The Pentangle

Bert Jansch ♦ John Renbourn ♦ Bert & John

V3 Update: Having acertained the best release dates for both the UK and US, all are now in the correct US release order.
The Jansch records moved around a little. We start with a US only compilation.

	Lucky Thirteen
	Vanguard VSD-9212
	6/66 [UK: N/R]
	Back Cover   1st UK Album Cover   2nd UK Album Cover

Side One
Angie (guitar solo)†	Graham	3:08
Been On The Road So Long‡	Campbell	3:10
Running From Home†	Jansch	2:20
Tinker's Blues (guitar solo)‡	Jansch	1:05
I Have No Time†	Jansch	3:05
Lucky Thirteen (guitar solo)‡	Jansch	3:31
Needle Of Death†	Jansch	3:15
Side Two
Ring A Ding Bird‡	Jansch	4:41
Casbah (guitar solo)†	Jansch	2:05
Courting Blues†	Jansch	3:56
Oh My Babe‡	Jansch	4:02
Veronica (guitar solo)†	Jansch	1:27
Rambling's Gonna Be The Death Of Me†	Jansch	3:12
The Wheel (guitar solo)‡	Jansch	1:45

Note: This is a US only compilation of Bert's first two British albums:
†Tracks from UK album, Bert Jansch (4/65)
‡Tracks from UK album, It Don't Bother Me (12/65)
 

	The Pentangle
	Reprise RS-6315
	10/68 BB [UK: 5/68] UK
	Back Cover   UK Cover

Side One
Let No Man Steal Your Thyme	arr Cox-Jansch-McShee	2:37
Bells	Cox-Jansch-McShee-Renbourn-Thompson	3:52
Hear My Call	Staple Singers	3:01
Pentangling	Cox-Jansch-McShee-Renbourn-Thompson	7:02
Side Two
Mirage	Jansch	2:00
Way Behind The Sun	arr Cox-Jansch-Jansch-McShee-Thompson	3:01
Bruton Town	arr Cox-Jansch-Jansch-McShee-Thompson	5:05
Waltz	Cox-Jansch-McShee-Renbrourn-Thompson	4:54

Let No Man Steal Your Thyme / Way Behind The Sun arr Cox-Jansch-Jansch-McShee-Thompson (2:37) / arr Cox-Jansch-Jansch-McShee-Thompson (3:01) Reprise 0784, 11/68

	Stepping Stones
	Vanguard VSD-6506
	12/68 [UK: 9/66]
	Back Cover   UK Cover   UK Back Cover

Side One
East Wind	Jansch-Renbourn	1:22
Piano Tune	Renbourn	1:27
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat	Mingus	3:49
Soho	Jansch	2:59
Tic-Tocative	Jansch-Renbourn	1:55
Orlando	Jansch-Renbourn	1:37
My Lover	Jansch	4:04
Side Two
Stepping Stones	Jansch-Renbourn	2:41
Red's Favourite	Jansch-Renbourn	1:31
It Don't Bother Me	Jansch	4:25
No Exit	Jansch-Renbourn	1:22
Along The Way	Jansch	2:02
The Time Has Come	Briggs	2:52
After The Dance	Jansch-Renbourn	2:25

Note: UK title was Bert & John
 

2/7-8/69: Fillmore East, New York with Canned Heat (headliner)

