Bert Jansch (album)
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| Released | 16 April 1965 | |||
| Recorded | September 1964 – January 1965 | |||
| Studio | 5 North Villas, Camden, London | |||
| Genre | Folk[1] | |||
| Length | 39:19 | |||
| Label | Transatlantic | |||
| Producer | Bill Leader | |||
| Bert Jansch chronology | ||||
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| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
| Uncut |  [4] |
Bert Jansch is the debut album by Scottish folk musician Bert Jansch. The album was recorded on a reel-to-reel tape recorder at engineer Bill Leader's house and sold to Transatlantic Records for £100. Transatlantic released the album, which went on to sell 150,000 copies. The album was included in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[5] It was voted number 649 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000).[6]
The record includes Jansch's best-known song, "Needle of Death", which was inspired by the death of his friend, folk singer Buck Polly.[7]
Track listing
All tracks written by Bert Jansch, except where specified.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Strolling Down the Highway" | 3:06 | |
| 2. | "Smokey River" (Instrumental) | 2:56 | |
| 3. | "Oh How Your Love Is Strong" | 3:40 | |
| 4. | "I Have No Time" | 3:09 | |
| 5. | "Finches" (Instrumental) | 0:51 | |
| 6. | "Veronica" (Instrumental) | 1:32 | |
| 7. | "Needle of Death" | 3:20 | |
| 8. | "Do You Hear Me Now?" | 2:06 | |
| 9. | "Rambling's Gonna Be the Death of Me" | 3:18 | |
| 10. | "Alice's Wonderland" (Instrumental; inspired by Charles Mingus) | 1:46 | |
| 11. | "Running From Home" | 2:24 | |
| 12. | "Courting Blues" | 4:02 | |
| 13. | "Casbah" (Instrumental) | 2:10 | |
| 14. | "Dreams of Love" | 1:44 | |
| 15. | "Angie" (Instrumental) | Davey Graham | 3:15 |
References
- ^ "20 Best Folk Music Albums of All Time". NME. Time Inc. UK. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- ^ MacDonald, Ian (October 1997). "Bert Jansch: Blackwater Side / Birthday Blues/Rosemary Lane". Uncut. No. 5. p. 91.
- ^ ^ Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (23 March 2010). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. ISBN 978-0-7893-2074-2.
- ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (2000). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 213. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.
- ^ Needle of Death Songfacts
