Bert Jansch - it don't bother me

Or if you prefer a bigger production…

Bert Jansch - Sounds of the 70s

A Bert At The BBC collection came out last year collecting decades of Bert Jansch sessions — and lo, it was good. At eight discs, you'd assume that it would be fairly comprehensive ... but this Sounds of the 70s broadcast from 1971 only emerged a few months back. And, holy smokes, it is amazing, peak Jansch!

"It has long been the holy grail of Bert's BBC career - songs almost all from the 'Rosemary Lane' LP that in several cases he would never perform again," writes uploader / author / songwriter Colin Harper. Really beautiful stuff, thanks a million to Colin and Christopher Gardiner, the guy who taped it all those years ago. My only complaint is that it isn't long enough. Oh well, you can also listen to Gardiner's recording of Bert at the Royal Festival Hall from right around the same time, which has just been shared in upgraded sound quality. A dream a dream a dream.

Bert Jansch x Hope Sandoval x All This Remains 

Bert Jansch :: Bert At The BBC

The highlight of this exhaustively curated set are the performances which allow us to listen in to a full concert or series of tunes. It is here that we experience Bert’s crowning achievement—the temporal transcendence of music consciousness. From one song to the next Jansch could transport his audience to 1930’s Mississippi, the court of King James, or a 1974 folk club in Soho without missing a beat.

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One For Jo (2009 Digital Remaster)

Bert Jansch - When the Teardrops Fell

Oh to be the female folk singer in a band of ugly men again..

bert jansch -- a man i'd rather be

AllMusic Staff Pick: Bert Jansch Avocet

A beguiling ensemble record from 1979, Avocet splits the difference between the tenacious progressivism of the guitarist's early, post-Pentangle offerings and the stateliness of his later work.

- Timothy Monger

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