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Released
  
1967

Release date
  
1967

Genre
  
Folk music

Artists
  
Sandy Denny, Johnny Silvo

Label
  
Saga

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Recorded
  
March 22 & April 26, 1967

'Sandy and Johnny' (1967)
  
What We Did on Our Holidays (with Fairport Convention) (1969)

Similar
  
Sandy Denny albums, Other albums

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".

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 Moose"
  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

  • Sandy Denny - guitar, vocals
  • Johnny Silvo - guitar, vocals
  • David Moses -double bass
  • Songs

    1Milk and Honey
    2I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate
    3The Last Thing on My Mind

    References

    Sandy and Johnny Wikipedia