Release 2017 - New !! sealed - 6CD Set - All CDs with original cardboard covers - with lots of Bonus
+ thick informative Booklet
Formed in 1967 by two solo folk guitarplayers BERT JANSCH & JOHN RENBOURN, influenced
by Folk-Blues like BIG BILL BROONZY and DAVY GRAHAM joined by Folksinger
JACQUI McSHEE and Jazz-Rhythm section of TERRY COX and DANNY THOMPSON.
Band disbanded in 1973 and got reformed without RENBOURN around 1981-82.
In 2008 the original group is back on the road.
Style : Folkrock with Jazz elements
see:
Alexis Korner ; John Martyn ; John Renbourn Group ; Riff Raff ; Alan Price Set ;
Fotheringay & S.Denny ; Lindisfarne ; Danny Thompson ; Peter Kirtley ;
Musicians:
Bert Jansch - acoustic guitar; John Renbourn - acoustic guitar, e-guitar, sitar;
Jacqui McShee - vocals; Danny Thompson - bass; Terry Cox - drums;
Producer: Shel Talmy ;
Liner Notes by: John Peel; Cover Design: Osiris (Visions) ltd.;
CD 1
The PENTANGLE (1968) + 13 Bonus Tracks
Let no Man steal your Thyme (trad. arr. Cox-Jansch-McShee)
Bells (Cox-Jansch-McShee-Renbourn-Thompson)
Hear me call (Staple Singers)
Pentangling (Cox-Jansch-McShee-Renbourn-Thompson)
Mirage (Jansch)
Way behind the Sun (trad. arr. :Cox-Jansch-McShee-Renbourn-Thompson)
Bruton Town (trad. arr.:Cox-Jansch-McShee-Renbourn-Thompson)
Waltz (Cox-Jansch-McShee-Renbourn-Thompson)
Bonus-Tracks:
Koan - Take 2
The Wheel
The Casbah
Bruton Town - Take 3
Hear my Call - alternate version
Way behind the Sun - alternate version
Way behind the Sun - Instrumental
Bruton Town - Take 5
Koan - Take 1
Travellin Song - 45 Version with strings
Poison - August 1967 Session
I got a Feeling - August 1967 Session
Market Song - August 1967 Session
CD 2 & 3 (2CD-Set Foldout cover(FOC))
SWEET CHILD (1968): 1st CD Live at the Festival Hall + 2nd CD Studio
Market Song (Cox-Jansch-McShee-Renbourn-Thompson)
No more my Lord (trad.)
Turn your Money green (Lewis)
Haitian Fight Song (C.Mingus)
A Woman like you (Jansch)
Goodbye Pork-Pie Hat (C.Mingus)
Three Dances:
Brentzel Gay (Gervaise arr.: Renbourn, Cox)
La Rotta (trad. arr.: Renbourn, Cox)
The Earle of Salisbury (Byrd arr.: Renbourn, Cox)
Watch the Stars (trad. arr.: Renbourn, McShee)
So early in the Spring (trad. arr.: McShee)
No Exit (Jansch-Renbourn)
The Time has come (A.Briggs)
Bruton Town (trad. arr.: Cox, Jansch, Renbourn, Thompson)
Bonus-Tracks:
Hear my Call (Westbrooks-Staples)
Let no Man steal your Thyme (trad. arr.: Pentangle)
Bells (Jansch-Renbourn-McShee-Cox-Thompson)
Travelling Song (Jansch-Renbourn-McShee-Cox-Thompson)
Waltz (Jansch-Renbourn-Cox-Thompson)
Way behind the Sun (Jansch-Renbourn-Cox-Thompson)
John Donne Song (Renbourn-Donne)
CD Two:
Sweet Child (Cox-Jansch-McShee-Renbourn-Thompson)
I loved a Lass (trad. arr.: Pentangle)
Three Part Thing (Jansch-Renbourn-Thompson)
