Avocet (Expanded Anniversary Edition) Bert Jansch SKU: EARTHLP010A Barcode: 0809236171016 24.00 £24.00 Genre: Folk Label: Earth Recordings Released Date: 21st August 2020 Buying Format: 1LP Coloured Vinyl Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Ltd edition White vinyl pressing. Newly expanded audio. New liner notes from Pentangle bandmate and collaborator Danny Thompson. Vinyl only, limited to 500 copies worldwide. Expanded 40th anniversary edition, featuring newly discovered live tracks and notes from Pentangle bandmate (and Avocet collaborator) Danny Thompson. Bert Jansch was often quoted as saying “I’m not playing for anyone, just myself” and this feels no more apparent than on 1979’s ‘Avocet’, his beautifully meditative paean to British birds. This isn’t to say that Jansch was throwing commercial success to the wind, or was unaware of his audience, more that this album feels like a uniquely personal reflection of him. (The subject of British birds is one that Jansch held close to his heart. Indeed, just preceding this album was his 1978 split 7” single with Shirley Collins – with proceeds in aid of the RSPB.) For fans of Jansch this is often the album that is singled out as his best work. The freedoms of a post-Pentangle career are much in evidence; folk rock and even trad folk give way to an album that is not only without lyrical accompaniment but really quite orchestral, classical even, in its composition. There are surprises in particular in ‘Lapwing’ (a dirge-like waltz that wouldn’t be out of place on a Nils Frahm album) and ‘Bittern’ (which speaks of Arthur Russell’s more experimental pieces). Featuring ex-bandmate Danny Thompson, alongside Martin Jenkins (Dando Shaft, amongst others) with sleeve notes by Jansch aficionado Colin Harper (author of ‘Dazzling Stranger: Bert Jansch and the British Folk and Blues revival’). This new edition also comprises three never-before heard tracks, recorded live in Italy in in 1977 (‘Bittern’; ‘Kingfisher’; ‘Avocet’), as well as Danny Thompson’s recollections of the making of ‘Avocet’, recorded by Dave Thompson (Mojo Magazine) in typical style. Remastered by Brian Pyle from original tapes. Artist Bert Jansch Genre Folk Label Earth Recordings Buying Options 1LP Coloured Vinyl Format 1LP , Coloured Vinyl Condition New Country UK Track Listings Avocet Lapwing Bittern Kingfisher Osprey Goldfinch Bittern Kingfisher Avocet Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Bert Jansch View Product Quick View Bert Jansch The Black Swan Folk | Earth Recordings | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released 31st May 2024 £21.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Bert Jansch The Black Swan £21.00 Genre: Folk Label: Earth Recordings SKU: EARTHLP045C Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released Date: 31st May 2024 Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bert Jansch Edge of a Dream Folk | Earth Recordings | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released 31st May 2024 £21.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Bert Jansch Edge of a Dream £21.00 Genre: Folk Label: Earth Recordings SKU: EARTHLP046C Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes 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