Bert Jansch, search and destroy.

"Moonshine" is one of my favourite Bert albums

Almost tempted to do a poll of his albums, but I don't really do those and don't know how many would take part. Anyway, "Rosemary Lane" is his best album by miles - not that the others aren't good but that album is soooooo good. Also particularly like 1st album, "Jack Orion", "Moonshine". I've never heard a bad album by him but the second album is a bit skimpy and second album-like. I'm not so fond of those mid-70s crossover albums he made with Mike Nesmith (well at least one of them was made with him) and I don't know some of his later albums at all - last one I heard was the one with "Born and Bred In Old Ireland" on it and it was good.

i dunno, i love LA Turnaround (the nesmith one). Not a terribly radical departure -- jansch could only sound like jansch, you know? But the little country rock touches are cool, i like the sound of the pedal steel mixed with his guitar. but you're probably right, rosemary lane is the best one overall.

listening to rosemary lane RIGHT NOW as a matter of fact.

I'm going to listen to it on my way home tonight!

The Black Swan from 2006 is pretty great.

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.

AVOCET! What a beautiful record.

yeah i've been listening to that one as a concert from the same year (1979) -- both are great.

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.

i dunno about an album but i got some bootleg from 1979. what's the album?

this one? http://www.amazon.com/Live-at-Laforet-Bert-Jansch/dp/B000CQM11I
ridiculous prices at the moment. must be floating around on the net somewhere...
might you be able to hook me up w/ the bootleg?

are you on d.a.d.? if not, email me.

never heard this one, apparently being re-ished soon
https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/418957_403886719668287_316042579_n.jpg
Heartbreak - 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.

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?

http://bertjansch.com/news/bert-jansch-remastered-and-re-released-for-50th-anniversary/

I never been much a fan of his voice but I checked out that Avocet re-issue, very nice.

His singing voice is in great form on Rosemary Lane.

Have his albums been polled?

This week, Rosemary Lane is his best IMO

That or LA Turnaround. Or Bert and John, if that counts.

absolutely love 'a woman like you', stunning music

LA Turnaround is great. I'm not a huge fan of Bert & John.

I don't have the Black Swan. Yet..

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)

http://thequietus.com/articles/19788-bert-jansch

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.

I only have LA Turnaround and Rare Conundrum, but both are ace.

I've been enjoying Avocet, newly reissued.

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.

i found a $1 LP copy of Moonshine recently, was pretty stunned. i think it slipped through the pricing cracks.

avocet reissue is gorgeous (music and packaging).

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.

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.

hmm i don't know malcolm daglish, but i'd say that jazzy jammin' is mainly what's happening on avocet?

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.

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.

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

that mandoline through fx pedals sounds so good!

mandolin even. if indeed it is a mandolin

I think that's a mandola? Or big fuck-off mandolin, to give it its proper name.

That's gorgeous. An early outing for Sean Bean on bass too.

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.