Sketches [Import]

Bert Jansch | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 18, 2008)
• Original Release Date: October 30, 1990
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Temple Records
• ASIN: B000002NOK
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #397,577 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Bert Jansch was born in Glasgow and brought up in Edinburgh and began his working life as a gardener, playing and teaching just in his spare time. He moved to London and became one of the guitar heroes who hit the scene in the 60s - his peers were Davey Graham, Albert Lee and John Renbourn. Bert's ground-breaking guitar playing, deeply affecting songwriting and dark, passionate voice have held audiences spellbound ever since. Famously admired by Jimmy Page, Neil Young and Nick Drake, more recently young luminaries such as Noel Gallagher, Jarvis Cocker, Bernard Butler and Johnny Marr have paid homage to this unassuming but intensely revered master.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars on the way back, December 9, 2000

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C. H Smith (Bowling Green, Kentucky United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sketches (Audio CD)

The decade of the 1980s was not a very kind one to Jansch; not only did he have health problems, but his albums were lacklustre and didn't sell well. This 1990 release helped start turning things around. It consists of new recordings of several of his better known older works (such as 'Needle of Death,' 'As the Day Grows Longer Now,' 'A Woman Like You,' 'Poison,' and 'One for Jo') coupled with about as many new works. I personally still like the original versions better, and the new material is not better than mediocre, but overall there is more punch to his play and involvement in the music than had been evident for a number of years. The backing is sparse, with more of an overall "contemporary folk" sound than a blues or country one.