Pentangle Signed By Bert Jansch,LP,The Pentangle,TransatlanticTRA162,UK1st 1968

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	$		66

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The Pentangle

Title and label: The Pentangle, Transatlantic TRA 162, UK 1st Press 1968, Signed To The Inner Sleeve By Bert Jansch

Condition of vinyl: VG+ Due To Light Surface Hair-Lines. Please Note All Plays Very Close To EX. Also Please Note: A Name Has Been Removed From The Label On Side One.

Matrix Side A: TRA 162 A2

Matrix Side B: TRA 162 S B1

Condition of sleeve: VG+ Due To Surface Wear & A price Indentation To The Rear Top Left Corner

All Music Review by Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr. 

There's something exciting about the first album of a band that goes on to greatness, and The Pentangle, by the group of the same name, is no different. Here, the listener witnesses the first studio work of a band struggling to get their essence down on vinyl. Of course Bert Jansch and John Renbourn's reputations as guitarists preceded the band, but the addition of bassist Danny Thompson and drummer Terry Cox gave the band an acoustic rhythm section like no other folk-rock group. Singer Jacqui McShee became the last piece of this intricate English puzzle, delivering high, expressive vocals that contrasted and merged so well with Jansch's deeper pipes. The group doesn't hold back on their first outing. On "Hear My Call" McShee offers a dreamy vocal, floating high above the bluesy guitars. The soaring vocal and firmly grounded rhythm highlight one another, creating a carefully layered sound that is present in all of Pentangle's best music. This dynamic works equally well in "Pentangling," with McShee and Jansch's voices combining light and dark shadows to concoct a strangely atmospheric harmony. The rocking and rollicking "Way Behind the Sun" is another standout, and the instrumentals "Bells" and "Waltz" are complex and lively. The album's spacious arrangements take full advantage of stereo, mixing instruments to different tracks so that the listener, for instance, can always hear Jansch's guitar on one side and Renbourn's on the other. This group, it seems, had it all. Equally comfortable with traditional songs, instrumentals, and originals, they made few missteps on their early albums. Like Fairport Convention and the Incredible String Band, Pentangle specialized in updating British Isles' folk music.

Side 1:

Let No Man Steal Your Thyme

Bells

Hear My Call

Pentangling

Side 2:

Mirage

Way Behind The Sun

Bruton Town

Waltz

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