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Artist | Bert Jansch
Title | Bert Jansch
Genre | Folk/Rock Format | Album
Source | CDDA Time | 39:26
Label | Transatlantic Records Store | 2015
Catalog | TRACD 125 Rip | 2016
Bitrate | 154 kbps Size | 46.11 MB
Freq | 44.1 kHz Encoder | Lame 3.98.4
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01. Strowling Down The Highway 3:06
02. Smokey River 2:56
03. Oh How Your Love Is Strong 3:39
04. I Have No Time 3:11
05. Finches 0:52
06. Rambling's Going To Be The Death Of Me 3:18
07. Veronica 1:33
08. Needle Of Death 3:21
09. Do You Hear Me Now 2:08
10. Alice's Wonderland 1:49
11. Runnig Runnig From Home 2:26
12. Courting Blues 4:02
13. Casbah 2:12
14. Dreams Of Love 1:44
15. Angie 3:09
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One of the most important figures in contemporary British folk, Bert Jansch
brought an unsurpassed combination of virtuosity and eclecticism to the
acoustic guitar, both as a solo act and a key member of Pentangle. Also a
talented songwriter and affecting (if gruff) vocalist, he wrote dark and
sparse material that recalled the folky side of Donovan, though he was much
less pop-oriented than the psychedelic pop troubadour.
Incorporating elements of blues, American folk, and British Isles
traditional music into his playing, his influence was not only immense in
the British folk scene, it also extended to the rock world - Neil Young and
Jimmy Page, two electric guitar gonzos who often turn to acoustic picking
as well, have acknowledged Jansch as a major influence. Young went as far
as to tell Guitar Player that Jansch did for the acoustic guitar what Jimi
Hendrix did for the electric. A revered elder statesperson in the UK, he
escaped widespread notice in the States, yet he had all the prerequisites
for a large cult following on the order of Nick Drake, another musician
whose work contains definite echoes of Jansch.
Recorded with a portable tape player on a borrowed guitar in the kitchen of
his London flat, the impact of Bert Jansch's debut has been somewhat
blunted by time, but it was a vastly influential work. His masterful
acoustic picking, which blended elements of traditional British folk,
blues, and jazz, inspired not just other folk players, but rockers who
frequently used acoustic guitars. Specifically, Jimmy Page and Neil Young
have gone on record as noting their heavy debts to Jansch's early material.
He was also a talented songwriter, and all but one of the 15 tracks on his
debut was an original composition (the set closes with his version of the
instrumental 'Angi', originally performed by fellow British folk guitarist
Davy Graham, and popularized by Paul Simon).
The artist sounds quite close to early Donovan with his Scottish
inflections, though he is darker and less pop-oriented; indeed, Donovan
recorded a couple of early Jansch tunes, and wrote a couple of songs
directly inspired by the artist ('Bert's Blues' and 'House Of Jansch').
Jansch reflects a rambling, beatnik sort of lifestyle with his compositions
on this album, which includes one of his most famous tunes, the somber
"Needle Of Death" (about the heroin-induced death of one of his friends).
Note: the 2001 remaster used alternate, vinyl masters (retrieved from
Vanguard and also used on the 'Lucky Thirteen' LP). This is the 50th
anniversary edition newly remastered in 2015 from the original tapes.
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