Well, there’s nothing for me here, very flowery folk guitars with prog-rock vibes from the late ’60s UK Folk scene. You can hear though they’re trying to mix things up heavily with glockenspiels (Light Flight) and sitars (Once I Had A Sweetheart) and the like. Jacqui McShee and guitarists Bert Jansch and John Renbourn had a great time with Pentangle, according to Louder, a great website by the way. Their review of Basket of Light is here.
Comparisons to Cream and Led Zep seem a little wide of the mark, in my view. I have a feeling I’m a little impatient to get to Let It Bleed, by The Rolling Stones but at least I’ve heard Pentangle and my preconceived ideas of what to expect have been realised.
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Track Listing
1. Light Flight (3:19)
2. Once I Had a Sweetheart (4:43)
3. Spring Time Promises (4:09)
4. Lyke-Wake Dirge (3:36)
5. Train Song (4:47)
6. Hunting Song (6:44)
7. Sally Go Round the Roses (3:40)
8. The Cuckoo (4:30)
9. House Carpenter (5:32)
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Album – Basket of Light
Artist – The Pentangle
Record Label – Transatlantic
Producer – Shel Talmy
Favourite Tracks – Sally Go Round the Roses, Once I Had A Sweetheart, Light Flight
Released – 1969
My Rating – 6
Time – 41m, 04s
Tracks – 9
Genre – Progressive Pop, Folk
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