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Track Listings
| 1. Strolling Down The Highway |
| 2. Smokey River |
| 3. Oh How Your Love Is Strong |
| 4. I Have No Time |
| 5. Finches |
| 6. Veronica |
| 7. Needle Of Death |
| 8. Do You Hear Me Now |
| 9. Rambling's Gonna Be The Death Of Me |
| 10. Alice's Wonderland |
| 11. Running From Home |
| 12. Courting Blues |
| 13. Casbah |
| 14. Dreams Of Love |
| 15. Angie |
| 16. Instrumental Medley (Finches, Alice's Wonderland, Do You Hear Me Now, Needle Of Death) |
| 17. Angie |
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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful
By Alex Clifton
Format:Audio CD
Now in his 60s, the excellent Bert Jansch has had an impressive and extensive career, having won such awards as the lifetime achievment award at the 2001 BBC Folk Awards. And this is where it started. This is his debut album and one of my favourites. There are many great tracks on 'Bert Jansch' and listening to it, it is no surprise that it was heavily responsible for the elevation of his career and the beginning of his success. The tracks are tuneful, with a fluency throughout the album which is more than can be said for some of his later albums (though he has done about 25). As a previous reviewer has already said, there is a lot of his most famous tracks on this album and his influence on people like Neil Young, Jimmy page and various artists is plain to see. If you're interested in getting into folk music and Bert Jansch, or you're already an experienced folk listener, this is an ideal album to buy.
40 of 42 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This dates from 1965, and what a stir it caused then! Jnasch went on to work famously with John Renbourn and Pentangle, but this solo work is wonderful stuff. His guitar style is unique and accomplished, his songs,with exception of the 2 "protest" songs, which are a bit bum-clenching in retrospect, are romantic and poignant. The album contains one or two of his most famous songs - Needle of death, Strollin' down the highway, and Ramblings gonna be the death of me", interspersed with dazzling little instrumentals like "Finches". It's bluesy, jazzy, and brilliant! A little walk down Memory Lane for those who spent their formative years in 1960s folk clubs, and a real treat for everyone.
24 of 25 people found the following review helpful
By Roy Ward
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Dylan is revered. Robert Johnson, Skip James are re-discovered. But, this album by Bert Jansch is a milesone in folk blues. Vastly underated, his lyrics have am impact today and his guitar technique as displayed on this CD leave his songwriter acoustic contemporaries standing. He has produced many things since but this is his seminal work, as fresh now as it was when it left a crack in the ground. Listen.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Rave from the grave
I used to own the record in the 60's and loved it then.This cd is the same .Nice to have it back on my music shelf.
Published 8 days ago by moonwillow
4.0 out of 5 stars
Bert Jansch CD
Delivery prompt, sound quality excellent.CD purchased so that I can listen to the tracks more easily, no longer having access to a record player. Read more
Published 7 months ago by alijoyh
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent album - with a two-track reservation
My first exposure to Bert Jansch was through a friend who used to go to Les Cousins in the mid-60s. I was about 15-16 at the time, and although I lived in Bromley, Kent I never got... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Chris Jones
2.0 out of 5 stars
Some tracks are poor quaity reproduction
Some of the tracks, particularly the last 2 have very poor sound quality and are very disappointing. Read more
Published 19 months ago by aitch
5.0 out of 5 stars
Strolling through the Years!
Being an old folkie I can remember seeing Bert way back at the Scots Hoose and Les Cousins, coming to this album and being amazed at the songs, the words, the melody. Read more
Published 21 months ago by A. J. Ward
5.0 out of 5 stars
A remembered time !!!!!
It is 1972 and I am walking to Honor Oak Park Station. I have just started at university near London Bridge. There is a small record shop near the station. I walk in and browse. Read more
Published on 16 May 2011 by Dr. Tom Bell
1.0 out of 5 stars
Now hate me
Gee, friends, I've honestly tried and tried and tried, but I'm truly sorry ... I really don't get it. What is so wonderful about Bert Jansch? Read more
Published on 5 Oct 2010 by Philip S. Walker
5.0 out of 5 stars
This'll get you picking...
Anyone with an acoustic guitar should own this album if only for "Anji", the tune that turned a folkophobe into a folkophile in under four minutes. Read more
Published on 11 Feb 2010 by C. lawson
2.0 out of 5 stars
Okay, but not great
I heard Bert Jansch's "Needle of Death" on a collection of English folk, and hoped to find more excellent songs here. Read more
Published on 6 Sep 2009 by Caroline B. D. Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars
Unadorned unrivalled
Babbler & Crow
For depth of songwriting and passion, & subtlety and strength of performance and lyrical content this album rivals almost any folk LP from the 1960s, including... Read more
For depth of songwriting and passion, & subtlety and strength of performance and lyrical content this album rivals almost any folk LP from the 1960s, including... Read more
Published on 3 Mar 2009 by M Stone-2009
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