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| - | '''Joe Boyd''' (born August 5, 1942) is an [[United States|American]] [[record producer]] and writer. He formerly owned the production company Witchseason Productions and [[Hannibal Records]]. Boyd has worked on recordings of [[Pink Floyd]], [[Fairport Convention]], [[Sandy Denny]], [[Richard Thompson (musician)|Richard Thompson]], [[Nick Drake]], [[The Incredible String Band]], [[R.E.M.]], [[Vashti Bunyan]], [[John Martyn|John]] and [[Beverley Martyn]], [[Maria Muldaur]], [[Kate & Anna McGarrigle]], [[Billy Bragg]], [[10,000 Maniacs]], and [[Muzsikás]]. | ||
| - | ==Career== | ||
| - | Boyd was born in [[Boston, Massachusetts]] and raised in [[Princeton, New Jersey]]. He first became involved in music promoting [[blues]] artists while a student at [[Harvard University]], and in 1964 made his first visit to Britain, returning the following year to establish an overseas office of [[Elektra Records]]. He was eventually to settle in [[London]]. | ||
| - | He became best-known for his work with British [[folk music|folk]] and [[folk rock]] artists, including the [[Incredible String Band]], [[Martin Carthy]], [[Nick Drake]], [[John Martyn]], [[Fairport Convention]] and [[Richard Thompson]]. Some of these were produced by his own production company, Witchseason. He also co-founded London's [[UFO Club]] and worked with UFO regulars [[Pink Floyd]] (producing their first single ''[[Arnold Layne]]'') and the [[Soft Machine]]. | + | '''Alexandra Elene MacLean Denny''' (6 January 1947 – 21 April 1978) was an English singer-songwriter who was lead singer of the [[British folk rock]] band [[Fairport Convention]]. She has been described as "the pre-eminent British folk rock singer". |
| - | Boyd returned to the States in the 1970s, assembling footage for the eponymous film documentary on [[Jimi Hendrix]] (1973) and producing records by [[Maria Muldaur]] and [[Kate and Anna McGarrigle]] among others. He went on to found his own Hannibal label (now a part of [[Rykodisc]]) which released records by the likes of Richard Thompson and various discs of so-called [[world music]]. Boyd also produced [[R.E.M. (band)|R.E.M.]]'s third album ''[[Fables of the Reconstruction]]'' (1985), and records by [[Billy Bragg]] and [[10,000 Maniacs]]. | + | After briefly working with the [[Strawbs]], Denny joined Fairport Convention in 1968, remaining with them until 1969. She formed the short-lived band [[Fotheringay]] in 1970, before focusing on a solo career. Between 1971 and 1977, Denny released four solo albums: ''[[The North Star Grassman and the Ravens]]'', ''[[Sandy (Sandy Denny album)|Sandy]]'', ''[[Like an Old Fashioned Waltz]]'' and ''[[Rendezvous (Sandy Denny album)|Rendezvous]]''. She also duetted with [[Robert Plant]] on "[[The Battle of Evermore]]" for [[Led Zeppelin]]'s album ''[[Led Zeppelin IV]]'' in 1971. Denny died in 1978 at the age of 31 due to injuries and health issues related to alcohol abuse. |
| - | He was Executive Producer for the 1988 feature film ''[[Scandal (1989 film)|Scandal]]'', starring [[John Hurt]] and [[Bridget Fonda]] about Britain's [[Profumo Scandal]]. He left Hannibal/Ryko in 2001 and has written a book about making music in the 1960s called "[[White Bicycles - Making Music in the 1960s]]", published in May 2006 by [[Serpent's Tail]] Press in the UK. | + | Music publications ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]'' and ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'' have called Denny Britain's finest female singer-songwriter. Her composition "[[Who Knows Where the Time Goes?]]" has been recorded by [[Judy Collins]], [[Eva Cassidy]], [[Nina Simone]], [[10,000 Maniacs]] and [[Cat Power]]. Her recorded work has been the subject of numerous reissues, along with a wealth of previously unreleased material which has appeared over the more than 40 years since her death, most notably including a 19-CD box set which was released in November 2010. |
