It is rather strange that John was not on this one because the Gibson 335 he used to play at that time is on stage; you can see it clearly in some frames. So, why wasn't John on this one???
i think 1968 was the year... Re the Q above... try finding Jean Redpath, a capello sometimes, Scottich folk songs of rare ilk. Again, 1968ish. Sorry i've not researched 'today's.' It's A Beautiful Day shan't be forgotten ('White Bird," "Bombay Calling," more... amazing.
It was actually Andy Irvine, who put the wrong tune with the words. The version appears commercially for the first time on the Sweeney's Men album "The Tracks of Sweeney" - 1969.
Anne sings a lovely version but it is nowhere near as beautiful as Andy Irvine's version with the softly picked guitar to back. Fits in really well with the rest of that Album too
It was actually Andy Irvine, who put the wrong tune with the words. The version appears commercially for the first time on the Sweeney's Men album "The Tracks of Sweeney" - 1969.
Anne sings a lovely version but it is nowhere near as beautiful as Andy Irvine's version with the softly picked guitar to back. Fits in really well with the rest of that Album too.
@Owdfolkie yes of course you're right. I was looking carefully at the mics not the instrument in response to the question of which microphones were being used.
Lovely tune though and also recorded more recently by Dervish as Farewell Farewell and beautifully sung by Kathy Jordan. I could be wrong though!
@Owdfolkie yes of course you're right. I was looking carefully at the mics not the instrument in response to the question of which microphones were being used.
Lovely tune though and also recorded more recently by Dervish as Farewell Farewell and beautifully sung by Kathy Jordan. I could be wrong though!
the old English songs of love and longing and loss are sung perfectly by McShee, but the band gives them fluidity and melodic complexity, expecially the jazz inflections they use -- another example of the lovely possibilities of the Afro-Celtic synthesis musical that has been going on, initially in the US, for the past 200 years -
All versions by the various shuffling of the components of Penangle are worth listening to ... such a deep song in few words .... Bert's beard and zither and all.
boundroundsound wrote: pretty song , performed by pentangle.
jansch is the one with the beard, Renbourn wasn´t around on this one...
odd really as Renbourn recorded it early on his third album Faro Annie in 1971.
The guitar arrangement on his version is just a stunning example of JR's ability to make a great song really outstanding. Bert strumming the zither just doesnt cut it after you've heard that. Good job Jacqui's singing is so superb as ever. She was so special.
Beautiful song and always loved the Pentangle version. However I still prefer the first widely known recording made by Sweeny's Men, I'm not sure what it is I just think there's so much more emotion in Andy Irvine's vocals. Doesnt take away from the fact that Jaqui's vocals here are beautiful too though...
Oh, thank you *so* much, boundroundsound! This is absolutely *stunning* --- I'll bet you get this all the time, but, like a lot of others, I suppose, I "knew" the song from "Farewell, Farewell", Richard Thompson's re-working of it for Fairport Convention, but suspected the "real" one was much, much older. I'd heard *of* Pentangle, but never heard *them* before. As they would say in Britain, I'm absolutely "gob-smacked" by "modern medieval" stuff like this! :-D Sandy's got good company, in JMcS!
LIke this version better than the master... better w/o the recorder. boundroundsound: was this or any of the other French TV special tracks releaced on disc?
This song comes from that wonderful era before rap when melody, harmony, good playing and a sense of musical history led great muso's to form great bands and play beautiful music like this. Know what I mean?
Can't believe it was so very long ago when I booked Pentangle for the first and only Burton on Trent folk festival as headliners. We really were in the presence of greatness. It seems a great tragedy that all we are left with today are Lady stupid Gagas and the like. Are there any bands like Pentangle on today's UK folk scene?
Yes there are some good new folk bands in this vein. Try Men-An-Tol for a start, they have a new album out "Through the Quiot". don't worry about lady gaga, of course stuff like that is always gonna be there but there's still loads of good artists and band about now you just perhaps might have to look harder than in the past.
@spectrum99122 you'd probably smite me for making a suggestion that anything contemporary might be good but if your looking for a nice contemporary folk group from the UK check out the unthanks
@spectrum99122 The World changes and with that the heart of the people. Enjoy what used to be; but there is new stuff (even Gaga's) that has a place in the modern world. We can't all be the same or have been alive at the same times. Respect for music of all forms isn't a lesson they taught as well in that era?
No group today approximates this depth, this focus, this purity. Good luck to future generations. You must carry it forward, in your own way. I somehow know you will do so, because you are beautiful. - sal
@salparadise63 Tool does. Dave Matthews Band does... Id like to say my band does... not that we are nearly as good as Pentangle though, but our efforts are respectable.
