The Pentangle - Basket Of Light (1969) Remastered Expanded Edition 2001
EAC | APE | Image (Cue&Log) | Mp3 (CBR320/Stereo) | Scans Included | 460 Mb
Genre: Folk Rock, Psychedelic Folk, British Folk Rock | Label: Castle | # CMRCD207

Although Sweet Child is usually cited as the group's high watermark, Basket of Light finds Pentangle at their most progressive and exciting. Highlights of this album -- which actually reached the Top Five in the U.K. -- include the buzzing jazz dynamics of "Light Flight," their moving rendition of the traditional folk song "Once I Had a Sweetheart," their reinvention of the girl group smash "Sally Go Round the Roses," and "Springtime Promises," one of their finest original tunes. Starting in the year 2000, Basket of Light has been reissued in several different CD incarnations with four bonus tracks, two of which are outtakes of "Sally Go Round the Roses." Neither is vastly different in approach from the version on the finished album except in certain details of the playing and nuances in the singing, which will primarily be of interest to the most hardcore fans -- outtake number two will probably please more listeners, with its slightly more expressive approach in the vocalizing and the guitars. The other two songs, "Cold Mountain" and "I Saw an Angel," are previously unanthologized single B-sides that should have found a place on the original album, but are hardly earth-shattering additions. And those choosing the DualDisc version of this CD should also be aware of -- and perhaps beware -- the fact that those discs do not always read (or load) properly in some surprisingly advanced model CD players.

Tracklist:

01. Light Flight (3:19)
02. Once I Had a Sweetheart (4:43)
03. Spring Time Promises (4:09)
04. Lyke-Wake Dirge (3:36)
05. Train Song (4:47)
06. Hunting Song (6:44)
07. Sally Go Round the Roses (3:40)
08. The Cuckoo (4:30)
09. House Carpenter (5:32)

Bonus tracks:
10. Sally Go Round the Roses (3:40) [Alternate Version]
11. Sally Go Round the Roses (3:42) [Alternate Version]
12. Cold Mountain (2:02) [B-Side Single]
13. I Saw an Angel (2:52) [B-Side Single]

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