Pentangle: Sweet Child (Vinyl 2xLP)

The interlocking interplay of guitar masters Bert Jansch and John Renbourn, the piercingly beautiful vocals of Jacqui McShee, and the sublimely agile shuffle of bassist Danny Thompson and percussionist Terry Cox create a style that seamlessly straddles jazz, traditional British folk, rock, blues, and even classical. And, perhaps most importantly, it swings.

Sweet Child, their second album, is probably their finest hour (and a half); the first disc of this double-LP captures the quintet live at Royal Festival Hall on June 29, 1968, while disc two brings them into IBC studios, all under the magisterial eye of legendary producer Shel Talmy.

You'll hear everything from Mingus covers (of "Haitian Fight Song" and "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat") to trad folk ("No More My Lord;" "Bruton Town") to Pentangle originals ("In Time;" "In Your Mind," "A Woman Like You," and the title tune) rendered in their trademark lyrical fashion. For this LP reissue, we have stayed true to the wonderful gatefold art originally created by Peter Blake, the artist who designed Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

1. Market Song
2. No More My Lord
3. Turn Your Money Green
4. Haitian Fight Song
5. A Woman Like You
6. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
7. Three Dances: Brentzel Gay / La Rotta / The Earle Of Salisbury
8. Watch The Stars
9. So Early In The Spring
10. No Exit
11. The Time Has Come
12. Bruton Town
13. Sweet Child
14. I Loved A Lass
15. Three Part Thing
16. Sovay
17. In Time
18. In Your Mind
19. I've Got A Feeling
20. The Trees They Do Grow High
21. Moon Dog
22. Hole In My Coal