- C'est un pur bonheur de retrouver tant de vidéos de qualité : justice posthume pour ce bon groupe dissous en 1972 ! A l'époque ; nos médias français les ont ignorés et les disques étaient distribués au compte-goutte chez les disquaires
Great tune, I also love the Anne Briggs version. The tune to this song is actually the tune to another traditional song called 'Fause Foodrage' which was chosen by mistake, as stated on Sweeneys Men 1st album.
OH ENGLAND! OH BRITANNIA! THOU ART THE FOUNTAINHEAD OF ALL MODERN WESTERN CIVILIZATION, HER ARTS AND HER MANNERS, HER LAWS, CUSTOMS AND GOVERNMENT.........and this from a yank......
I am not British,apparently, although my ancestors were,and I know many Brits,and they are just like me.
I think as an American,you should remember that we all share roots in the folk songs of Europe,whether English,Scottish,Welsh,Irish,German,Spanish,Scandinavian,Etc.
Dunno'.... Are you sure man? Not to be too blunt lol, but that looks far too slim to be old Renbourn. I'd be tempted to say that's just Jansch with a beard (and a fine beard at that) .
I don't know how much Bert played other instruments apart from guitar. Renbourn is a bit of a multi-(stringed) instrumentalist. He does look quite thin though!
They closed the show with this on the reunion tour. Bert played it on guitar though.....he told me he just couldn't remember how to play the Dulcimer!
@clucaspik you're right. the format could be really, really boring if it wasnt for her beautiful voice.she could sing the telephone directory and it would sound great !
(Pardon if this is a duplicate) I heard this song, same tune and same lyrics (not "Farewell"), in the 70's, by a male solo vocalist. I had thought it was Dick Gaughan but no, he uses a different tune and much stronger accent. Does anyone know who it was I might have heard & if such a recording still exists somewhere?
This song has been done by a fair few folk artists, but in terms of male solo artists, the two I know of are Richard Thompson and Ed Gerhard's versions. Try those.
@newe64 You nailed it! Now that I have at last heard the Sweeney's Men version, I'm sure that the one I heard nearly 40 years ago was *not* the very same recording but was so very close in style that it must either have been Andy Irvine, or someone intentionally doing it his way. The voice I remember was a little mellower, the wording very slightly different -- I'll guess that it was the same guy, maybe later on. Thank you for the clue!
@fmrelay Andy Irvine is believed to be responsible for this song being sung to the 'wrong' tune - this tune is listed in Child for 'Fause Foodrage', with Willy o'Winsbury having a different tune. Anne Briggs first sang it to this tune (via Irvine), then Richard Thompson borrowed the tune for 'Farewell, Farewell' (Fairport, Leige and Lief album).
It never ceases to amaze me just how effortlessly she sings. She just opens her mouth, and there it is ...
And yet, of all the video material I've seen, she has never looked nearly so sad as in this one. One can only imagine what she is thinking as she sings ...
The lyrics go way back but this particular tune was married to these lyrics in the late 60's by a guy named Andy Irvine in a group called Sweeny's Men in Ireland. If you like this, you should look him up here, particularly in his work with Paul Brady and Planxty. Great stuff and a wonderful singer in his own way.
I was so fortunate to see John Renborne for the 2nd time in London. He played with Jaqui singing, and I bought her a glass of wine, I got my autographs, but they were so tired, bless, and they did a really good show!
And thet was the 2nd time I met John Renbourn. OOOOOOOO Such a talent, (C.Lewis-Cyfko)
Nothing original ?? You cretinous peasant. It's Jacqui McShee and Pentangle. Just look at her. Do you ever imagine anyone so beautiful sing so sweetly in 2009. Glad I was a teenager in late sixties . Girls had more sex appeal in a fleeting facial expression than the sexless faketan modern bimbos. And nobody did it better than Jacqui. Not original , you plank ? It's unique.
I think she looks like an unwashed moose, but dont attack me just yet. I find the modern makeup caked blonde bimbo as unattractive as a dessicated sheep corpse. Now the thirties, THEY were sexy. Tight hair in curls, women holding long cigarettes, rouged lips and pale skin, gorgeous!!
While I can see your point, if I had a choice between the 30's or the 60's it would be the 60's hands down. Not to say I consider Pentangle a hippie band, i don't.
There is something about her voice- so simple, yet so unique and amazing. The more I listen, the more I like. I took everything for granted in the 70s.
Aye the 70s were awright , we had earnings related pay, tax refunds after being idle for 4 weeks then we voted thatcher and it all went tits up, never mind the sounds where good !!
wow this song was on the wicker man ! i was trying to think were the hell id herd this for bloody ages ! thank god was doing my head in ! love this ! this version is much better
In the early seventies I saw a young lass sing this song in the Adelaide Uni Bar, it was a good rendition, but Jacqui's voice makes the heart fly like a bird from a cage.