	Sweet Child
	Reprise 2RS-6334
	2/69 [UK: 11/68]
	Back Cover   Inside Cover

Side One: "Live" At The Royal Festival Hall, London, June 29, 1968
Market Song	Cox-Jansch-McShee-Renbourn-Thompson	3:39
No More, My Lord	arr Cox-Jansch-McShee-Renbourn-Thompson	3:55
Turn Your Money Green	Lewis	2:16
Hatian Fight Song	Mingus	3:31
A Woman Like You	Jansch	4:00
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat	Mingus	3:43
Side Two: "Live" At The Royal Festival Hall, London, June 29, 1968
Three Dances: Brentzel Gay/La Rotta/The Earl Of Salisbury	Geravise/arr Renbourn-Cox/Byrd	4:32
Watch The Stars	arr Renbourn-McShee	3:03
So Early In The Spring	arr McShee	3:06
No Exit	Jansch-Renbourn	2:16
The Time Has Come	Briggs	3:04
Bruton Town	arr Cox-Jansch-McShee-Renbourn-Thompson	5:31
Side Three: Recorded At IBC Studios, London, August 1968
Sweet Child	Cox-Jansch-Jansch-McShee-Thompson	5:13
I Loved A Lass	arr Cox-Jansch-McShee-Renbourn-Thompson	2:40
Three-Part Thing	Jansch-Renbourn-Thompson	2:26
Savoy	arr Cox-Jansch-McShee-Renbourn-Thompson	2:49
In Time	Cox-Jansch-Renbourn-Thompson	5:07
Side Four: Recorded At IBC Studios, London, August 1968
In Your Mind	Cox-Jansch-Renbourn-Thompson	2:14
I've Got A Feeling	Cox-Jansch-McShee-Renbourn-Thompson	4:26
The Trees They Do Grow High	arr Cox-Jansch-McShee-Renbourn-Thompson	3:48
Moon Dog	Cox	2:42
Hole In The Coal	McColl	5:20

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	Sir John Alot Of Merrie Englandes Musyk Thyng & Ye Greene Knyght
	Reprise RS-6344
	5/69 [UK: 6/68]
	Back Cover

Side One
The Earle Of Salisbury	arr Renbourn	1:19
The Trees They Do Grow High	arr Renbourn	3:26
Lady Goes To Church	Renbourn	2:50
Morgana	Renbourn	7:22
Side Two
Transfusion	Lloyd	1:58
Forty-Eight	Renbourn-Cox	2:51
My Dear Boy	Renbourn	1:15
White Fishes	Renbourn-Warleigh	3:46
Sweet Potato	Jones-Cropper-Jackson	3:17
Seven Up	Renbourn-Cox	3:45

Once I Had A Sweetheart / I Saw An Angel¹ arr Cox-Jansch-Jansch-McShee-Thompson (4:40) / Cox-Jansch-Jansch-McShee-Thompson (2:53) Reprise 0843, 7/69 UK

Newport Folk Festival(7/20/69)

	Birthday Blues
	Reprise RS-6343
	8/69 [UK: 1/69]
	Back Cover

Side One
Come Sing Me A Happy Song To Prove We Can All Get Along    The Lumpy, Bumpy, Long And Dusty Road	Jansch	2:05
The Bright New Year	Jansch	1:34
Tree Song	Jansch	2:37
Poison	Jansch	3:16
Miss Heather Rosemary Sewell	Jansch	2:10
I've Got A Woman	Jansch	5:15
Side Two
A Woman Like You	Jansch	4:22
I Am Lonely	Jansch	2:29
Promised Land	Jansch	2:47
Birthday Blues	Jansch	1:10
Wishing Well	Jansch	2:15
Blues	Jansch	2:40

Isle of Wight Festival of Music(8/31/69)

	Basket Of Light
	Reprise RS-6372
	12/69 BB [UK: 10/69] T20
	Back Cover   Inside Cover

Side One
Light Flight (Theme from Take Three Girls)	Cox-Jansch-McShee-Renbourn-Thompson	3:17
Once I Had A Sweetheart	arr Cox-Jansch-McShee-Renbourn-Thompson	4:41
Springtime Promises	Cox-Jansch-McShee-Renbourn-Thompson	4:07
Lyke Wake Dirge	arr Cox-Jansch-McShee-Renbourn-Thompson	3:34
Train Song	Cox-Jansch-McShee-Renbourn-Thompson	4:45
Side Two
Hunting Song	Cox-Jansch-McShee-Renbourn-Thompson	6:44
Sally, Go 'Round The Roses	Sanders-Stevens	3:38
The Cuckoo	arr Cox-Jansch-McShee-Renbourn-Thompson	4:28
House Carpenter	arr Cox-Jansch-McShee-Renbourn-Thompson	5:28

Light Flight (Theme From "Take Three Girls") / Sally Go Round The Roses Cox-Jansch-McShee-Renbourn-Thompson (3:14) / Sanders-Stevens (3:36) Reprise PRO 391, 4/70 UK DJ Promo only issue; also noted the UK chart position

Isle of Wight Festival(8/30/70)

	Jack Orion
	Vanguard VSD-6544
	12/70 [UK: 9/66]
	Back Cover   UK Cover   UK Back Cover

