1965 studio album by Bert Jansch
Bert Jansch is the debut album by Scottish folk musician Bert Jansch . The album was recorded on a reel-to-reel tape recorder at engineer Bill Leader 's house and sold to Transatlantic Records for £ 100. Transatlantic released the album, which went on to sell 150,000 copies. The album was included in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die .[ 5] It was voted number 649 in the third edition of Colin Larkin 's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000).[ 6]
The record includes Jansch's best-known song, "Needle of Death", which was inspired by the death of his friend, folk singer Buck Polly.[ 7]
Track listing
All tracks written by Bert Jansch, except where specified.
Title Writer(s) 1. "Strolling Down the Highway" 3:06 2. "Smokey River" (Instrumental ) 2:56 3. "Oh How Your Love Is Strong" 3:40 4. "I Have No Time" 3:09 5. "Finches" (Instrumental) 0:51 6. "Veronica" (Instrumental) 1:32 7. "Needle of Death" 3:20 8. "Do You Hear Me Now?" 2:06 9. "Rambling's Gonna Be the Death of Me" 3:18 10. "Alice's Wonderland" (Instrumental; inspired by Charles Mingus ) 1:46 11. "Running From Home" 2:24 12. "Courting Blues" 4:02 13. "Casbah" (Instrumental) 2:10 14. "Dreams of Love" 1:44 15. "Angie " (Instrumental) Davey Graham 3:15
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