I wish I could have been in Europe in the seventies, sigh. London, especially for the music scene, would be my choice. Thank you for all the artists who have traveled across the pond to bless us culture starved Americans. I've seen Tull, Fairport, Renbourn, Pagey, Stones, Genesis, ELP, and countless others. Shit, I just realized I've had a good life, epiphany. Thanks Daniel, you are young and have fallen for a good woman. Too bad she's a little mature for you, but that's the breaks, hehe.
I've listened to most things Pentangle since I discovered "Basket of Light" decades ago. I DO like this version of Willy O', but I prefer Renbourn's take. Somehow, his voice seems more appropriate, or maybe it's the guitar that's lacking here. Love Terry Cox on the (double?) bass here.
How wonderful! In the early 1970s I purchased their LP "Solomon's Seal" on the Reprise label (a division of Warner Brothers, I believe). Do you think I could find it, after all these years in CD format? Of course not! Not this particular version, anyway. There's one from a live concert, but it's not as good. I have no idea what the licensing problems are today, but it's maddening.
Solomon's Seal is indeed available on CD, just search Amazon. It was unavailable for many years, the master tapes were thought to be lost- but it seems that Renbourn had them, using the box to prop up a harmonium with a missing leg...
lol.. I wanted to do the exact same thing after seeing this 6 months ago.. But I could not afford a dulcimer.. So I got the next best thing.. A Mandolin.. For $40.. And wow does she have sex appeal.!!
great track. Bert's dulcimer action is as amazing as his guitar playing. Sandy Denny stole the melody lock stock and barrell as the basis for farewell farewell of the fairports leige and leif lp. Annie Briggs version is fantastic as well.
I love how this woman wears a Jumper like this whilst others in that time are trying to be hip and hop... Search Daniel Renbourn on this site.. He is the modern day version of these great artists..
Go to the 'Popmatters' website, and search for 'Pentangle' under the music reviews section (for Pentangle's 'The Time Has Come' box set). Incredibly, the reviewer slags off Jacqui McShee as "(singing) in a wispy soprano that seems overwhelmed by the instrumental talents that surround her".
I love the Pentangle. It is hard to find people interest in folk music anymore (or female vocalist for that matter). I have a hell of a time finding people interested in chick singers. My band (The Mór Rigan's Wake) run into this all of the time.
I just love her singing! I think she is a one-of-a-kind singer, and a remarkable talent on the Folk Scene. Her delivery is so simple and clean, but the tone really gets to me and makes me feel emotional. I Love it! I agree with those people who ask-where have all the good singers and songs gone? Nobody does this stuff today.-sigh- Brian
Beautiful. Renbourn does this on one of his early solo albums. And of course Richard Thompson borrowed the tune for "Farewell, Farewell" from Liege & Leaf.
Fantastic! Did'nt think I would ever see this footage of the great Pentangle playing this great traditional song. Nearly bought a Dulcimer in my younger days, wish I had now. Many thanks to boundroundsound for this gem.
best female voice ever! cuts to your heart like a lazer. Charlotte church - "voice of an angel"? forget it, this is the voice of an angel! I'm afraid that is NOT the sweater of an angel though ;-)
This video is amazing..!! Whilst everyone else was writing nothing but rubbish.. Apart from a handful of talented of artists... They were out there playing such rare and old music such as this... I think she holds so much beauty... I want a dulcimer..!!! Are they easy to learn for a guitarist??
who "everyone else was writing rubbish"?? there were much more good bands and artists those days (end of sixties and early seventies) than any other time in music, and they were playing new stuff, not old...
It is rather strange that John was not on this one because the Gibson 335 he used to play at that time is on stage; you can see it clearly in some frames. So, why wasn't John on this one???
dadgadfolkmusic200 1 month ago
Always a pleasure to hear one of the greatest British bands of the 60s-70s. The Pentangle helped itthat era to be a happy one to grow up in.
baroqueman1 2 months ago in playlist More videos from boundroundsound
"fetch me this willy o'winsbury"..."will you marry my daughter janet?"...are.they.serious?!
cherrybombsingsong 2 months ago
I love this melody..always makes me cry, even though it has a happy ending ;-)
joeygsmom 3 months ago
rip bert janch just found out.
rest man of folk.
cuseofmuncubis 3 months ago 2
Remember them singing it in Stadium in Dublin 1969 stunning sad to hear of Bert Jansch's passing. Thanks for the memory
saoirseterri 3 months ago
thanks for the head-up. cool.
scampsix 3 months ago
1972. It's on the last Pentangle album, Solomon's Seal.
stphnchlmrs 3 months ago
i think 1968 was the year... Re the Q above... try finding Jean Redpath, a capello sometimes, Scottich folk songs of rare ilk. Again, 1968ish. Sorry i've not researched 'today's.' It's A Beautiful Day shan't be forgotten ('White Bird," "Bombay Calling," more... amazing.
scampsix 3 months ago
@scampsix It's from 1972. 100% sure about that.
stphnchlmrs 3 months ago
i think 1968 was the year...
scampsix 3 months ago
RIP Bert
cannedpoo 3 months ago
Bert playing a chromatically fretted dulcimer here?
jjjjj6760 5 months ago
Love the double bass. Terry Cox?
sgtstardust 5 months ago
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It was actually Andy Irvine, who put the wrong tune with the words. The version appears commercially for the first time on the Sweeney's Men album "The Tracks of Sweeney" - 1969.
