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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Glad to see this reissued along with "In the Round." These '80's albums are somewhat unjustly overlooked. There's a nice 'nature' theme to several songs, & adept arrangement of Milton Nasimento's "Mother Earth" (if Jansch's voice very different). Mike Piggott rather different sound than John Renbourn, but he brings his own abilities. Even the 'baroque folk' instrumental, "Dolphin" sweetly does recall earlier Pentangle instrumentals, if perhaps not quite the quiet assurance JR brought to these. MacShee's singing is very good throughout, if lyrically maybe some songs not quite so compelling. "Sad Lady" though is very interesting, cool sexy underated Jacqui song, with nearly a bit of 'Latin' vibe in arrangement. And some other 'near' standard Pentangle songs here like "Dragonfly" and fine take on traditional one "Yarrow" (if personally I like also the live version of that on "Live '94" and BJ's version on his "Moonshine"). "Lost Love" is good 'jazzy blues' Jansch; "Taste of Love" a good more ballady one of his. Solid if maybe not quite the distinctive magic of the original '60's/early '70's group IMO.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I've no idea why it's taken 20 years since the original vinyl release for this superb album to become available on CD, but it is worth the wait. What marks this out from other Pentangle albums and many other albums of the genre is an enchanting suite of songs with an almost mystical love of nature at their core, what would have been side one of the LP. 'Child of Winter' is particularly spellbinding. The sound quality is good, but the packaging does not say if the album has been digitally remastered from the original master tapes - I'd have thought this would be something to brag about if it had. Also, the booklet, though containing song lyrics, is somewhat sparse. I'd have liked a bit of biographical info, or perhaps some notes to put some context to the music. Someone plays violin on several songs - who? It does not say. but these are minor quibbles. the main thing is that now at last we have the opportunity to appreciate this great music on CD.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
A nice one
14 Sep 2007
Format:Audio CD
This was the late 80s/early 90s McShee/Jansch led Pentangle line up which lead to the later (and in my opinion, stronger) release "So Early In the Spring". But there is some nice work on this one- I partularly like "Open the Door", "Mother Earth" and "Yarrow"- and Bert Jansch's "A Taste of Love" has always been a favorite of mine.
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