SO EARLY IN THE SPRING

John Renbourn

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3.35 | 3 ratings | 2 reviews | 0% 5 stars

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Studio Album, released in 1980

Songs / Tracks Listing

1. So Early in the Spring (4:05)
2. Lindsay (2:39)
3. The Mist Covered Mountain Home / The Orphan (3:28)
4. To Glastonbury (3:17)
5. The English Dance (2:57)
6. The Bank of Sweet Primroses (4:08)
7. Blues Run the Game (4:05)
8. Great Dreams from Heaven (3:58)
9. Peacock Rag (2:25)
10. If You Haven't Any Hay (2:32)
11. The Young Man That Wouldn't Hoe Corn (3:51)
12. Buckets of Rain (2:51)

Total Time 40:16

Line-up / Musicians

- John Renbourn / acoustic guitar, vocals

Releases information

Artwork: Kenji Sugiyama

LP Nippon Columbia ‎- YX-7258-ND (1980, Japan)

CD Castle Music - CMRCD 1278 (2006, Europe)

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3.35
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Review by kenethlevine
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Prog-Folk Team

Supremely well played and just as well produced, "So Early in the Spring:" sees JOHN RENBOURN returning to that strange brew of acoustic blues and early English and celtic folk after a decade or more of homebodiness. Is it necessary? Maybe not. Is it good? Definitely yes.

Suitable mostly for guitarists and the more committed fans who don't mind reinterpretations of earlier PENTANGLE or Renbourn work, which was always a downside to the fruit of this family tree, enough accomplished first timers in the form of the more Scottish than a Scotsman's "Lindsay", the quaint "To Glastonbury", and the Americana of "the Young Man can't Hoe Corn" all help save this from an early dismissal or, I might add, a lone airing.

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4 stars So Early In The Spring was a recording of opportunity for John Renbourn as it allowed him to re-record many of his earlier recorded folk and folk/blues songs in a modern state of the art recording studio. This allowed all of the subtle nuance of his playing style to actually be heard for the fir ... (read more)

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