Basket of Light
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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".
Legacy
The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[3]
Tracks
All tracks are written by Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, Danny Thompson, Terry Cox, and Jacqui McShee, except as noted
| No. | Title | Lead vocals | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Light Flight" | McShee | 3:14 |
| 2. | "Once I Had a Sweetheart" (traditional, arranged Jansch/Renbourn/Thompson/Cox/McShee) | McShee | 4:37 |
| 3. | "Springtime Promises" | Jansch | 4:04 |
| 4. | "Lyke-Wake Dirge" (traditional, arranged Jansch/Renbourn/Thompson/Cox/McShee) | Renbourn, Cox, and McShee | 3:32 |
| 5. | "Train Song" | Jansch and McShee | 4:43 |
| No. | Title | Lead vocals | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hunting Song" | McShee, Jansch, Renbourn, and Cox | 6:41 |
| 2. | "Sally Go 'Round the Roses" (Lona Stevens, Zell Sanders) | Renbourn and McShee | 3:34 |
| 3. | "The Cuckoo" (traditional, arranged Jansch/Renbourn/Thompson/Cox/McShee) | McShee | 4:26 |
| 4. | "House Carpenter" (traditional, arranged Jansch/Renbourn/Thompson/Cox/McShee) | Jansch and McShee | 5:27 |
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
- Terry Cox – drums, glockenspiel, hand drum, lead and backing vocals
- Bert Jansch – lead and backing vocals, guitar, banjo on "House Carpenter"
- Jacqui McShee – lead and backing vocals
- John Renbourn – lead and backing vocals, guitar, sitar
- Danny Thompson – double bass
- Shel Talmy – producer
- Damon Lyon-Shaw – engineer
- John Pantry – engineer
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
- ^ a b Basket of Light at AllMusic
- ^ Pentangle UK chart history, The Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 27, 2012.
- ^ Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (7 February 2006). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. ISBN 0-7893-1371-5.