Sovay (trad.: arr.:Pentangle)
In Time (Jansch-Renbourn-Cox-Thompson)
In your Mind (Jansch-Renbourn-Cox-Thompson)
I've got a Feeling (Jansch-Renbourn-McShee-Cox-Thompson)
The Trees they do grow high (trad. arr.: Pentangle)
Moon Dog (Cox)
Hole in the Coal (MacColl)
Bonus-Tracks:
Hole in the Coal (MacColl) alternate version
The Trees they do grow high (trad.arr.: Pentangle) alternate version
Haitian Fight Song (C.Mingus) Studio version
In Time (Jansch-Renbourn-Cox-Thompson) alternate version
CD 4
BASKET OF LIGHT (FOC)(1969) : + 6 Bonus - written by : Jansch-Renbourn-Cox-Thompson-McShee if not shown
Light Flight (Theme from TAKE THREE GIRLs)
One I had a Sweetheart (trad. arr:)
Springtime Promises
Lyke-Wake Dirge (trad. arr:)
Train Song
Hunting Song
Sally go Raound the Roses (Sanders-Stevens)
The Cuckoo (trad. arr:)
House Carpenter (trad. arr:)
Bonus-Tracks :
Slly go round the Roses (Alternate Version)
Cold Mountain (Jansch-Marshall) - B-Side
I saw an Angel (Jansch-Renbourn-Cox-Thompson)
House Carpenter (trad.arr: Pentangle) - Live in Aberdeen 3/70
Light Flight (Pentangle) - Live in Aberdeen 3/70
Pentangling (Cox-Jansch-McShee-Renbourn-Thompson) - Live in Aberdeen 3/70
CD 5
CRUEL SISTER ((FOC)1970) : + 6 Bonus
A Maid thats deep in Love (trad.arr.: Jansch-Renbourn-Cox-Thompson-McShee)
When I was in my Prime (trad.)
Lord Franklin (trad.arr.: Jansch-Renbourn-McShee)
Cruel Sister (trad.adapted: Jansch-Renbourn-Cox-Thompson-McShee)
Jack Orion (trad.adapted: Jansch-Renbourn-Cox-Thompson-McShee)
Bonus-Tracks:
Will the Circle be unbroken ? (trad.adapted: Jansch-Renbourn-Cox-Thompson-McShee)
Rain & Snow -Take 2 (trad.adapted: Jansch-Renbourn-Cox-Thompson-McShee)
Omie Wise - Take 2-Live Vox (trad.adapted: Jansch-Renbourn-Cox-Thompson-McShee)
Johns Song (alias so clear) - Take 7 (trad.adapted: Jansch-Renbourn-Cox-Thompson-McShee)
Reflection (Olympic Studio Take 1) (trad.adapted: Jansch-Renbourn-Cox-Thompson-McShee)
When I get Home (alternate vocal) (Jansch-Renbourn-Cox-Thompson-McShee)
CD 6
REFLECTION (FOC) (1971) : + 8 Bonus
Tracks: all written by Pentangle or trad. arranged by
Wedding Dress (trad.)
Omie Wise (trad.)
Will the Circle be unbroken? (trad.)
When I get Home
Rain and Snow (trad.)
Helping Hand
So clear
Reflection
Bonus-Tracks:
Shake Shake Mama
Kokomo Blues
Faro Annie
Back on the Road again
Will the Circle be unbroken (Take 3-Live Vox)
Reflection (Command Studio, Take 1 Wordless Vox)
Johns Song (alias so clear) (Take 5-Fuzz guitar)
Wondrous Love
CD 7
SOLOMON's SEAL (1972) : + 3 Bonus
Sally free and easy
The Cherry Tree Carol
The Snows
High Germany
People on the Highway
Willy O'Winsbury
No Love is Sorrow
Jump Baby jump
Lady of Carlisle
Bonus-Tracks : all: Live at Guildford Civic Hall 11/72
When I get Home
She moved through the Fair
Train Song