Anne sings a lovely version but it is nowhere near as beautiful as Andy Irvine's version with the softly picked guitar to back. Fits in really well with the rest of that Album too
fiendishfreddie 5 months ago
It was actually Andy Irvine, who put the wrong tune with the words. The version appears commercially for the first time on the Sweeney's Men album "The Tracks of Sweeney" - 1969.
Anne sings a lovely version but it is nowhere near as beautiful as Andy Irvine's version with the softly picked guitar to back. Fits in really well with the rest of that Album too.
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@Owdfolkie yes of course you're right. I was looking carefully at the mics not the instrument in response to the question of which microphones were being used.
Lovely tune though and also recorded more recently by Dervish as Farewell Farewell and beautifully sung by Kathy Jordan. I could be wrong though!
twangalot 7 months ago
@Owdfolkie yes of course you're right. I was looking carefully at the mics not the instrument in response to the question of which microphones were being used.
Lovely tune though and also recorded more recently by Dervish as Farewell Farewell and beautifully sung by Kathy Jordan. I could be wrong though!
twangalot 7 months ago
unforgettable pearl
KaiserSoseProduction 9 months ago
Electrovoice re11? looks like an EV clamp. Neumann KM84 on the zither.
Looks like an MD421 on the other Pentangle vid
twangalot 1 year ago
@twangalot That 'zither' is a lap dulcimer...! Okay, same family, but completely different... ;o)
Owdfolkie 7 months ago
Beautiful Song & i think it's the same melody with Farewell-Farewell from Fairport Convention
stathisdoublecash 1 year ago
SUBLIMEEE
berfut 1 year ago
the old English songs of love and longing and loss are sung perfectly by McShee, but the band gives them fluidity and melodic complexity, expecially the jazz inflections they use -- another example of the lovely possibilities of the Afro-Celtic synthesis musical that has been going on, initially in the US, for the past 200 years -
SupernalOne 1 year ago
@SupernalOne The song is Scottish.
RMC1989 9 months ago
@RMC1989
sorry - "British", then
SupernalOne 9 months ago
anyone know what microphones those are by chance?
DyingSoliloquy 1 year ago
All versions by the various shuffling of the components of Penangle are worth listening to ... such a deep song in few words .... Bert's beard and zither and all.
Baruchyoseph8 1 year ago
i sang right along with it after not hearing it in 30 years!
indigohen 1 year ago
boundroundsound wrote: pretty song , performed by pentangle.
jansch is the one with the beard, Renbourn wasn´t around on this one...
odd really as Renbourn recorded it early on his third album Faro Annie in 1971.
The guitar arrangement on his version is just a stunning example of JR's ability to make a great song really outstanding. Bert strumming the zither just doesnt cut it after you've heard that. Good job Jacqui's singing is so superb as ever. She was so special.
fingerstyleguitarman 1 year ago
Jacqui McShee and Pentangle, Coalblacksmith. I'm enchanted. No way stopping with crying. Bye and good bye.
lightmakesnoise 1 year ago
Beautiful song and always loved the Pentangle version. However I still prefer the first widely known recording made by Sweeny's Men, I'm not sure what it is I just think there's so much more emotion in Andy Irvine's vocals. Doesnt take away from the fact that Jaqui's vocals here are beautiful too though...
fiendishfreddie 1 year ago
@fiendishfreddie
try anne briggs's version, it's even more astounding!
SeptimusKincaid 1 year ago
@SeptimusKincaid
Oh yes, agreed!
MissMFinn 11 months ago
Oh, thank you *so* much, boundroundsound! This is absolutely *stunning* --- I'll bet you get this all the time, but, like a lot of others, I suppose, I "knew" the song from "Farewell, Farewell", Richard Thompson's re-working of it for Fairport Convention, but suspected the "real" one was much, much older. I'd heard *of* Pentangle, but never heard *them* before. As they would say in Britain, I'm absolutely "gob-smacked" by "modern medieval" stuff like this! :-D Sandy's got good company, in JMcS!
sdingeswho 1 year ago
@Scanlon65
John Goodluck from Suffolk did a very fair version back in the seventies, and made it his own.
wornpick1 1 year ago
LIke this version better than the master... better w/o the recorder. boundroundsound: was this or any of the other French TV special tracks releaced on disc?
dmkorwacz 1 year ago
Heartbreaking!
