Bert Jansch - Sounds of the 70s, 15/7/71
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- Опубліковано 21 бер 2023
- On 15 July, Bert Jansch recorded a BBC radio session for Bob Harris' 'Sounds of the 70s'. It has long been the holy grail of Bert's BBC career - songs almost all from the 'Rosemary Lane' LP that in several cases he would never perform again. Six songs were recorded, split over two broadcasts: Twa Corbies, Nobody's Bar and Bird Song plus some chat with Bert on 2 August 1971; and Omie Wise, Tell Me What is True Love and A Dream, A Dream, A Dream (plus a repeat of Bird Song) on 23 August 1971.
Christopher Gardiner, who made the priceless recording of Bert's concert at the Royal Festival Hall on 30 June 1971 (elsewhere on UA-cam), taped all the songs from both of these broadcasts. Unfortunately, Twa Corbies is lost but everything else was on his reel in remarkable fidelity (albeit the 23/8/71 tracks being in mono and needing more restoration work). Cormac O'Kane has digitised, restored and mastered the recording - which, of course, came to light only a few months too late for Earth's 'Bert Jansch at the BBC' 8CD set.
It appears here in MP3 form (for convenience) as a gift to Bert Jansch fans from Christopher and myself. Should there be demand for an official release on, say, a Record Store Day vinyl 10-inch, the 48k WAVs will be provided for the cost of the restoration.
Songs & date of broadcast:
1. Nobody's Bar (2/8/71)
2. Bird Song (2/8/71)
3. Omie Wise (23/8/71)
4. Tell Me What is True Love (23/8/71)
5. A Dream, A Dream, A Dream (23/8/71)
6. Bird Song (repeat from 23/8/71, with comments from Bob at the start and end)
Bert's music is like an old red wine - the older it gets the more I appreciate it. This is excellent.
Great find Colin. Thanks so much for posting this.
Top period Bert.. thanks Colin👍
What a delightful find! The session was produced at Aeolian Hall Studio 2 by John F. Muir with engineer John White (info from Ken Garner's book In Session Tonight). Whilst visionary producers like Bernie Andrews, John Walters, Tony Wilson & Jeff Griffin's names are well remembered - and rightly so - John Muir is often forgotten. It's worth noting here that John, who died in 2017, had significant impact, both as the person who brought John Peel to late night radio with Night Ride and for his role in championing improvised music that went well outside the realms of mainstream British jazz.
Bird Song....❤️
oh, to see this performed!~
Bert at his best! Stunning. 😊
Wonderful stuff.
beautiful!!!
wonderful
Yay!!!
Brilliant! Thanks 😀🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Absolute golden Bert; such great sound quality too, beautiful ❤️
Wonderful!!!! Thank you so much 💗
Never heard of him before but it's good music.
Thanks Colin. Rosemary Lane era Bert is absolutely magical stuff.
Thanks for this. Excellent
Beautiful performances. Thanks for sharing!
Many thanks for this, Bert at the height of his art, around the same time I think as the concert on 'River Sessions', which I always thought one of his best.
Wow; gold!