| - | ==Records produced or co-produced by Joe Boyd == | ||
| - | ===The 1960s=== | ||
| - | 1966 | ||
| - | *[[The Incredible String Band (album)|The Incredible String Band]] ([[Incredible String Band|The Incredible String Band]]) | ||
| - | *Lord of the Dance (Sydney Carter) | ||
| - | *Alasdair Clayre ([[Alasdair Clayre]]) | ||
| - | *[[What's Shakin']] (various artists) - 3 tracks by [[Eric Clapton's Powerhouse|Eric Clapton and the Powerhouse]] | ||
| - | *"[[A Cold Wind Blows (album)|A Cold Wind Blows]]" (Elektra EUK 253) Various artists: Cyril Tawney, Matt McGinn, Johnny Handle and [[Alasdair Clayre]] | ||
| - | |||
| - | 1967 | ||
| - | * The Power of the True Love Knot ([[Shirley Collins]]) | ||
| - | * [[The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion]] ([[The Incredible String Band]]) | ||
| - | * Rags Reels and Airs ([[Dave Swarbrick]], [[Martin Carthy]] & [[Diz Disley]]) | ||
| - | * [[Arnold Layne]] / Candy and a Currant Bun (single by [[Pink Floyd]]) | ||
| - | * Granny Takes a Trip (single by [[The Purple Gang]]) | ||
| - | * "[[She's Gone]]", "I Should've Known" recordings for projected single by [[Soft Machine]], June, [[Sound Techniques]], London (released on "Triple Echo", 1977, "Turns On Volume 1" (Voiceprint 2001 CD) | ||
| - | |||
| - | 1968 | ||
| - | *[[Tonite Let's All Make Love in London]] ([[Pink Floyd]] tracks) | ||
| - | *Very Urgent ([[Chris McGregor]]) | ||
| - | *[[If I Had a Ribbon Bow]] / If (Stomp) (single by [[Fairport Convention]]) | ||
| - | *If (Stomp) / Chelsea Morning (single by[[Fairport Convention]]) | ||
| - | * [[Fairport Convention (album)|Fairport Convention]] ([[Fairport Convention]]) | ||
| - | * [[The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter]] ([[The Incredible String Band]]) | ||
| - | * [[Wee Tam and the Big Huge]] ([[The Incredible String Band]]) | ||
| - | * Kalpana - instrumental and dance music of India (various artists) | ||
| - | |||
| - | 1969 | ||
| - | * [[What We Did On Our Holidays]] ([[Fairport Convention]]) | ||
| - | * [[Si Tu Dois Partir]] / Genesis Hall (single by [[Fairport Convention]]) | ||
| - | * [[Unhalfbricking]] ([[Fairport Convention]]) | ||
| - | * [[Five Leaves Left]] ([[Nick Drake]]) | ||
| - | * [[Liege & Lief]] ([[Fairport Convention]]) | ||
| - | * [[Kip of the Serenes]] ([[Dr. Strangely Strange]]) | ||
| - | * [[Big Ted]] / All Writ Down (single by the [[The Incredible String Band]]) | ||
| - | * [[Changing Horses]] ([[The Incredible String Band]]) | ||
| - | |||
| - | ===The 1970s=== | ||
| - | 1970 | ||
| - | * [[Just Another Diamond Day]] ([[Vashti Bunyan]]) | ||
| - | * [[Bryter Layter]] ([[Nick Drake]]) | ||
| - | * [[Stormbringer! (John Martyn album)|Stormbringer!]] ([[John Martyn|John]] and [[Beverley Martyn]]) | ||
| - | * [[U (album)|U]] ([[The Incredible String Band|Incredible String Band]]) | ||
| - | * [[Full House (album)|Full House]] ([[Fairport Convention]]) | ||
| - | * Fotheringay ([[Fotheringay]]) | ||
| - | * [[I Looked Up]] ([[The Incredible String Band]]) | ||
| - | * [[Be Glad for the Song Has No Ending]] ([[The Incredible String Band]]) | ||
| - | * Pottery Pie ([[Geoff Muldaur|Geoff]] and [[Maria Muldaur]]) | ||
| - | * Brotherhood of Breath ([[Brotherhood of Breath]]) | ||
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| - | 1971 | ||
