BIRTHDAY BLUES

With the PENTANGLE having issued their well received eponymous debut a year prior, JANSCH appeared energized on his next solo project, even retaining bassist DANNY THOMPSON and incorporating some of the parent (child) group suave approaches on tracks like Poison", "Promised Land" and "A Woman Like You". Terry Cox's drums trade off Jansch's guitars. Elsewhere, the mood can be light, as in the oh so sixties "Come Sing me a Happy song" that should come with an addiction warning. "Tree Song" is wistful and romantic, one of several with pastoral flutes by Ray Warleigh. For the rest, it is middling a bit too often while still commendable for material that serves Jansch's voice better than on any prior album. This is fortuitous given that Pentangle sees him splitting duties with a top notch singer JACQUI MCSHEE, reflexively awarding bonus points to ensemble vs solo efforts. Loosely recommended to fans of both.

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