- Audio CD (4 Nov 2003)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: Castle Us
- ASIN: B0000DIJOD
- Other Editions: Audio CD | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,234,487 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Apparently even Bert himself lists this as his personal favorite recording of his accomplished career, and it's not hard to see why.
Six beautiful and beguiling instrumentals: the 18-minute Avocet, and five other shorter pieces each named after a different bird. This is one of the finest acoustic guitarists of all time really at the top of his game.
The pieces ebb and flow beautifully with various folky and jazzy themes disappearing and reappearing throughout. The mind boggles as to how the three musicians managed to remember the pieces, let alone play them so effortlessly.
This is no cheesy "easy listening" music, however, and yet none of it is anything short of magical.
It's the kind of music that you might imagine Nick Drake may have gone onto make in his later years, had he lived longer.
Much of the album conists of the simple trio of Jansch's guitar with Danny Thompson's superb double bass playing and Martin Jenkins on fiddle, punctuated by the odd bit of piano and flute.
For my part, I've practically listened to it on repeat since I first bought it a couple of months ago.
The sound quality on this re-mastered cd is warm and inviting, too, without any of the over-produced, ultra-clean, digital harshness that blights more modern music of this ilk.
A masterpiece from a true British master.
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
It borders on criminal that this instrumental collection has taken until 2003 to find a CD release. Jansch with Danny Thompson and Martin Jenkins turns in five folk and jazzy tracks with some superb instrumental work. The analogue production and some of the worst of the noodling on the instruments show their age but elsewhere this is some of the most inspired and evocative music that Jansch ever created. The one minute and thirty seconds of 'Lapwing' provide one rare delight, a solo Bert Jansch piano piece.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is one of my all-time favourite albums dating back to its first appearance on vinyl about a hundred years ago. It is so wonderfully soothing and harmonious that I am amazed it isn't better known. I now use it a background music in my therapy practice, to drive to on long journeys and for lazy evenings in front of the fire. It's fabulous and Bert Jansch is a virtuoso!
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Good Music
Not exactly a Bert Jansch special but never-the-less a very nice bit of music, doesn't have to be purely Berty wizardry on his guitar, worth lisrtening to.
Published 21 months ago by P. M. G.
Oh No Not Again
If your a Bert Jansch fan then don't bother upsetting yourself with this CD. Jansch yet again fails to realise that he is good enough without all of the fancy backing from none... Read more
Published on 11 Mar 2010 by Chris Waywell
Great
I love this. Discovered the album on Spotify, brought on Amazon.
The music is great and the recording is perfect.
The music is great and the recording is perfect.
Published on 8 Feb 2010 by T. Evans
A fine attempt
The first track Avocet is 17 or so minutes long, and within its weaving tapestry one can hear restraints of other instrumentals recorded with Pentangle, so its not entirely... Read more
Published on 27 Mar 2008 by M. F
Thank you Guitar Man
I got hold of this rather fabulous record after reading "Guitar Man" by Will Hodgkinson. The book is about Will's quest to learn to play guitar. Read more
Published on 12 Nov 2007 by doublegone
A High Point in a Career of High Points
I first bought this on vinyl when it was released and thought it was brilliant. "Music Fan from Pinkerton" ought to get the musical chip off his/her shoulder and actually listen to... Read more
Published on 21 Mar 2005 by Kevin Mcclure
Really not what I was hoping for
An instumental Bert Jansch album fantastic!!!!! And out of print for so long too. I was pretty excited when this CD came out. But desperatley disappionted when I heard it. Read more
Published on 19 May 2004
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