| - | * [[Desertshore]] ([[Nico]]) | ||
| - | * [[Smiling Men with Bad Reputations]] ([[Mike Heron]]) | ||
| - | * Call Me Diamond / Lady Wonder (single by [[Mike Heron]]) | ||
| - | * [[The Road to Ruin (album)|The Road to Ruin]] ([[John Martyn|John]] and Beverley Martyn) | ||
| - | * [[Heavy Petting]] ([[Dr. Strangely Strange]]) | ||
| - | |||
| - | 1973 | ||
| - | * [[Maria Muldaur (album)|Maria Muldaur]] ([[Maria Muldaur]]) | ||
| - | * [[Midnight at the Oasis]] b/w Any Old Time (single by [[Maria Muldaur]]) | ||
| - | * [[Dueling Banjos]] b/w Reuben's Train (single by [[Eric Weissberg]] and Steve Mandel) | ||
| - | * [[Jimi Hendrix (soundtrack)|Jimi Hendrix]] - soundtrack ([[Jimi Hendrix]]) | ||
| - | |||
| - | 1974 | ||
| - | * [[Waitress in a Donut Shop]] ([[Maria Muldaur]]) | ||
| - | * Muleskinner ([[Muleskinner]]) | ||
| - | |||
| - | 1975 | ||
| - | * [[Kate and Anna McGarrigle (album)|Kate and Anna McGarrigle]] ([[Kate McGarrigle|Kate]] and [[Anna McGarrigle]]) | ||
| - | * Geoff Muldaur Is Having a Wonderful Time ([[Geoff Muldaur]]) | ||
| - | |||
| - | 1976 | ||
| - | * [[Junco Partner]] ([[James Booker]]) | ||
| - | * [[Live at the L.A. Troubadour]] ([[Fairport Convention]]) | ||
| - | * [[Sweet Harmony]] ([[Maria Muldaur]]) | ||
| - | * [[Reggae Got Soul]] ([[Toots and the Maytals]]) | ||
| - | |||
| - | 1977 | ||
| - | * [[Dancer with Bruised Knees]] ([[Kate and Anna McGarrigle]]) | ||
| - | |||
| - | 1978 | ||
| - | * Rise Up Like the Sun ([[The Albion Band]]) | ||
| - | * [[Julie Covington (album)|Julie Covington]] ([[Julie Covington]]) | ||
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| - | ===The 1980s=== | ||
| - | 1981 | ||
| - | * [[Too Late at Twenty]] ([[The Act]]) | ||
| - | * Party Safari ([[Joe Carrasco|Joe "King" Carrasco]] and The Crowns) | ||
| - | * I Ain't Drunk ([[Geoff Muldaur]]) | ||
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| - | 1982 | ||
| - | * [[Shoot Out the Lights]] ([[Richard and Linda Thompson]]) | ||
| - | * [[Don't Renege On Our Love]] / Living In Luxury (single by [[Richard and Linda Thompson]]) | ||
| - | * [[Thermonuclear Sweat]] ([[Defunkt]]) | ||
| - | * Money Fall Out The Sky ([[Cool It Reba]]) | ||
| - | |||
| - | 1983 | ||
| - | * [[Hand of Kindness]] ([[Richard Thompson]]) | ||
| - | * [[Poppie Nongena]] - original cast recording | ||
| - | |||
| - | 1984 | ||
| - | * [[Small Town Romance]] ([[Richard Thompson]]) | ||
| - | |||
| - | 1985 | ||
| - | * [[Across a Crowded Room]] ([[Richard Thompson]]) | ||
| - | * [[Fables of the Reconstruction]] ([[R.E.M. (band)|R.E.M.]]) | ||
| - | * [[The Wishing Chair]] ([[10,000 Maniacs]]) | ||
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| - | 1986 | ||
| - | * [[House Full]] - live at the LA Troubador ([[Fairport Convention]]) | ||
| - | * [[Supply and Demand (Dagmar Krause album)|Supply and Demand]] ([[Dagmar Krause]]) | ||
| - | * Angebot und Nachfrage (Dagmar Krause) | ||
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| - | 1987 | ||
| - | * The Music of Bulgaria (Balkana) | ||
| - | * Habanera ([[John Harle]]) | ||
| - | * Whatever ([[Danny Thompson]]) | ||
| - | |||
| - | 1988 | ||
| - | * Nazakat & Salamat Ali (Nazakat & [[Salamat Ali]]) | ||
| - | * Worker's Playtime ([[Billy Bragg]]) | ||
| - | * The Forest is Crying ([[Trio Bulgarka|The Trio Bulgarka]]) | ||
| - | * Kaira ([[Toumani Diabate]]) | ||
| - | * Songhai (Ketama, Toumani Diabate and Danny Thompson) | ||
| - | * These Knees Have Seen The World ([[The Dinner Ladies]]) | ||
| - | * Country Cooking ([[Brotherhood of Breath]]) | ||
| - | * [[Miss America]] ([[Mary Margaret O'Hara]])(Uncredited | ||
