Bert And John [Remastered] - Bert Jansch/John Renbourn

Advantages: The voice of an Angel ; Title track being one of the best folk rock songs
Disadvantages: Some weak tracks ; Not on the same par as Fairport Convention or Fotheringay

..., Stills Nash and Young, Gram Parsons to name a few, Britain i.e. The most traditionally folk country in the world due to it's marvellous Celtic roots had little to offer. Sandy Denny's Scottish grandmother sung traditional folk songs which sparked an interest in Sandy to sing and play piano. After departing from school she left to start training as a nurse t the Royal Brompton Hospital but shortly after in 1965 joined the Kingston college of art where she joined and became heavily involved in the on campus folk club. Here she met fellow students John Renbourn and Eric Clapton, after singing at a show at Earl's court she was spotted by legends The Strawbs and offered to join the band, where she made one album before leaving to join the saviours of British folk The Fairport Convention. Although her stay at the Fairport Convention... Read review

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Advantages: Superb artiste, a real innovator
Disadvantages: Earlier stuff was the best

..., trying desperately to be cool (though we didn’t know the word then). We’d go up to Les Cousins or the Troubadour on Saturday nights and listen to people with real talent like Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, John Martyn, Roy Harper, but somehow it seemed that we too needed to be brought up in tough times in a bad neighbourhood. It was too late now to acquire the patina of a poor childhood and we were condemned to be imitators rather than instigators, like the most original singer of the lot, Bob Dylan. Like everyone else, I grew past the teenage time of hero-worship and eventually I even ran a couple of folk-groups myself, earning quite a nice additional income from regular gigs in pubs and clubs. Bob Dylan by that time was producing album after album, and it was difficult to keep up. I bought Nashville Skyline (the re... Read review

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Advantages: Good cross section of artist work
Disadvantages: not to everyones tastes

...A cracking album from one of the u.k top folk artists. This album shows a true cross section of work from Bert's repertoire. Personally, i like every track on the album and as a fellow musician Bert's arrangements are exceptionally good and complex! There are the traditional tracks like "Black waterside" (Led Zeplin used Bert's arrangement for one of their own tracks,) aswell as reading of "Nottamun Town" and the murder ballad "Bruton Town." If you like your english folk music then you can't go wrong with one of the best examples of folk guitar. This album is a mixture of self-penned songs, trad folk and examples of the tunes that were taken into his band The Pentangle. I have been a fan of Bert's for years and this album is one of the best examples of his career spanning the last 40 yrs.... Read review

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