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Various Artists
Pentangle Family
Genres: Country, Folk, International Music, Pop, Rock

Track Listings (19) - Disc #1
1. Lucky Thirteen - Bert Jansch
2. My Lover - Bert Jansch
3. Blue Bones - John Renbourn
4. Noah And Rabbit - John Renbourn
5. The Waggoner's Lad - Bert Jansch
6. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat - Bert Jansch
7. No Exit - Bert Jansch
8. The Time Has Come - Bert Jansch
9. Lost Lover Blues - John Renbourn
10. Can't Keep From Crying - John Renbourn
11. Nobody's Fault But Mine - John Renbourn
12. Travelling Song - Pentangle
13. Hear My Call - Pentangle
14. Pentangling - Pentangle
15. Let No Man Steal Your Thyme - Pentangle
16. Bruton Town - Pentangle
17. The Earle Of Salisbury - John Renbourn
18. The Trees They Do Grow High - John Renbourn
19. Forty Eight - John Renbourn
Track Listings (17) - Disc #2
1. Market Song - Pentangle
2. Sweet Child - Pentangle
3. Hole In The Coal - Pentangle
4. A Woman Like You - Bert Jansch
5. Promised Land - Bert Jansch
6. I Saw An Angel - Pentangle
7. Once I Had A Sweetheart - Pentangle
8. Springtime Promises - Pentangle
9. The Cuckoo - Pentangle
10. When I Was In My Prime - Pentangle
11. Lord Franklin - Pentangle
12. Sylvie - Bert Jansch
13. Tell Me What Is True Love? - Bert Jansch
14. Wedding Dress - Pentangle
15. Helping Hand - Pentangle
16. Shake Shake Mama - John Renbourn
17. Light Flight - Pentangle

CD Details

All Artists: Various Artists
Title: Pentangle Family
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: Castle - Old Numbers
Release Date: 1/30/2001
Genres: Country, Folk, International Music, Pop, Rock
Styles: Classic Country, Traditional Folk, British & Celtic Folk, Folk Rock
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 602923669120

CD Reviews

A mixed-bag for Pentangle fans

02/18/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Pentangle Family primarily highlights the solo efforts of both Bert Jansch and John Renbourn. The CD begins with "Lucky Thirteen" an acoustic composition by Jansch and Renbourn. Other solo gems from Jansch include a solo version of "A woman like you" with strong percussion and "Tell Me what is True Love". Redbourn's "Noah and Rabbit" and "Can't keep from Crying" highlight John's excellent craft work in solo guitar. Pentangle as a group is presented with cuts from it's earlier albums with songs like "Light Flight" and "Once I had a Sweetheart". Also little heard tracks from Pentangle's out of print album "Reflection" are highlighted here like the moving "Wedding Dress". Because this CD is not a complete presentation of Pentangle as a group, it would be advisable for the novice listener of Pentangle music, get "Basket of Light" and "Sweet Child". If the listener enjoys the "Pentangle sound" then buy The Pentangle Family."

Excellent survey!

C. H Smith | Bowling Green, Kentucky United States | 05/10/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The music of Bert Jansch and John Renbourn, as well as their group project Pentangle, was an emotional and intellectual inspiration to me during my early adult years. This collection, sampling from most of the releases the three acts produced for Transatlantic Records over the period 1965 through 1972, provides a wonderful reminder of the quality of their vision. The two-CD format makes it possible to make really intelligent decisions as to what to include and what to exclude; importantly, the choices made here omit some of the artists' best known material (e.g., Jansch's 'I Am Lonely,' 'Angie,' and 'Reynardine,' and Pentangle's 'When I Get Home' and 'Cruel Sister')--available elsewhere--only to substitute equally interesting but less frequently heard works (e.g., Jansch's 'My Lover,' 'Promised Land,' and 'Sylvie', and Pentangle's 'Hole in the Coal' and 'Helping Hand'). I'd especially like to thank the organizers for their inclusion of Jansch's 'Sylvie,' which for me represents the very zenith of the art of guitar accompaniment--an incredible instrumental realization of the drama and pathos of lost love, that. Congratulations to all involved--an excellent survey!"