sveneg 1 year ago
Jansch has said Pentangle may tour the US in a year or two...cross those fingers...
fiddlerfart 1 year ago
This song comes from that wonderful era before rap when melody, harmony, good playing and a sense of musical history led great muso's to form great bands and play beautiful music like this. Know what I mean?
chrisharro 1 year ago 2
@chrisharro
hit the nail on the head.
wornpick1 1 year ago
Can't believe it was so very long ago when I booked Pentangle for the first and only Burton on Trent folk festival as headliners. We really were in the presence of greatness. It seems a great tragedy that all we are left with today are Lady stupid Gagas and the like. Are there any bands like Pentangle on today's UK folk scene?
spectrum99122 1 year ago 15
@spectrum99122
Hi there,
Yes there are some good new folk bands in this vein. Try Men-An-Tol for a start, they have a new album out "Through the Quiot". don't worry about lady gaga, of course stuff like that is always gonna be there but there's still loads of good artists and band about now you just perhaps might have to look harder than in the past.
youghurt78 1 year ago
@youghurt78 thanks for the reply and encouragement. I will most certainly check out your recommendation. Much appreciated.
spectrum99122 1 year ago
@spectrum99122 Um, yes. Buille, Julie Fowlis, Paddy Keenan . . . .
claycommons 5 months ago
@spectrum99122 you'd probably smite me for making a suggestion that anything contemporary might be good but if your looking for a nice contemporary folk group from the UK check out the unthanks
tipdrinker 3 months ago
@tipdrinker I did, they're great, thanks for the recommendation.
spectrum99122 2 weeks ago
@spectrum99122 The World changes and with that the heart of the people. Enjoy what used to be; but there is new stuff (even Gaga's) that has a place in the modern world. We can't all be the same or have been alive at the same times. Respect for music of all forms isn't a lesson they taught as well in that era?
panx911 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
@panx911 Thanks for that perspective, really wise words the like of which we may never see again (;>
spectrum99122 2 weeks ago
That's astoundingly good, even by the very high Pentangle standards.
Best thing I've seen all year.
smugling 1 year ago
No group today approximates this depth, this focus, this purity. Good luck to future generations. You must carry it forward, in your own way. I somehow know you will do so, because you are beautiful. - sal
salparadise63 1 year ago 2
@salparadise63 Tool does. Dave Matthews Band does... Id like to say my band does... not that we are nearly as good as Pentangle though, but our efforts are respectable.
RndmG 1 year ago
@RndmG I humbly disagree.
salparadise63 1 year ago
@salparadise63 Do you listen to these bands?
RndmG 1 year ago
@RndmG God knows I've tried. Next question, please.
salparadise63 1 year ago
Jacqui is a gift from the gods. Her voice is like a sparkling mountain stream. So glad you posted this :)
luckypenny482 1 year ago 7
- C'est un pur bonheur de retrouver tant de vidéos de qualité : justice posthume pour ce bon groupe dissous en 1972 ! A l'époque ; nos médias français les ont ignorés et les disques étaient distribués au compte-goutte chez les disquaires
Al29300 1 year ago
Great tune, I also love the Anne Briggs version. The tune to this song is actually the tune to another traditional song called 'Fause Foodrage' which was chosen by mistake, as stated on Sweeneys Men 1st album.
JimmyCrackCorn72 1 year ago
"Mariñelaren zain"
E9780 1 year ago
There's also a version in basque. The group is Sorotan Bele and the song was recorded in the early 90's:
E9780 1 year ago
" no one else sings co crystal clear as Jacquie." Love it!!!
tobbenv 2 years ago
Thank you so much for sharing this. Jacqui is in idol of mine. I didn't even know that Bert played dulcimer -- he does a wonderful job.
snicky58 2 years ago
It sounds so much like "Farewell Farewell" by Fairport Convention.
Renhjarta 2 years ago
@Renhjarta, I'm pretty sure it's the same melody.
snicky58 2 years ago
Bert Jansch is playing a nice 6-string lap dulcimer
JollyJakester 2 years ago
This is one of my favourite Pentangle songs. Do you know when it was performed here? Jacqui looks so pretty.
JollyJakester 2 years ago
i was 14 first time i heard bert janch
in denmark
when i heard this song
eternity cames over me
and i couldnt hold im tears
im stil 14
sure its 55 years ago
tx for share so beautyful music
windy denmark
TheDawndychi 2 years ago 2
Brilliant
devonrod 2 years ago
love the dulcimer
swedefarn 2 years ago
These guys are just incredibly amazing. The music is so pure and honest...timeless indeed.
rhayader0625 2 years ago 2
OH ENGLAND! OH BRITANNIA! THOU ART THE FOUNTAINHEAD OF ALL MODERN WESTERN CIVILIZATION, HER ARTS AND HER MANNERS, HER LAWS, CUSTOMS AND GOVERNMENT.........and this from a yank......
andrewtheelder38 2 years ago 3
Steady on.lol!
