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Sandy Denny was all of 19 when this one-off was recorded in 1967. Recruited at an open-mike night by Strawbs cofounder Dave Cousins, the bellwether of British folk music was just passing through the group; the following year she skipped over to Fairport Convention, with whom she did her most celebrated work. Sandy Denny and the Strawbs" charms are considerably more modest than those of classic Fairport records such as Unhalfbricking and Liege and Lief. Still, this is an engaging portrait of a preternaturally gifted newcomer who"d soon become a pivotal figure in folk-rock circles. The arrangements straddle the border between the courtly folk of the early "60s and the Beatlesque explorations that closed out the decade. And Denny gleams like a new penny, particularly on the closer, "Stay Awhile with Me." --Steven Stolder

1. Nothing Else Will Do 
2. Who Knows Where the Time Goes? 
3. How Everyone But Sam Was a Hypocrite
4. Sail Away to the Sea 
5. And You Need Me 
6. Poor Jimmy Wilson 
7. All I Need Is You 
8. Tell Me What You See in Me 
9. I"ve Been My Own Worst Friend
10. On My Way 
11. Two Weeks Last Summer
12. Always on My Mind 
13. Stay Awhile With Me