Sweet Child
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Sweet Child was a 1968 double album by the British folk-rock band Pentangle: Terry Cox, Bert Jansch, Jacqui McShee, John Renbourn and Danny Thompson. One album was recorded at Pentangle's live concert in the Royal Festival Hall, which took place on 29 June 1968; the other was recorded in the studio. The material is the most wide-ranging of Pentangle's albums, including folk songs, jazz classics, blues, early music and Pentangle's own compositions. The melody for the song "I've Got a Feeling" is taken from "All Blues" by Miles Davis, a track on his classic album Kind of Blue. The album cover was designed by Peter Blake, better-known for his design of The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album.
Track listing
Live album
- "Market Song" (Terry Cox, Bert Jansch, Jacqui McShee, John Renbourn, Danny Thompson) – 4:23
- "No More My Lord" (traditional) – 4:05
- "Turn Your Money Green" (Furry Lewis) – 2:59
- "Haitian Fight Song" (Charles Mingus) – 3:52
- "A Woman Like You" (Jansch) – 4:06
- "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" (Mingus) – 3:48
- "Three Dances" – 4:57
- "Brentzel Gay" (Claude Gervaise)
- "La Rotta" (traditional)
- "The Earle Of Salisbury" (William Byrd)
- "Watch The Stars" (traditional) – 3.11
- "So Early In The Spring" (traditional) – 3:37
- "No Exit" (Jansch, Renbourn) – 2:22
- "The Time Has Come" (Anne Briggs) – 3:14
- "Bruton Town" (traditional) – 6:27
CD Bonus tracks:
- "Hear My Call" – 3:48
- "Let No Man Steal Your Thyme" – 2:59
- "Bells" – 4:45
- "Travelling Song" – 4:17
- "Waltz" – 6:00
- "Way Behind the Sun" – 2:59
- "John Donne Song" – 3:24
Studio album
- "Sweet Child" (Cox, Jansch, McShee, Renbourn, Thompson) – 5:15
- "I Loved a Lass" (traditional) – 2:44
- "Three Part Thing" (Jansch, Renbourn, Thompson) – 2:29
- "Sovay" (traditional) – 2:51
- "In Time" (Cox, Jansch, Renbourn, Thompson) – 5:09
- "In Your Mind" (Cox, Jansch, McShee, Renbourn, Thompson) – 2:16
- "I've Got a Feeling" (Cox, Jansch, McShee, Renbourn, Thompson, Davis) – 4:29
- "The Trees They Do Grow High" (traditional) – 3:51
- "Moon Dog" (Cox) – 2:44
- "Hole in the Coal" (Ewan MacColl) – 5:23
CD Bonus tracks:
- "Hole in the Coal" (alternate version) – 2:44
- "The Trees They Do Grow High" (alternate version) – 3:52
- "Haitian Fight Song" (studio version) – 4:20
- "In Time" (alternate version) – 4:40
Personnel
- Terry Cox: drums, glockenspiel, vocals
- Bert Jansch: guitar, vocals
- Jacqui McShee: vocals
- John Renbourn: guitar, vocals
- Danny Thompson: double bass
Released versions
Sweet Child was originally released in the UK, as a double LP, on 1 November 1968 as Transatlantic TRA178. The US release, in the same year, was Reprise 2R56334. A CD version was released in 1992 as Line TACD9005. In 2001, a digitally remastered version was released as Castle CMDDD132, including several versions of some of the studio takes and some additional songs from the Festival Hall concert: "Hear my Call", "Let No Man Steal Your Thyme", "Bells", "Travelling Song", "Waltz", "Way Behind The Sun" and "Go and Catch a Falling Star".