I am not British,apparently, although my ancestors were,and I know many Brits,and they are just like me.
I think as an American,you should remember that we all share roots in the folk songs of Europe,whether English,Scottish,Welsh,Irish,German,Spanish,Scandinavian,Etc.
And yes,even the bloody French!.
neohip 2 years ago 2
@neohip same for canadians + australians
philipperholland 2 years ago
@philipperholland
Yeah,Ok the Canadians where a ghastly oversite.
I once had close family there.
Same with Aussies,but we Kiwi's don't talk about them until we have too.Which is very often!.
neohip 1 year ago
This music brings me back to my roots. It's in my DNA.
elbo33 2 years ago
E' dal '72 che l'ascolto e mi emoziona come la prima volta!
ariacurva 2 years ago
Thanks for the memory of a concert they did in Dublin must be all of 40 years ago margless gig.
Thank you
Paddy P
padraigpurseal 2 years ago
very good quality! Thank you for posting it!
sun21760flower 2 years ago
is this video from like the 70's?
shazam15 2 years ago
1996. What's wrong with you?
twainname 2 years ago
yes, it´s like 72...
who said 96 must be joking...
boundroundsound 2 years ago 2
it does have a timeless quality to it though..
coffeescup 2 years ago
@boundroundsound
I don't know how anyone could possibly thnk this video was from '96. This is the way Jacqui looked like in the 1970's when she was very young.
It's a great song!!! Thanks for posting it.
folkmusicgirl 8 months ago
@shazam15 are you taking the piss?
ilikesmayonaise 6 months ago
@ilikesmayonaise
nah. the camera quality is exquisite. and i'm like 18 and i just found out about this band.
shazam15 6 months ago
What's like the 70s? The 60s? The 80s?
marked54 3 months ago
Are there any kings with a daughter called Janet?
PTroubadour 2 years ago 2
Probably been noticed already, but the one with the beard is Renbourn. Nice video!
micksharp 2 years ago
Dunno'.... Are you sure man? Not to be too blunt lol, but that looks far too slim to be old Renbourn. I'd be tempted to say that's just Jansch with a beard (and a fine beard at that) .
BRANOFNF 2 years ago
I don't know how much Bert played other instruments apart from guitar. Renbourn is a bit of a multi-(stringed) instrumentalist. He does look quite thin though!
micksharp 2 years ago
Maybe you're right man, just don't think it looks much like Renbourn there. Could be he skipped a few lunches or something.
Cool song either way, though I've gotta' say I much prefer songs like The Cuckoo or The Trees They Do Grow High....
BRANOFNF 2 years ago
You're right. Just never seen Bert looking so hairy!
micksharp 2 years ago
They closed the show with this on the reunion tour. Bert played it on guitar though.....he told me he just couldn't remember how to play the Dulcimer!
mart3442 2 years ago
I think it's Jansch too. i just googled some of his pictures and it sure looks like him. :)
love79lisa 2 years ago
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Not a dry eye in the house.
irelephant 2 years ago
I never tire of this version.
thementor2 2 years ago 2
Such a beautiful melody - you can hear it sung over and over and it does not tire the ear.
clucaspik 2 years ago 21
@clucaspik you're right. the format could be really, really boring if it wasnt for her beautiful voice.she could sing the telephone directory and it would sound great !
MultiDean75 10 months ago
(Pardon if this is a duplicate) I heard this song, same tune and same lyrics (not "Farewell"), in the 70's, by a male solo vocalist. I had thought it was Dick Gaughan but no, he uses a different tune and much stronger accent. Does anyone know who it was I might have heard & if such a recording still exists somewhere?
fmrelay 2 years ago
This song has been done by a fair few folk artists, but in terms of male solo artists, the two I know of are Richard Thompson and Ed Gerhard's versions. Try those.
Hallucigenius 2 years ago
Might've been John Renbourn you heard. I have it on cassette somewhere... very beautiful, as it this.
36strings 2 years ago
Could it have been Andy Irvine in Sweeney's Men?
newe64 2 years ago
@newe64 You nailed it! Now that I have at last heard the Sweeney's Men version, I'm sure that the one I heard nearly 40 years ago was *not* the very same recording but was so very close in style that it must either have been Andy Irvine, or someone intentionally doing it his way. The voice I remember was a little mellower, the wording very slightly different -- I'll guess that it was the same guy, maybe later on. Thank you for the clue!
fmrelay 10 months ago
@fmrelay Andy Irvine is believed to be responsible for this song being sung to the 'wrong' tune - this tune is listed in Child for 'Fause Foodrage', with Willy o'Winsbury having a different tune. Anne Briggs first sang it to this tune (via Irvine), then Richard Thompson borrowed the tune for 'Farewell, Farewell' (Fairport, Leige and Lief album).
