- Audio CD (13 Mar 2001)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Original recording remastered
- Label: Sanctuary/Castle Music America
- ASIN: B000059SXH
- Other Editions: Audio CD | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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Track Listings
| 1. Yarrow |
| 2. Brought With The Rain |
| 3. The January Man |
| 4. Night Time Blues |
| 5. Moonshine |
| 6. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face |
| 7. Rambleaway |
| 8. Twa Corbies |
| 9. Oh My Father |
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is one of many of Bert's 'best' albums.. and there are a few of those but every track (almost) is a classic example of his unique treatment of tone and key, and an evocative, dark, brooding style which completely sums up the traditional song in raw human terms. No one else can deal with the pain of love lost, anguish, revenge, and folklore mystery as Bert can.
Having a natural affinity for his invented and almost atonal tunings, and a similarly gravel edged vocal style, I still however struggle to get anywhere near this good.Bert constantly amazes and the tracks here are wonderfully dark, full of mystery myth and adventure.. and he is very much at his mature best here.. a classic album. Bert has an effortless and distinctive guitar style, which many have admired, and in acoustic terms he is unrivalled in this dark traditional genre. He even manages to make something completely different out of the ballad-ish First Time Ever I Saw Your Face treating it to a tuning and timing that only Bert could come up with, reminiscent of his version of Blackwater Side, same as he does on a later album with Heartbreak Hotel !
I've seen Bert perform all these songs and he creates serious magic when he combines a brooding baroque edged voice with a guitar style and chords that are all his own.
Having a natural affinity for his invented and almost atonal tunings, and a similarly gravel edged vocal style, I still however struggle to get anywhere near this good.Bert constantly amazes and the tracks here are wonderfully dark, full of mystery myth and adventure.. and he is very much at his mature best here.. a classic album. Bert has an effortless and distinctive guitar style, which many have admired, and in acoustic terms he is unrivalled in this dark traditional genre. He even manages to make something completely different out of the ballad-ish First Time Ever I Saw Your Face treating it to a tuning and timing that only Bert could come up with, reminiscent of his version of Blackwater Side, same as he does on a later album with Heartbreak Hotel !
I've seen Bert perform all these songs and he creates serious magic when he combines a brooding baroque edged voice with a guitar style and chords that are all his own.
23 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I learned of Bert Jansch & his song "Angie" (later covered by Paul Simon on Sounds of Silence from a chance friend while working a summer job in D.C. in '69. I encountered this one off the discount shelves in a record joint in Walla Walla, WA in '77, when i had broken my leg & lost my high school sweetheart. "Moonshine" healed me. It was Bert's gentle intricacies and his mournful/soulful singing that spoke to my shattered heart. His songs seemed to stem from the depths of British folk and all of the feeling and resignation that comes from universal dilemmas: loss, longing, alienation and loneliness. Since my cassette of it died long ago & I have yet to hear this reissue, I'm going by memory & recollecting songs like "january man" which seemed so right to hear and again rehear. His guitar work is, as always & of course, sheer mystery. It blends and uplifts the very words and leaves one transfixed by the effect. With "Twa corbies," one can just imagine the encounter on a wind-swept heath on a British ridge--the ragged sleeve of his electrified solo, punctuating the story. One only wishes that Bert would take a state-side tour & show us all what Neil Young reportedly meant by saying that he was the Hendrix of the folk guitar. Awesome, if you already know his vein of deep folk from Pentangle--somewhat of a challenge (but worth it) if you're seeking something genuine. His voice is not easily understood with his throwaway delivery, but it's of a piece w/his style.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is a weird , strange and magical release which seems to come from some deep and dark place in Berts soul . Absolutely impossible to get a true handle on this , its been fascinating and beguiling me for ages.
An absolute classic.
An absolute classic.
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