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Jack Orion,
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Bert Jansch's third album is, in my humble opinion, his greatest. An album filled with traditional songs it truly goes to show just what a great guitarist he is. As if Bert's talent wasn't enough he is joined by the equally great John Renbourn on some tracks which even further heighten the worth of this album to any guitar player. Even if you arent a guitar player the album is so full of great songs that you won't be able to stop listening to it.
The highlights of the album include the wonderful Blackwaterside, not so famously stolen by Jimmy Page for his insturmental track on Led Zeppelin's first album. Another song that has obvioiusly influenced Page is the Waggoner's Lad. The interplay between the Jansch's banjo and Renbourn's guitar is bordering on genius although admittedly the song does start to ramble on a bit. The chord sequence and intro banjo solo have a great resemblance to Led Zeppelin's Bron-Y-Aur Stomp. However the higlight of the album has to be the 9 minute epic and title track Jack Orion. This song truly broke the mold for the typical folk song arrangement. As the liner notes say it was previuosly unheard of for folk songs to last for longer than 3 minutes. Although I simply dont have enough time to mention all the tracks, it must be said that not a single track on this album is a filler. The album has influenced countless musicians and i strongly advise that you follow in their wake and buy this album
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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A real classic,
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Great music. It sounds much more fresh and inventive than folk music normally does, and it is 40 years old.
A great guitarist and singer at the peak of his powers on this album. Just buy it and enjoy it, and ignore all the noise about "better than Bob Dylan", "Nick Drake was a better guitarist" etc etc
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By Alex Clifton (Manchester, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Jack Orion (Audio CD)
This album is an absolute gold British folk classic. Bert Jansch has made over 25 amazing albums in his time but this 1966 recording is definitely one of his best. Here, although the banjo does feature in the first track, he plays mainly his acoustic guitar. This is executed with perfect skill and sense of rhythm making this truely enjoyable and interesting to listen to. Most of the tracks compile a masterclass in the art of solo guitar-playing, with Jansch playing alone, but there are a few tracks in which the great man plays with his old flat-mate John Renbourn- 'The Waggoner's Lad', 'Henry Martin', 'Pretty Polly' and the nine and a half minute masterpiece, 'Jack Orion'. These duets make the already stunning guitar music even more powerful and entertaining. After buying 'Jack Orion' I am not at all surprised that so many great artists have been heavily influenced by Bert Jansch, namely Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin. If you're a guitarist, a fan of folk or just appreciate good music, you'll be listening to this solid classic over and over again. It's definitely worth buying...enjoy.
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