- Basket of Light
Infobox Album
Name = Basket of Light
Type =Album
Artist = Pentangle
Released = 1969
Recorded = IBC Studios, London
Genre =Folk rock
Length = 40:07
Label =Transatlantic Records
Producer =Shel Talmy
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:uvhe4j170waq link]
Last album = "Sweet Child "
(1968)
This album = "Basket of Light"
(1969)
Next album = "Cruel Sister "
(1970)"Basket of Light" is a 1969 (see
1969 in music ) album by thefolk rock group Pentangle. Basket of Light reached #5 on the UK charts largely on the basis of the single "Light Flight" (#43 UK), the theme from BBC1's first colour drama series "Take Three Girls ".Tracks
All Songs Written by Jansch/Renbourn/Thompson/Cox/McShee except as noted
A side
B side
The album cover uses photographs of Pentangle's 1968 concert in the
Royal Albert Hall . It states that "All the instruments played on this album are accoustic"sic.Personnel
*
Terry Cox – Drums, Glockenspiel, Hand Drum, Hi-Hat, Vocals on (4), (6)
*Bert Jansch – Guitar, Banjo, Vocals on (3), (5), (6), (9)
*Jacqui McShee – Vocals
*John Renbourn – Guitar, Sitar, Vocals on (3), (4), (6), (7)
*Danny Thompson – Double Bass*
Shel Talmy – Producer
*Damon Lyon-Shaw – Engineer
*John Pantry – EngineerReleased versions
Basket of Light was released as a UK LP on 26 October 1969, as Transatlantic TRA2O5. The U.S. version, in the same year was Reprise R56372. The album was re-released as a digitally remastered CD in 2001, as Castle CMRCD207, which includes alternate takes of "Sally Go Round the Roses" and the non-album B-sides: "Cold Mountain" and "I Saw an Angel".
External links
* [http://www.dannythompson.co.uk/ The Danny Thompson Website]
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