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The Pentangle

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Boxset/Compilation, released in 2017

Songs / Tracks Listing

CD 1 - The Pentangle (72:15)
1. Let No Man Steal Your Thyme (2:49)
2. Bells (4:03)
3. Hear My Call (3:08)
4. Pentangling (7:14)
5. Mirage (2:03)
6. Way Behind the Sun (3:14)
7. Bruton Town (5:22)
8. Waltz (5:07)
- Bonus tracks:
9. Koan (take 2) (2:09)
10. The Wheel (1:59)
11. The Casbah (2:16)
12. Bruton Town (take 3) (5:12)
13. Hear My Call (alternate version) (3:18)
14. Way Behind the Sun (alternate version) (2:48)
15. Way Behind the Sun (instrumental) (2:39)
16. Bruton Town (take 5) (5:34)
17. Koan (take 1) (1:40)
18. Travellin' Song (non-LP single version with strings) (3:01)
19. Poison (August 1967 session) (2:41)
20. I Got a Feeling (August 1967 session) (2:35)
21. Market Song (August 1967 session) (3:23)

CD 2 - Sweet Child - Disc 1 (live at the Festival Hall) (76:19)
1. Market Song (4:24)
2. No More My Lord (4:38)
3. Turn Your Money Green (2:37)
4. Haitian Fight Song (3:44)
5. A Woman Like You (4:16)
6. Goodbye Pork-Pie Hat (4:32)
7. Three Dances (4:20)
8. Watch the Stars (3:25)
9. So Early in the Spring (3:24)
10. No Exit (2:22)
11. The Time Has Come (4:04)
12. Bruton Town (6:17)
- Bonus tracks:
13. Hear My Call (4:04)
14. Let No Man Steal Your Thyme (3:04)
15. Bells (5:03)
16. Travellin' Song (4:05)
17. Waltz (5:35)
18. Way Behind the Sun (3:23)
19. John Donne Song (3:02)

CD 3 - Sweet Child - Disc 2 (studio) (78:06)
1. Sweet Child (5:17)
2. I Loved a Lass (2:47)
3. Three Part Thing (2:31)
4. Sovay (2:53)
5. In Time (5:11)
6. In Your Mind (2:19)
7. I've Got a Feeling (4:30)
8. The Trees They Do Grow High (3:52)
9. Moon Dog (2:45)
10. Hole in the Coal (5:23)
- Bonus tracks:
11. Hole in the Coal (alternate version) (2:42)
12. The Trees They Do Grow High (alternate version) (3:51)
13. Haitian Fight Song (studio version) (4:18)
14. In Time (alternate version) (4:42)
15. A Woman Like You (unabridged trio version) (4:44)
16. I've Got a Woman (trio mix) (5:21)
17. I Am Lonely (Jansch solo mix) (2:31)
18. Poison (3:16)
19. Blues (2:42)
20. Sally Go Round the Roses (alternate version 2) (3:40)
21. Moon Dog (full band version) (2:51)

CD 4 - Basket of Light (77:08)
1. Light Flight (theme from "Take Three Girls") (3:19)
2. Once I Had a Sweetheart (4:45)
3. Springtime Promises (4:10)
4. Lyke-Wake Dirge (3:36)
5. Train Song (4:45)
6. Hunting Song (6:46)
7. Sally Go Round the Roses (3:39)
8. The Cuckoo (4:30)
9. House Carpenter (5:30)
- Bonus tracks:
10. Sally Go Round the Roses (alternate version) (3:39)
11. Cold Mountain (B-side) (2:01)
12. I Saw an Angel (B-side) (2:54)
13. House Carpenter (live in Aberdeen 26/3/70) (4:27)
14. Light Flight (live in Aberdeen 26/3/70) (3:29)
15. Pentangling (live in Aberdeen 26/3/70) (19:38)

CD 5 - Cruel Sister (72:50)
1. A Maid That's Deep in Love (5:32)
2. When I Was in My Prime (2:57)
3. Lord Franklin (3:26)
4. Cruel Sister (7:05)
5. Jack Orion (18:46)
- Bonus Track:
6. Will the Circle Be Unbroken (take 1, no harmonica/el. guitar) (4:30)
7. Rain and Snow (take 2) (3:53)
8. Omie Wise (take 2, live vox) (4:46)
9. John's Song (alias So Clear) (take 7) (5:08)
10. Reflection (Olympic Studios take 1) (11:46)
11. When I Get Home (alternative vocal) (5:01)

CD 6 - Reflection (75:56)
1. Wedding Dress (2:53)
2. Omie Wise (4:25)
3. Will the Circle Be Unbroken? (4:06)
4. When I Get Home (4:53)
5. Rain and Snow (3:50)
6. Helping Hand (3:30)
7. So Clear (4:54)
8. Reflection (11:07)
- Bonus tracks:
9. Shake Shake Mama (3:24)
10. Kokomo Blues (3:53)
11. Faro Annie (3:26)
12. Back on the Road Again (3:13)
13. Will the Circle Be Unbroken (take 3, live vox) (4:20)
14. Reflection (Command Studios, take 1, wordless vox) (9:48)
15. John's Song (alias So Clear) (take 5, fuzz guitar) (4:49)
16. Wondrous Love (3:25)

CD 7 - Solomon's Seal (48:42)
1. Sally Free and Easy (3:58)
2. The Cherry Tree Carol (3:03)
3. The Snows (3:47)
4. High Germany (3:17)
5. People on the Highway (4:45)
6. Willy o' Winsbury (5:56)
7. No Love Is Sorrow (2:47)
8. Jump Baby Jump (3:13)
9. Lady of Carlisle (4:48)
- Bonus tracks:
10. When I Get Home (live at Guildford Civic Hall 11/72) (4:39)
11. She Moved Through the Fair (live at Guildford Civic Hall 11/72) (5:14)
12. Train Song (live at Guildford Civic Hall 11/72) (3:15)

Total Time 501:16

Line-up / Musicians

- Jacqui McShee / vocals
- John Renbourn / acoustic guitar, vocals, electric guitar
- Bert Jansch / acoustic guitar, vocals, recorder
- Danny Thompson / double bass
- Terry Cox / drums, glockenspiel, vocals, tambourine, dulcitone

Releases information

Cherry Red Records 5013929104105 (2017)

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THE PENTANGLE The Albums ratings distribution


4.03
(6 ratings)
Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music(33%)
33%
Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection(50%)
50%
Good, but non-essential (17%)
17%
Collectors/fans only (0%)
0%
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Review by Warthur
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4 stars Comprehensive set from the original run of the classic British folk rock band, including all six of their 1960s and 1970s albums in attractive replica card sleeves, an extensive booklet, and a wealth of bonus tracks. To my mind, Pentangle never quite put out a five star album, but they were pretty consistent in quality within this period and this is a good way to get more or less all the Pentangle stuff you're likely to want, unless you're so keen on the band you want to dip into their reunion albums from the mid-1980s onwards. If you're out to explore the British folk rock scene you'll probably want to check in on Fairport Convention and Steeleye Span first, but this is a good next stop.

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4 stars This mini CD box set is a gem with a few caveats. First off, it contains Pentangle's first 7 studio albums placed together for the first time, with a myriad of bonus tracks and alternate takes. First, the good: There are some stellar previously unreleased alternate mixes such as 5 Bert Jansch tu ... (read more)

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