Basket of Light
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| Studio album by Pentangle | ||||
| Released | October 1969 | |||
| Recorded | IBC Studios, London | |||
| Genre | Folk, folk rock[1] | |||
| Length | 40:07 | |||
| Label | Transatlantic | |||
| Producer | Shel Talmy | |||
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Basket of Light is a 1969 album by the folk rock group Pentangle. It reached #5 on the UK charts largely on the basis of the single "Light Flight" (#43 UK), the theme from BBC1's first colour drama series Take Three Girls. Another single from the album, "Once I Had a Sweetheart", reached number 46 in the charts.[2]
The album's liner notes state that "Springtime Promises" was written "after a ride on a number 74 bus from Gloucester Road to Greencroft Gardens on an early spring day".
Tracks
- Side One
- "Light Flight" - (Jacqui McShee, Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, Danny Thompson, Terry Cox) - 3:14
- Jacqui McShee - vocals
- Bert Jansch - acoustic guitar
- John Renbourn - acoustic guitar
- Danny Thompson - double bass
- Terry Cox - drums
- "Once I Had A Sweetheart" - (traditional, arranged by McShee, Jansch, Renbourn, Thompson, Cox) - 4:37
- Jacqui McShee - vocals
- Bert Jansch - acoustic guitar
- John Renbourn - acoustic guitar, sitar
- Danny Thompson - double bass
- Terry Cox - drums, glockenspiel
- "Springtime Promises" - (McShee, Jansch, Renbourn, Thompson, Cox) - 4:04
- Bert Jansch - acoustic guitar, vocals
- John Renbourn - acoustic guitar, vocals
- Danny Thompson - double bass
- Terry Cox - drums
- "Lyke-Wake Dirge" - (traditional, arranged by McShee, Jansch, Renbourn, Thompson, Cox) - 3:32
- Jacqui McShee - vocals
- Bert Jansch - acoustic guitar, vocals
- John Renbourn - acoustic guitar, vocals
- Danny Thompson - double bass
- Terry Cox - hand drums, vocals
- "Train Song" - (McShee, Jansch, Renbourn, Thompson, Cox) - 4:43
- Bert Jansch - acoustic guitar, vocals
- John Renbourn - acoustic guitar, vocals
- Danny Thompson - double bass
- Terry Cox - drums
- Side Two
- "Hunting Song" - (McShee, Jansch, Renbourn, Thompson, Cox) - 6:41
- Jacqui McShee - vocals
- Bert Jansch - acoustic guitar, vocals
- John Renbourn - acoustic guitar, vocals
- Danny Thompson - double bass
- Terry Cox - drums, vocals, glockenspiel
- "Sally Go 'Round the Roses" - (Lona Stevens, Zell Sanders) - 3:34
- Jacqui McShee - vocals
- Bert Jansch - acoustic guitar
- John Renbourn - acoustic guitar, vocals
- Danny Thompson - double bass
- Terry Cox - drums
- "The Cuckoo" - (traditional, arranged by McShee, Jansch, Renbourn, Thompson, Cox) - 4:26
- Jacqui McShee - vocals
- Bert Jansch - acoustic guitar
- John Renbourn - acoustic guitar
- Danny Thompson - double bass
- Terry Cox - hand drum, glockenspiel
- "House Carpenter" - (traditional, arranged by McShee, Jansch, Renbourn, Thompson, Cox) - 5:27
- Jacqui McShee - vocals
- Bert Jansch - banjo, vocals
- John Renbourn - sitar
- Danny Thompson - double bass
- Terry Cox - hand drum, hihat
The album cover uses photographs of Pentangle's 1968 concert in the Royal Albert Hall. A note about the instrumentation states that "All the instruments played on this album are accoustic [sic]."
Personnel
- Terry Cox – drums, glockenspiel, hand drum, lead and backing vocals
- Bert Jansch – lead and backing vocals, guitar, banjo on "House Carpenter"
- Jacqui McShee – lead and backing vocals
- John Renbourn – lead and backing vocals, guitar, sitar
- Danny Thompson – double bass
- Shel Talmy – producer
- Damon Lyon-Shaw – engineer
- John Pantry – engineer
Released versions
Basket of Light was released as a UK LP on 26 October 1969, as Transatlantic TRA2O5. The U.S. version, in the same year was Reprise R56372. The album was re-released as a digitally remastered CD in 2001, as Castle CMRCD207, which includes two alternate takes of "Sally Go 'Round the Roses" and the non-album B-sides: "Cold Mountain" and "I Saw an Angel".
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Basket of Light at AllMusic
- ↑ Pentangle UK chart history, The Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 27, 2012.
