Bert Jansch (album)

1965 studio album by Bert Jansch

Bert Jansch

Studio album by

Bert Jansch

Released| 16 April 1965 (1965-04-16)
Recorded| September 1964 - January 1965
Studio| 5 North Villas, Camden, London
Genre| Folk[1]
Length| 39:19
Label| Transatlantic
Producer| Bill Leader
Bert Jansch chronology
|  | Bert Jansch
(1965)  | It Don't Bother Me
(1965)

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Allmusic| [2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music| [3]
Uncut| [4]

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

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All tracks written by Bert Jansch, except where specified.

No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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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

## References

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1. ^ "20 Best Folk Music Albums of All Time". NME. Time Inc. UK. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
2. ^ Allmusic review
3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
4. ^ MacDonald, Ian (October 1997). "Bert Jansch: Blackwater Side / Birthday Blues/Rosemary Lane". Uncut. No. 5\. p. 91.
5. ^ ^ Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (23 March 2010). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. ISBN 978-0-7893-2074-2.
6. ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (2000). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 213\. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.
7. ^ Needle of Death Songfacts

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Discography

Studio albums|

* Bert Jansch (1965)
* It Don't Bother Me (1965)
* Jack Orion (1966)
* Bert and John (1966)
* Nicola (1967)
* Birthday Blues (1969)
* Rosemary Lane (1971)
* Moonshine (1973)
* L.A. Turnaround (1974)
* Santa Barbara Honeymoon (1975)
* A Rare Conundrum (1977)
* Avocet (1979)
* Thirteen Down (1980)
* Heartbreak (1982)
* From the Outside (1985)
* Leather Launderette (1989)
* Sketches (1990)
* The Ornament Tree (1990)
* When the Circus Comes to Town (1995)
* Toy Balloon (1998)
* Crimson Moon (2000)
* Edge of a Dream (2002)
* The Black Swan (2006)

Live albums|

* Live at the 12 Bar: An Authorised Bootleg (1996)
* Downunder: Live in Australia (2001)
* Sweet Sweet Music (2012)

Compilation albums|

* Lucky Thirteen (1966)
* Dazzling Stranger: The Bert Jansch Anthology (2000)

Related articles|

* Pentangle
* John Renbourn

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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