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Bert Jansch
- Record Label: Earth Records
- Release Date: Feb 23, 2018
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- Summary: The four-disc set features the Scottish singer-songwriter's first three Transatlantic albums (Bert Jansch, It Don't Bother Me, and Jack Orion) as well as the 1966's Bert And John, a collaboration with John Renbourn (who would later join Jansch in the folk band Pentangle).
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- Record Label: Earth Records
- Genre(s): Folk
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Feb 15, 2018While longtime fans may want to replace their original LPs with these quality pressings, this set is well worth the investment for anyone interested in guitar players, blues, and British folk.
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Feb 15, 2018In short, if you collect Jansch you won’t regret investing in these for a second. If you’re new to him, you’ll find a musical universe opening before you.
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Feb 15, 2018The eight albums collected on the two anthologies are offered as originally released with no extras, and this makes the collection especially effective for new fans discovering this extraordinary work.
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Feb 15, 2018Jansch's future Pentangle bandmate John Renbourn guests on second guitar and the guitarists' mainly instrumental, jazz- and blues-influenced duo album Bert & John (also from 1966) closes this hugely impressive set on another high note.
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Q MagazineFeb 15, 2018These songs sound as if they could have echoed around soot-stained ports and roadside taverns for generations and can still cast 21st-century listeners under their spell. [Mar 2018, p.117]
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Feb 27, 2018Clean and cool,a reminder of an often overlooked genre that fought for radio play in the 60s.
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