listening to rosemary lane RIGHT NOW as a matter of fact.
― tylerw, Thursday, 6 October 2011 15:51 (twelve years ago) link
I'm going to listen to it on my way home tonight!
― Juice Should Be Sterliized (Tom D.), Thursday, 6 October 2011 15:52 (twelve years ago) link
The Black Swan from 2006 is pretty great.
― beta blog, Thursday, 6 October 2011 16:09 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, i like that one. i know some people weren't nuts about his gruff vocals in the past decade or so, but they work for me. man, his version of "reynardine" on rosemary lane is so gorgeous.
― tylerw, Thursday, 6 October 2011 16:14 (twelve years ago) link
AVOCET! What a beautiful record.
― tylerw, Friday, 21 October 2011 22:14 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i've been listening to that one as a concert from the same year (1979) -- both are great.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, 21 October 2011 22:18 (twelve years ago) link
as WELL as
yeah, i didn't even know there was a live album with the same dudes until this week. need to track it down.
― tylerw, Friday, 21 October 2011 22:20 (twelve years ago) link
i dunno about an album but i got some bootleg from 1979. what's the album?
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, 21 October 2011 22:21 (twelve years ago) link
this one? http://www.amazon.com/Live-at-Laforet-Bert-Jansch/dp/B000CQM11Iridiculous prices at the moment. must be floating around on the net somewhere... might you be able to hook me up w/ the bootleg?
― tylerw, Friday, 21 October 2011 22:24 (twelve years ago) link
are you on d.a.d.? if not, email me.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, 21 October 2011 22:32 (twelve years ago) link
never heard this one, apparently being re-ished soonhttps://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/418957_403886719668287_316042579_n.jpgHeartbreak - Bert Jansch. Remastered reissue of out-of-print classic Bert Jansch album! CD includes 2nd disc Live At McCabe’s Guitar Shop from June 1981. LP’s first pressing on limited-edition clear vinyl.
― tylerw, Monday, 13 August 2012 17:59 (eleven years ago) link
Oh My Father (posted above) is a standout track for me and I always wished there was more Jansch that sounded like it. Is there?
― Will Chave (Hurting 2), Monday, 13 August 2012 18:26 (eleven years ago) link
http://bertjansch.com/news/bert-jansch-remastered-and-re-released-for-50th-anniversary/
― tylerw, Saturday, 21 February 2015 21:17 (nine years ago) link
I never been much a fan of his voice but I checked out that Avocet re-issue, very nice.
― calzino, Sunday, 14 February 2016 15:37 (eight years ago) link
His singing voice is in great form on Rosemary Lane.
― Duke, Sunday, 28 February 2016 21:11 (eight years ago) link
Have his albums been polled?
― Duke, Sunday, 28 February 2016 21:12 (eight years ago) link
This week, Rosemary Lane is his best IMO
― Duke, Sunday, 28 February 2016 21:13 (eight years ago) link
That or LA Turnaround. Or Bert and John, if that counts.
― Poacher (Chinaski), Sunday, 28 February 2016 21:15 (eight years ago) link
absolutely love 'a woman like you', stunning music
― global tetrahedron, Sunday, 28 February 2016 21:20 (eight years ago) link
LA Turnaround is great. I'm not a huge fan of Bert & John.
― Duke, Sunday, 28 February 2016 21:21 (eight years ago) link
I don't have the Black Swan. Yet..
― Duke, Sunday, 28 February 2016 21:24 (eight years ago) link
I'm just learning his version of Reynardine on guitar. I can play it, but it blows my mind that he came up with it. (if that makes sense)
― Duke, Sunday, 28 February 2016 21:26 (eight years ago) link
http://thequietus.com/articles/19788-bert-jansch
― no lime tangier, Monday, 29 February 2016 12:48 (eight years ago) link
doesn't look like it's been mentioned here (and admittedly not one of his masterpieces), but i have much love for the late seventies a rare conundrum lp.
― no lime tangier, Monday, 29 February 2016 12:54 (eight years ago) link
I only have LA Turnaround and Rare Conundrum, but both are ace.
― Austin, Monday, 29 February 2016 18:41 (eight years ago) link
I've been enjoying Avocet, newly reissued.
― mike t-diva, Monday, 29 February 2016 18:44 (eight years ago) link
God, it's so long since I listened to Bert Jansch and the like. I would agree that "Rosemary Lane" is probably his best album."Moonshine" is another good album. I don't dislike any of the albums I've heard tbh.
― Thomas of Britain (Tom D.), Monday, 29 February 2016 19:11 (eight years ago) link
i found a $1 LP copy of Moonshine recently, was pretty stunned. i think it slipped through the pricing cracks.
― nomar, Monday, 29 February 2016 19:12 (eight years ago) link
avocet reissue is gorgeous (music and packaging).
― tylerw, Monday, 29 February 2016 19:15 (eight years ago) link
i just put on avocet and a minute or two in and was thinking "this is dope but i could really use some danny thompson" and at that moment the bass dropped. like to flip my desk.
― adam, Monday, 29 February 2016 19:35 (eight years ago) link
I'm on the fence about buying Avocet. I like-but-don't-love most of Bert's solo stuff, and have a low tolerance for his tendency toward what The Wire calls "baroque formality." What I mean is I like his jazzy jammin,' less his stuff that sounds like something you could seamlessly put on a mix alongside Malcolm Dalglish or somebody.
― Wimmels, Monday, 29 February 2016 22:14 (eight years ago) link
hmm i don't know malcolm daglish, but i'd say that jazzy jammin' is mainly what's happening on avocet?
― tylerw, Monday, 29 February 2016 22:19 (eight years ago) link
Has anyone seen this?
It's a bit pricey but I'm intrigued by not only the show (which I guess was released in VHS form at some point?) but the bonus stuff.
― Wimmels, Wednesday, 6 April 2016 17:26 (eight years ago) link
Taking in Avocet this morning. What an absolutely gorgeous record. Much as I love his voice and lyrics, Avocet is slowly becoming my favorite record of his. Just really warm and rewarding music.
― (V) (°,,,,°) (V) (Austin), Friday, 3 August 2018 17:22 (five years ago) link
was having a bert day and thought i'd share this cos i hadn't seen it before and it's lovely:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML3XahMwJ-U
― would a nit be nice? (NickB), Thursday, 11 February 2021 12:53 (three years ago) link
that mandoline through fx pedals sounds so good!
― would a nit be nice? (NickB), Thursday, 11 February 2021 12:54 (three years ago) link
mandolin even. if indeed it is a mandolin
― would a nit be nice? (NickB), Thursday, 11 February 2021 12:55 (three years ago) link
I think that's a mandola? Or big fuck-off mandolin, to give it its proper name.
― Waterloo Subset (Tom D.), Thursday, 11 February 2021 13:22 (three years ago) link
That's gorgeous. An early outing for Sean Bean on bass too.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Thursday, 11 February 2021 14:06 (three years ago) link
Got a stupidly reasonably priced copy of the *A Man I'd Rather Be pt.1* vinyl box, which features his first four albums. It's a lovely item but quite weird for a box set? It's more like a folder I guess, with the first album's artwork as the cover art; the records are nested inside in decorative sleeves, but not the original artwork. Rights issue maybe? Aesthetic choice?
Anyway, only a mild grumble when the music is this incredible.
― Stars of the Lidl (Chinaski), Sunday, 18 June 2023 18:23 (eleven months ago) link