Thing Comes Along"	Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, L.E. Freeman	BBC radio session, on November 14, 1973; from The BBC Sessions 1971–73	4:10
6.	"John the Gun"		Live at the L.A. Troubadour on February 1, 1974, with Fairport Convention	5:39
7.	"She Moves Through the Fair"	Traditional		3:30
8.	"One More Chance"		Home demo from The Attic Tracks Vol. 4	3:56
9.	"King and Queen of England"		Home demo from Island Life: 25 Years of Island Records	3:55
10.	"Rising For the Moon"		With Fairport Convention, from Rising for the Moon	4:09
11.	"White Dress"	Ralph McTell, Dave Swarbrick		4:45
12.	"I'm a Dreamer"		from Rendezvous	4:48
13.	"By the Time It Gets Dark"		from the Rendezvous sessions	4:12
14.	"No More Sad Refrains"		from Rendezvous	2:51
15.	"Losing Game"	Eric Clapton	from the Rendezvous sessions	3:17
16.	"Easy to Slip"	Lowell George, Fred Martin	from The Attic Tracks Vol. 1	3:28
17.	"Full Moon"		From Who Knows Where the Time Goes?	4:31
18.	"Moments"	Bryn Haworth	from The Attic Tracks Vol. 1	4:31

Disc five

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Context	Length
1.	"One Way Donkey Ride"		Demo	4:14
2.	"I'm a Dreamer"			4:17
3.	"Take Me Away"			4:00
4.	"Rising for the Moon"			3:08
5.	"Still Waters Run Deep"			3:10
6.	"All Our Days"			3:40
7.	"No More Sad Refrains"			3:07
8.	"By the Time It Gets Dark"			3:32
9.	"The Music Weaver"			3:17
10.	"What Is True?"			3:46
11.	"Stranger to Himself"			2:20
12.	"Take Away the Load"			1:43
13.	"By the Time It Gets Dark"		Alternate take	3:41
14.	"Full moon"			5:01
15.	"Knockin' on Heaven's Door"	Bob Dylan	Live	5:25
16.	"It'll Take a Long Time"			5:43
17.	"Who Knows Where the Time Goes?"			6:35

References

1. "Sandy Denny: A Boxful of Treasures". 3 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
2. Allmusic review
3. Planer, Lindsay. "A Boxful of Treasures". Retrieved 2008-09-24.
4. later to be reworked as "Fotheringay"
5. alternate take without strings
6. "Sandy Denny: Here in Silence". 2 September 2007. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
7. BBC radio session on March 16, 1972
8. Demo version

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• The Bees Knees, notes by compiler