Owdfolkie 7 months ago
Could it be Andy Irvine in Sweeney's Men?
newe64 2 years ago
Absolut geil .Super Version!!!!
muellerbub 2 years ago
Is it just me, or does the melody in this seem very similar to "Farewell, Farewell" by Fairport Convention?
Ozzkar 2 years ago
it's the same song . richard thompson just wrote different words for farewell farwell but used the same melody - it happens a lot in trad music!
moveonupcb 2 years ago
Ive got this album and play it all the time.Its such an old style its timeless.
vicpur 2 years ago
It never ceases to amaze me just how effortlessly she sings. She just opens her mouth, and there it is ...
And yet, of all the video material I've seen, she has never looked nearly so sad as in this one. One can only imagine what she is thinking as she sings ...
jimjoyce25 2 years ago 2
What instrument is he playing?
eddhull 3 years ago
a dulcimer
Skammee 3 years ago
lovely, lovely jacqui...
aMUSEher 3 years ago
The lyrics go way back but this particular tune was married to these lyrics in the late 60's by a guy named Andy Irvine in a group called Sweeny's Men in Ireland. If you like this, you should look him up here, particularly in his work with Paul Brady and Planxty. Great stuff and a wonderful singer in his own way.
liblit 3 years ago
Fantastic video and amazing song!
valtersmith 3 years ago
I was so fortunate to see John Renborne for the 2nd time in London. He played with Jaqui singing, and I bought her a glass of wine, I got my autographs, but they were so tired, bless, and they did a really good show!
And thet was the 2nd time I met John Renbourn. OOOOOOOO Such a talent, (C.Lewis-Cyfko)
Sumer61 3 years ago
I saw this in London,
The very best of the best.
I met John Renbourn & Jaqui McShee
Sumer61 3 years ago
The absolute best Pentangle song!
cannedpoo 3 years ago 2
canned heat i've heard of,but,...cannedPOO???
fudzy62 3 years ago
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it's a traditional song--nothing original
sexyFUCKINGgrandma 3 years ago
Nothing original ?? You cretinous peasant. It's Jacqui McShee and Pentangle. Just look at her. Do you ever imagine anyone so beautiful sing so sweetly in 2009. Glad I was a teenager in late sixties . Girls had more sex appeal in a fleeting facial expression than the sexless faketan modern bimbos. And nobody did it better than Jacqui. Not original , you plank ? It's unique.
mickigoe 3 years ago 52
I think she looks like an unwashed moose, but dont attack me just yet. I find the modern makeup caked blonde bimbo as unattractive as a dessicated sheep corpse. Now the thirties, THEY were sexy. Tight hair in curls, women holding long cigarettes, rouged lips and pale skin, gorgeous!!
Maxiemax 3 years ago
While I can see your point, if I had a choice between the 30's or the 60's it would be the 60's hands down. Not to say I consider Pentangle a hippie band, i don't.
ranger480X 3 years ago
yes, Kate Rusby sings a version called John Barbury which is even more beautiful in my opinion
ceeerrl 3 years ago
@mickigoe
Go Micki Go!! Love it! And so right! Couldn't have put it better myself.
wornpick1 1 year ago
@mickigoe I agree with you 100%.....
tubahead16 1 year ago
@mickigoe I'm only 5 and I think boobs were better in the sixties, too. Still pretty good though
boronx 1 year ago
@boronx For a 5 year old , boronx , you are astonishingly astute - but possibly precocious ! Nevertheless - way to go dude !!
mickigoe 1 year ago
In my misbegotten youth, (and still now at 60), I adored Jacqui. I first met her music in 1970 (yup, 38 years ago) and have been a fan since.
Willy is traditional English. Renbourn, Jansch and company understood this music which I called "minstrel rock" back when I was a US DJ in '71.
Jacqui is one of a kind, I wish I had seen this video three decades back.
Dick Makse
prairiegrassworks 3 years ago 4
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Is she squeezing a cat?
Ozjobber 3 years ago
There is something about her voice- so simple, yet so unique and amazing. The more I listen, the more I like. I took everything for granted in the 70s.
axecalibore 3 years ago 4
this is the same tune as of farewell,farewell by fairport convention
yinon92 3 years ago
actually it's Farewell Farewell that thakes the tune from this traditional song. It's amazing, anyway
herbertbeiderbecke 3 years ago
Aye the 70s were awright , we had earnings related pay, tax refunds after being idle for 4 weeks then we voted thatcher and it all went tits up, never mind the sounds where good !!
blindleo9 3 years ago 3
It was the best of times and the worst times - like the 2000's
DavidMJordan 3 years ago
Jacqui Jacqui Jacqui!!!!!
cannedpoo 3 years ago 2
Saw them a couple of nights ago in Liverpool- Very nice indeed.
bensons999 3 years ago 2
Have a listen to Dick Gaughan's version.
tuechterbhoy 3 years ago
wow this song was on the wicker man ! i was trying to think were the hell id herd this for bloody ages ! thank god was doing my head in ! love this ! this version is much better
welshysheep 3 years ago
What to say? One of my earliest feelings to something different in life some 20 years ago when I started to "live". Still love them so much!!
