Pentangle- Albums: 1968-1972

2017 seven CD box. When they formed in 1968, Pentangle were hailed as folk’s first supergroup, fusing elements of jazz and underground music and comprising the twin guitar/songwriting talents of Bert Jansch and John Renbourn with bassist Danny Thompson, drummer Terry Cox and singer Jacqui McShee. Between 1968 and 1972, Pentangle issued six albums – five on legendary Folk label Transatlantic and a swansong release on Reprise. Their debut, The Pentangle (1968), was hailed as a folk rock classic and charted in the UK at #21. Sequel Sweet Child (also 1968) was an ambitious double album coupling live and studio discs. Third LP Basket Of Light (1969) was their most commercially successful, peaking at No. 5, fueled by the success of lead track ‘Light Flight’ (the theme to TV series Take Three Girls). Cruel Sister (1970) allowed Pentangle to reinterpret traditional folk songs. Reflection (1971), their last Transatlantic LP, was also among their most adventurous. Solomon’s Seal (1972) proved to be their last album with the original line-up.. For the first time ever, these albums are available as a deluxe box set to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the band’s formation. Each album has been expanded with a wealth of bonus material, including choice selections from contemporaneous solo LPs by Bert Jansch and John Renbourn, out-takes and live tracks.

Tracklist:

1. Let No Man Steal Your Thyme
2. Bells
3. Hear My Call
4. Pentangling
5. Mirage
6. Way Behind the Sun
7. Bruton Town
8. Waltz
9. Koan (Take 2) 1
10. The Wheel 1
11. The Casbah 1
12. Bruton Town (Take 3) 1
13. Hear My Call (Alternate Version) 1
14. Way Behind the Sun (Alternate Version) 1
15. Way Behind the Sun (Instrumental) 1
16. Bruton Town (Take 5) 1
17. Koan (Take 1) 1
18. Travelling Song (Non-LP Single Version with Strings) 1
19. Poison 2
20. I Got a Feeling 2
21. Market Song 2
22. Market Song 2
23. No More My Lord 2
24. Turn Your Money Green 2
25. Haitian Fight Song 2
26. A Woman Like You 2
27. Goodbye Pork-Pie Hat 2
28. Three Dances (Brentzel Gay/La Rotta/The Earl of Salisbury) 2
29. Watch the Stars 3
30. So Early in the Spring 3
31. No Exit 3
32. The Time Has Come 3
33. Bruton Town 3
34. Hear My Call 3
35. Let No Man Steal Your Thyme 3
36. Bells 3
37. Travelling Song 3
38. Waltz 3
39. Way Behind the Sun 4
40. John Donne Song 4
41. Sweet Child 4
42. I Loved a Lass 4
43. Three Part Thing 4
44. Sovay 4
45. In Time 4
46. In Your Mind 4
47. I’ve Got a Feeling 4
48. The Trees They Do Grow High 4
49. Moon Dog 5
50. Hole in the Coal 5
51. Hole in the Coal (Alternative Version) 5
52. The Trees They Do Grow High (Alternative Version) 5
53. Haitian Fight Song (Studio Version) 5
54. In Time (Alt. Version) 5
55. A Woman Like You (Unabridged Trio Version) * 5
56. I?Ve Got a Woman (Trio Mix) * 5
57. I Am Lonely (Jansch Solo Mix) * 5
58. Poison 5
59. Blues 6
60. Sally Go Round the Roses (Alt. Version 2) 6
61. Moondog (Full Band VSN) * 6
62. Light Flight (Theme from ?Take Three Girls?) 6
63. Once I Had a Sweetheart 6
64. Springtime Promises 6
65. Lyke Wake Dirge 6
66. Train Song 6
67. Hunting Song 6
68. Sally Go Round the Roses 6
69. The Cuckoo 7
70. House Carpenter 7
71. Sally Go Round the Roses (Alternative Version) 7
72. Cold Mountain (B-Side) 7
73. I Saw An Angel (B-Side) 7
74. House Carpenter (Live in Aberdeen) 7
75. Light Flight (Live in Aberdeen) 7
76. Pentangling (Live in Aberdeen) 7
77. A Maid That’s Deep in Love 7
78. When I Was in My Prime 7
79. Lord Franklin 8
80. Cruel Sister 8
81. Jack Orion 8
82. Will the Circle Be Unbroken (Take 1, No Harmonica) 8
83. Rain ; Snow (Take 2) 8
84. Omie Wise (Take 2, Live Vox) 8
85. John?S Song (Take 7) 8
86. Reflection (Olympic Studios Take 1) 8
87. When I Get Home (Alternative Vocal) 8
88. Wedding Dress 8
89. Omie Wise 9
90. Will the Circle Be Unbroken? 9
91. When I Get Home 9
92. Rain and Snow 9
93. Helping Hand 9
94. So Clear 9
95. Reflection 9
96. Shake Shake Mama 9
97. Kokomo Blues 9
98. Faro Annie 9
99. Back on the Road Again 10
100. Will the Circle Be Unbroken (Take 3, Live Vox) 10
101. Reflection (Command Studios, Take 1, Wordless Vox) 10
102. John?S Song (Take 5, Fuzz Guitar) 10
103. Wondrous Love 10
104. Sally Free and Easy 10
105. The Cherry Tree Carol 10
106. The Snows 10
107. High Germany 10
108. People on the Highway 10
109. Willy O? Winsbury 11
110. No Love Is Sorrow 11
111. Jump, Baby, Jump 11
112. Lady of Carlisle 11
113. When I Get Home (Live at Guildford Civic Hall 11/72) 11
114. She Moved Through the Fair (Live at Guildford Civic Hall 11/72) 11
115. Train Song (Live at Guildford Civic Hall 11/72)