Basket of Light

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Basket of Light
Basket-of-light.jpg
Studio album by Pentangle
Released October 1969
Recorded IBC Studios, London
Genre Folk, folk rock[1]
Length 40:07
Label Transatlantic
Producer Shel Talmy
Pentangle chronology
Sweet Child
(1968)Sweet Child1968
Basket of Light
(1969)
Cruel Sister
(1970)Cruel Sister1970
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars [1]

Basket of Light is a 1969 album by the folk rock group Pentangle. It reached #5 on the UK charts largely on the basis of the single "Light Flight" (#43 UK), the theme from BBC1's first colour drama series Take Three Girls. Another single from the album, "Once I Had a Sweetheart", reached number 46 in the charts.[2]

The album's liner notes state that "Springtime Promises" was written "after a ride on a number 74 bus from Gloucester Road to Greencroft Gardens on an early spring day".

Tracks

Side One
  1. "Light Flight" - (Jacqui McShee, Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, Danny Thompson, Terry Cox) - 3:14
  2. "Once I Had A Sweetheart" - (traditional, arranged by McShee, Jansch, Renbourn, Thompson, Cox) - 4:37
    • Jacqui McShee - vocals
    • Bert Jansch - acoustic guitar
    • John Renbourn - acoustic guitar, sitar
    • Danny Thompson - double bass
    • Terry Cox - drums, glockenspiel
  3. "Springtime Promises" - (McShee, Jansch, Renbourn, Thompson, Cox) - 4:04
    • Bert Jansch - acoustic guitar, vocals
    • John Renbourn - acoustic guitar, vocals
    • Danny Thompson - double bass
    • Terry Cox - drums
  4. "Lyke-Wake Dirge" - (traditional, arranged by McShee, Jansch, Renbourn, Thompson, Cox) - 3:32
    • Jacqui McShee - vocals
    • Bert Jansch - acoustic guitar, vocals
    • John Renbourn - acoustic guitar, vocals
    • Danny Thompson - double bass
    • Terry Cox - hand drums, vocals
  5. "Train Song" - (McShee, Jansch, Renbourn, Thompson, Cox) - 4:43
    • Bert Jansch - acoustic guitar, vocals
    • John Renbourn - acoustic guitar, vocals
    • Danny Thompson - double bass
    • Terry Cox - drums
Side Two
  1. "Hunting Song" - (McShee, Jansch, Renbourn, Thompson, Cox) - 6:41
    • Jacqui McShee - vocals
    • Bert Jansch - acoustic guitar, vocals
    • John Renbourn - acoustic guitar, vocals
    • Danny Thompson - double bass
    • Terry Cox - drums, vocals, glockenspiel
  2. "Sally Go 'Round the Roses" - (Lona Stevens, Zell Sanders) - 3:34
    • Jacqui McShee - vocals
    • Bert Jansch - acoustic guitar
    • John Renbourn - acoustic guitar, vocals
    • Danny Thompson - double bass
    • Terry Cox - drums
  3. "The Cuckoo" - (traditional, arranged by McShee, Jansch, Renbourn, Thompson, Cox) - 4:26
    • Jacqui McShee - vocals
    • Bert Jansch - acoustic guitar
    • John Renbourn - acoustic guitar
    • Danny Thompson - double bass
    • Terry Cox - hand drum, glockenspiel
  4. "House Carpenter" - (traditional, arranged by McShee, Jansch, Renbourn, Thompson, Cox) - 5:27
    • Jacqui McShee - vocals
    • Bert Jansch - banjo, vocals
    • John Renbourn - sitar
    • Danny Thompson - double bass
    • Terry Cox - hand drum, hihat

The album cover uses photographs of Pentangle's 1968 concert in the Royal Albert Hall. A note about the instrumentation states that "All the instruments played on this album are accoustic [sic]."

Personnel

Released versions

Basket of Light was released as a UK LP on 26 October 1969, as Transatlantic TRA2O5. The U.S. version, in the same year was Reprise R56372. The album was re-released as a digitally remastered CD in 2001, as Castle CMRCD207, which includes two alternate takes of "Sally Go 'Round the Roses" and the non-album B-sides: "Cold Mountain" and "I Saw an Angel".

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Basket of Light at AllMusic
  2. Pentangle UK chart history, The Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 27, 2012.

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