| - | |||
| - | 1989 | ||
| - | * Orpheus Ascending ([[Ivo Papasov]] and his Bulgarian Wedding Band) | ||
| - | * Some Other Time ([[June Tabor]]) | ||
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| - | ===The 1990s=== | ||
| - | 1990 | ||
| - | * Procedure (The Blackgirls) | ||
| - | |||
| - | 1991 | ||
| - | * Happy (The Blackgirls) | ||
| - | * Balkanology ([[Ivo Papasov]] and his Bulgarian Wedding Band) | ||
| - | * The Watchman (The Watchman) | ||
| - | |||
| - | 1992 | ||
| - | * Trans-Danubian Swineherd's Music (Orbestra) | ||
| - | |||
| - | 1994 | ||
| - | * Songhai 2 (Ketama, Toumani Diabate and Danny Thompson) | ||
| - | |||
| - | 1996 | ||
| - | * ¡Cubanismo! (¡Cubanismo!) | ||
| - | * Djelika (Toumani Diabate) | ||
| - | |||
| - | 1997 | ||
| - | * Cuba Linda (Alfredo Rodriguez) | ||
| - | * Malembe (¡Cubanismo!) | ||
| - | |||
| - | 1998 | ||
| - | * Reencarnation (¡Cubanismo!) | ||
| - | * Bareback (The Hank Dogs) | ||
| - | * Double Barrel (Jazz Jamaica) | ||
| - | * Dear Enemy (Dana and Karen Kletter) | ||
| - | * The McGarrigle Hour (Kate & Anna McGarrigle) | ||
| - | * The Bones Of All Men ([[Philip Pickett]]) | ||
| - | * Dew Drop Out (The Yockamo All-stars) | ||
| - | |||
| - | 1999 | ||
| - | * Mardi Gras Mambo (¡Cubanismo!) | ||
| - | * Kulanjan (Taj Mahal and Toumani Diabate) | ||
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| - | ===The 2000s=== | ||
| - | 2002 | ||
| - | * Half Smile (The Hank Dogs) | ||
| - | |||
| - | 2004 | ||
| - | * Private Astronomy ([[Geoff Muldaur]]'s Futuristic Ensemble) | ||
| - | * Mares Profundos (Virginia Rodrigues) | ||
| - | |||
| - | 2005 | ||
| - | * [[London '66-'67]] [[Pink Floyd]] (recorded 1967, released 2005) | ||
| - | |||
| - | 2007 | ||
| - | * Breathe With Me (Athena) | ||
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| - | ==Further reading== | ||
| - | * Boyd, Joe, ''[[White Bicycles - Making Music in the 1960s]]'', Serpent's Tail. 2006. ISBN 1-85242-910-0 | ||
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Alexandra Elene MacLean Denny (6 January 1947 – 21 April 1978) was an English singer-songwriter who was lead singer of the British folk rock band Fairport Convention. She has been described as "the pre-eminent British folk rock singer".
After briefly working with the Strawbs, Denny joined Fairport Convention in 1968, remaining with them until 1969. She formed the short-lived band Fotheringay in 1970, before focusing on a solo career. Between 1971 and 1977, Denny released four solo albums: The North Star Grassman and the Ravens, Sandy, Like an Old Fashioned Waltz and Rendezvous. She also duetted with Robert Plant on "The Battle of Evermore" for Led Zeppelin's album Led Zeppelin IV in 1971. Denny died in 1978 at the age of 31 due to injuries and health issues related to alcohol abuse.
Music publications Uncut and Mojo have called Denny Britain's finest female singer-songwriter. Her composition "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?" has been recorded by Judy Collins, Eva Cassidy, Nina Simone, 10,000 Maniacs and Cat Power. Her recorded work has been the subject of numerous reissues, along with a wealth of previously unreleased material which has appeared over the more than 40 years since her death, most notably including a 19-CD box set which was released in November 2010.
Unless indicated otherwise, the text in this article is either based on Wikipedia article "Sandy Denny" or another language Wikipedia page thereof used under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License; or on research by Jahsonic and friends. See Art and Popular Culture's copyright notice.