Side One
The Waggoner's Lad	arr Jansch	3:26
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	McColl	1:43
Jack Orion	arr Jansch	9:52
Side Two
The Gardener	arr Jansch	1:44
Nottamun Town	arr Jansch	4:33
Henry Martin	arr Jansch	3:11
Black Water Side	arr Jansch	3:47
Pretty Polly	arr Jansch	4:03

	Cruel Sister
	Reprise RS-6430
	1/71 BB [UK: 11/70] UK
	Back Cover   Inside Cover

Side One
A Maid That's Deep In Love	arr Cox-Jansch-McShee-Renbourn-Thompson	5:26
When I Was In My Prime(Jacqui McShee-acapella)	arr Cox-Jansch-McShee-Renbourn-Thompson	2:52
Lord Franklin	arr Jansch-McShee-Renbourn	3:21
Cruel Sister	arr Cox-Jansch-McShee-Renbourn-Thompson	6:59
Side Two
Jack Orion	arr Cox-Jansch-McShee-Renbourn-Thompson	18:39

Note: The front engraving is The Men's Bath (unknown) and the back is The Sea Monster (1498)
 

	The Lady And The Unicorn
	Reprise RS-6407
	1/71 [UK: 12/70]
	Back Cover UK Label

Side One
1a Trotto	arr Renbourn	:40
b Saltarello	arr Renbourn	1:53
2a Lamento Di Tristan	arr Renbourn	1:58
b La Rotta	arr Renbourn	:55
3a Veri Floris	arr Renbourn	:44
b Triple Ballade	arr Renbourn	2:00
4a Bransle Gay	arr Renbourn	1:13
b Bransle de Bourgogne	arr Renbourn	1:34
5a Alman	arr Renbourn	1:25
b Melancholy Galliard	Dowland	2:47
Sarabande	Bach	2:41
Side Two
The Lady and the Unicorn	Renbourn	3:21
2a My Johnny Was a Shoemaker	arr Renbourn	4:16
b Westron Wynde	arr Renbourn	1:25
c Scarborough Fair	arr Renbourn	7:22

	Rosemary Lane
	Reprise RS-6455
	10/71 [UK: 6/71]
	UK Back Cover US cover artwork is the same

Side One
Tell Me What Is True Love?	Jansch	2:02
Rosemary Lane	arr Jansch	4:04
M'Lady Nancy	Jansch	2:34
A Dream, A Dream, A Dream	Jansch	2:43
Alman	Johnson	1:23
Wayward Child	Jansch	2:07
Nobody's Bar	Jansch	3:03
Side Two
Reynardine	arr Jansch	5:22
Silly Women	Jansch	3:16
Peregrinations	Jansch-Renbourn	1:49
Sylvie	arr Jansch	4:30
Sarabanda	Corelli	1:32
Bird Song	Jansch	2:56

	Reflection
	Reprise RS-6463
	10/71 BB [UK: 10/71]
	Back Cover   Inside Cover

Side One
Wedding Dress	arr Pentangle	4:48
Omie Wise	arr Pentangle	4:23
Will The Circle Be Unbroken	arr Pentangle	4:06
When I Get Home	Pentangle	4:55
Rain And Snow	arr Pentangle	3:49
Side Two
Helping Hand	Pentangle	3:27
So Clear	Pentangle	4:49
Reflection	Pentangle	11:14

	Solomon's Seal
	Reprise MS-2100
	10/72 BB [UK: 9/72]
	Back Cover   Lyric Sheet

Side One
Sally Free And Easy	Tawney	3:55
The Cherry Tree Carol	arr Cox-Jansch-McShee-Renbourn-Thompson	2:57
The Snows	arr Cox-Jansch-McShee-Renbourn-Thompson	3:43
High Germany	arr Cox-Jansch-McShee-Renbourn-Thompson	3:15
People On The Highway	Cox-Jansch-McShee-Renbourn-Thompson	4:46
Side Two
Willy O'Winsbury	arr Cox-Jansch-McShee-Renbourn-Thompson	6:50
No Love Is Sorrow	Cox-Jansch-McShee-Renbourn-Thompson	2:41
Jump, Baby, Jump	Cox-Jansch-McShee-Renbourn-Thompson	3:10
Lady Of Carlisle	arr Cox-Jansch-McShee-Renbourn-Thompson	4:41

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