Bert Jansch - Royal Festival Hall, 30/6/71

Recorded in glorious mono from the front row of the Festival Hall by Christopher Gardiner - a young fan with a Sony cassette recorder. Chris very kindly gave me a copy of the recording in the early 2000s.

This Festival Hall concert, to promote the 'Rosemary Lane' LP, was Bert's only solo appearance of the full-time Pentangle era (between early 1968 and early 1973). Several of the songs performed would never be performed again, although two weeks later Bert would record five of the numbers he played at the Festival Hall for a BBC radio 'Sounds of the 70s' session (Nobody's Bar, Twa Corbies, Bird Song, Omie Wise, Tell Me...) - a copy of which is yet to turn up.

The images from the show were taken by Shepherd Sherbell for the sleeve montage of the Pentangle's late 1971 LP 'Reflection'. The concert ad is from Melody Maker and, from around 25:30, I've added the images and text from a 25/6/71 preview of the show from London magazine Time Out.

The audio is unedited. I've used Roxio software to boost the music volume by 60% (vis a vis the applause) and to gently EQ the sound. Amazing that the recording exists, isn't it?

1. A Dream, A Dream
2. Wayward Child
3. Silly Woman
4. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
5. Bird Song
6. Nobody's Bar
7. Oh, My Babe
8. Yarrow
9. Twa Corbies
10. Reynardine
11. Tell Me What is True Love
12. When I Get Home
13. The Wheel
14. Omie Wise

Видео Bert Jansch - Royal Festival Hall, 30/6/71 канала Colin Harper