LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

• 180 gram audiophile vinyl
• Gatefold sleeve

Basket of Light is the most progressive and complex release by the British folk-rock group Pentangle. Traditional English folk songs are reinterpreted with a mix of jazz, pop and rock influences. Everything their previous works promised is fulfilled here. The album opener “Light Flight” has become their signature song. If there is a prog folk masterpiece then it is Basket Of Light. Pentangle proved they could release a progressive, ground-breaking work without keyboards, much studio trickery or even electric instruments.

The original Pentangle was active in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The original line-up includes Bert Jansch (vocals & guitar) and John Renbourn (vocals & guitar).

Track listing:

Side A

• Light Flight
• Once I Had A Sweetheart
• Springtime Promises
• Lyke-Wake Dirge
• Train Song

Side B

• Hunting Song
• Sally Go Round The Roses
• The Cuckoo
• House Carpenter