Jansch

On the Pentangle album (Reprise 6315) Bert is one of the two fine acoustic guitarists featured. However, Jansch, as some of you may know, is by no means at the beginning of his career. Vanguard released his first English album over here (VSD 9212) many albums ago, and it roared into the album charts ast number 234. Undaunted by this terrific response, Vanguard stuck to her principles that true talent deserves exposure, and declined to release anything else by him.

Since he first left his native Scotland in 1959 at the age of 16, Bert Jansch has been generally living after the fashion of a true bohemian in Lond’s sick society of junkies, whores, members of parliment, etc; whilst also becoming one of the finest song-writers and guitarists around. His first album was largely dependent upon the beatnik songs which were fashionable at this time (very early Donovan Dynasty when Dylan had just been acclaimed the King and anyone else who looked at an acoustic guitar was “one of Dylan’s children”; and there were many who deserved the title — still do, come to think of it).