Bert Jansch (album)

Bert Jansch
Studio album by Bert Jansch
Released	16 April 1965 (1965-04-16)
Recorded	September 1964 – January 1965
Studio	5 North Villas, Camden, London
Genre	Folk[1]
Length	39:19
Label	Transatlantic
Producer	Bill Leader
Bert Jansch chronology
Bert Jansch (1965) It Don't Bother Me (1965)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]
Uncut	[4]

Bert Jansch is the debut album by Scottish folk musician Bert Jansch. The album was recorded on a reel-to-reel tape recorder at engineer Bill Leader's house and sold to Transatlantic Records for £100. Transatlantic released the album, which went on to sell 150,000 copies. The album was included in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[5] It was voted number 649 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000).[6]

The record includes Jansch's best-known song, "Needle of Death", which was inspired by the death of his friend, folk singer Buck Polly.[7]

Track listing

All tracks written by Bert Jansch, except where specified.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Strolling Down the Highway"		3:06
2.	"Smokey River" (Instrumental)		2:56
3.	"Oh How Your Love Is Strong"		3:40
4.	"I Have No Time"		3:09
5.	"Finches" (Instrumental)		0:51
6.	"Veronica" (Instrumental)		1:32
7.	"Needle of Death"		3:20
8.	"Do You Hear Me Now?"		2:06
9.	"Rambling's Gonna Be the Death of Me"		3:18
10.	"Alice's Wonderland" (Instrumental; inspired by Charles Mingus)		1:46
11.	"Running From Home"		2:24
12.	"Courting Blues"		4:02
13.	"Casbah" (Instrumental)		2:10
14.	"Dreams of Love"		1:44
15.	"Angie" (Instrumental)	Davey Graham	3:15

References

1. "20 Best Folk Music Albums of All Time". NME. Time Inc. UK. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
2. Allmusic review
3. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
4. MacDonald, Ian (October 1997). "Bert Jansch: Blackwater Side / Birthday Blues/Rosemary Lane". Uncut. No. 5. p. 91.
5. ^ Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (23 March 2010). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. ISBN 978-0-7893-2074-2.
6. Colin Larkin, ed. (2000). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 213. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.
7. Needle of Death Songfacts