A Boxful of Treasures

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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.

Track listing

All songs are credited to Sandy Denny except where noted.

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"			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"			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"	3:53
8.	"Bruton Town"	Traditional	from Who Knows Where the Time Goes?	4:50
9.	"Sweet Rosemary"			2:58
10.	"After Halloween"			2:58
11.	"The Lady"			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"			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

• Profile on CDRoots.com
• The Bees Knees, notes by compiler