Jack Orion album for sale by Bert Jansch was released Mar 12, 2008 on the Castle Music Ltd. label. Where Jansch's previous albums were largely comprised of self-penned material, this third set was drawn from traditional songs, bar an instrumental reading of Ewan MacColl's "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" The artist's highly original guitar style underpins the lengthy title track and the enthralling "Black Water Side" Jimmy Page is only one of many musicians expressing a debt to Jansch and the latter track provided the template for "Black Mountain Side" on Led Zeppelin I. ...See Full Description
Jansch's first go at trad. Englich folk All goes fairly well on this sometimes over rated offering from Bert with the exception of the over 9 minute title track. By Steve G (NYC, NY)
BERT JANSCH-- THE EXPLOITED FOLK GENIUS Folk music lovers will rate Bert Jansch's "Jack Orion" as a five star masterpiece based upon his excellent acoustic guitar playing, but this album's importance is much more historic in nature. By Ed (Braintree, MA, USa) This review is for a different format.
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