#john renbourn

[jt1674]

[radiophd]

john renbourn -- bransle gay / bransle de bourgogne

[capturing-earths-beauty]

Pentangle - Reflection

from 1972

This recording is one of my favorites, every note is perfection. This song is a true jam! It blends folk, traditional, and jazz with psychedelic rock sounds in such a beautiful way.

The video is also amazing. The camera angles, and use of double exposure from multiple cameras and overall very artsy and surreal look is just captivating. Sorry to sound cheesy, I just love every aspect of this performance and video.

A little technical nerd enthusiasm about the production. This was captured with TV cameras that very likely used a Vidicon camera tube. (Camera tubes are very similar to their CRT TV counterparts but capture images rather than produce them. I won't get into that detail here) These cameras have a characteristic of darkening bright areas of the image or even creating a black circle around a very bright highlight. This results in a very interesting tonality to the image. This video looks like it was transferred from expensive video tape to film for storage which is where the grain and dust comes from which adds another layer of abstraction. When this was produced, there was no such possibility with video, as there is with film and modern cameras, to record multiple camera feeds at once. So every cross-fade, every double exposure, and every cut, was done live during the performance. Editing video in post wasn't an option. It was possible to record multi-tack audio and mix in post, and add that back to the video, but it was likely mixed live as well. I wish I could get my hands on one of these cameras but they are very large, expensive, and rare in working order.

[musicwithoutborders]

John Renbourn, Scarborough Fair I The Lady and The Unicorn, 1970

[hastioexquisito]

Bert Jansch & John Renbourn (Rare footage from 1966)

[bungitonthen]

1/3/25

le sacre du printemps: l'adoration de la terre ... les augures printaniers ... jeu de rapt ... rondes printanières - igor stravinsky (decca: the mono years 1944-56: ernest ansernet & l'orchestre de la suisse romande)

blackwaterside - bert jansch

bransle gay - john renbourn

our captain cried "all hands" - martin carthy & dave swarbrick

let no man steal your thyme - pentangle

the wedding song - shirley collins

tam lin - fairport convention

john barleycorn must die - traffic

(new electric muse: the story of folk into rock)

songs from the wood ... the whistler - jethro tull (songs from the wood)

a hasty departure … the inn of the haunted owl … dreams in a brougham … chichikov bogd … mr tilly and his gang - ritual (the story of mr bogd part 1)

illusions inside … esoterica - kyros (mannequin)

counties and countries - jon anderson (true)

la menta vola - alphataurus (alphataurus)

[amoebasareverysmall]

study the masters

[gayamulet]

Not to be dramatic but I deserve this place for free

[kckatie]

Tonight's Folk Friday earworm is an Archie Fisher cover: The John Renbourn Group - Lindsay

[fugengulsen]

BERT JANSCH & JOHN RENBOURNE (PENTANGLE) JACK THE ORION 1970

[jt1674]

[radiophd]

john renbourn -- candy man

[capturing-earths-beauty]

Another favorite video of the stunning group Pentangle. From 1970, this includes several amazing songs including "Sally Go Round The Roses", and "Light Flight".

I've seen this one on the tubes before but it was just released on the official channel 2 weeks ago.

[everythingwecomeacross]

“Praise to the moon, bright queen of the skies,/jewel of the dark night, the light of our eyes.”—John Renbourn, “The Traveler’s Prayer”

[doomandgloomfromthetomb]

Like A Corkscrew To My Heart :: Blood On The Tracks Reimagined

50 years of Blood On The Tracks?! That's a whole lot of blood, a whole lot of tracks. I can't let an anniversary like this go un-celebrated, so over on Aquarium Drunkard you can check out a quick little appreciation, plus a re-creation of the LP via some weird/wonderful covers. "Simple Twist Of Fate" by Wadsworth from Clue (or Dr. Frank-N-Furter if you prefer)?! Oh yeah. I considered leading the whole thing off with the Half Japanese dismantling of "Tangled Up In Blue" for maximum confusion, but ended up going with a Jerry Garcia Band version. You're welcome? And speaking of "Tangled," also on AD, you can still check out a little overview of the various ways Dylan himself has tackled that classic tune over the decades. Would still love it if he'd officially release that Hard Rain 76 deconstruction!

Jerry Garcia, “Tangled Up In Blue” ++ Tim Curry, “Simple Twist Of Fate” ++ Thalia Zadek, “You’re A Big Girl Now” ++ Lucinda Williams, “Idiot Wind” ++ Elvis Costello, “You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go” ++ Freddie King, “Meet Me In The Morning” ++ Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, “Lily, Rosemary and the Jack Of Hearts” ++ Francesco de Gregori, “Non Dirle Che Non E’ Cosi’ (If You See Her, Say Hello)” ++ Cassandra Wilson, “Shelter From The Storm” ++ John Renbourn, “Buckets of Rain” ++ Roger McGuinn, “Up To Me” 

[1264doghouse]

Jacqui McShee & John Renbourn