DUCKSONAPOUND 4 years ago 2
In the early seventies I saw a young lass sing this song in the Adelaide Uni Bar, it was a good rendition, but Jacqui's voice makes the heart fly like a bird from a cage.
treaclefire 4 years ago 5
I wish I could have been in Europe in the seventies, sigh. London, especially for the music scene, would be my choice. Thank you for all the artists who have traveled across the pond to bless us culture starved Americans. I've seen Tull, Fairport, Renbourn, Pagey, Stones, Genesis, ELP, and countless others. Shit, I just realized I've had a good life, epiphany. Thanks Daniel, you are young and have fallen for a good woman. Too bad she's a little mature for you, but that's the breaks, hehe.
AmericanDiaz 4 years ago
I wish I could have been alive in the seventies...
irockguitar82 3 years ago 3
Me too...
HowardForce 3 years ago
I wish I could have been alive in the seventies...
irockguitar82 3 years ago 2
Excellent folk music! McShee is a better singer than Sandy Denny. I love her!
Katalysator53 4 years ago
Nice! I knew this song from Sandy Denny/Fairport Convention
cosmogrow 4 years ago
I've listened to most things Pentangle since I discovered "Basket of Light" decades ago. I DO like this version of Willy O', but I prefer Renbourn's take. Somehow, his voice seems more appropriate, or maybe it's the guitar that's lacking here. Love Terry Cox on the (double?) bass here.
1smokie1 4 years ago
Bert, what an annoying instrument. John your forgiven, come home.
MandoMohan 4 years ago
Danny Thompson on double bass, Terry Cox on drums
artemisios 4 years ago
How wonderful! In the early 1970s I purchased their LP "Solomon's Seal" on the Reprise label (a division of Warner Brothers, I believe). Do you think I could find it, after all these years in CD format? Of course not! Not this particular version, anyway. There's one from a live concert, but it's not as good. I have no idea what the licensing problems are today, but it's maddening.
Here it is, with video! Thanks SO much...
SFSkipster 4 years ago
Solomon's Seal is indeed available on CD, just search Amazon. It was unavailable for many years, the master tapes were thought to be lost- but it seems that Renbourn had them, using the box to prop up a harmonium with a missing leg...
johnnybacardi 3 years ago
Oh how I want a dulcimer now..lol... They look such fun to play...
DanielRenbourn 4 years ago
I saw them do this song in Sydney in the 70s. I went right out and bought a dulcimer and learnt and performed the song(folk club!).She is so fine
blahblahblah85 4 years ago
lol.. I wanted to do the exact same thing after seeing this 6 months ago.. But I could not afford a dulcimer.. So I got the next best thing.. A Mandolin.. For $40.. And wow does she have sex appeal.!!
DanielRenbourn 4 years ago
I am only 20.. But she really is very very fine. Especially on the B&W version of traveling song.. I wish we would not age.. :(
DanielRenbourn 4 years ago
The melody came to be used with this ballad because of Andy Irvine, who mixed up a refference to a different melody. Serendipity!
volgodon 4 years ago
great track. Bert's dulcimer action is as amazing as his guitar playing. Sandy Denny stole the melody lock stock and barrell as the basis for farewell farewell of the fairports leige and leif lp. Annie Briggs version is fantastic as well.
stinkboat 4 years ago
Fantastici!!!
ariacurva 4 years ago 2
Yeah Daniel Renbourn does a great version of this song..
ThePeacefulCat 4 years ago
Very Nice.
Anne Briggs does a great version too & Kate Rusby's just recorded it as 'John Hanbury'
There ARE still great women folkies out there if you know where to look
rogthedodger 4 years ago
I love how this woman wears a Jumper like this whilst others in that time are trying to be hip and hop... Search Daniel Renbourn on this site.. He is the modern day version of these great artists..
ThePeacefulCat 4 years ago
It's so cool to hear Jansch on an appalachian dulcimer.
KaiBailey 4 years ago
Go to the 'Popmatters' website, and search for 'Pentangle' under the music reviews section (for Pentangle's 'The Time Has Come' box set). Incredibly, the reviewer slags off Jacqui McShee as "(singing) in a wispy soprano that seems overwhelmed by the instrumental talents that surround her".
Unfreakingbelievable.
Johnny6666 4 years ago
Thanks! Beautiful melody. Donovan does a great live
version of this, sadly un-released.
waxwall 4 years ago
Absolutely beautiful. I'm only just discovering 'Solomon's Seal', but this performance is near perfect.
Again, thanks for posting boundroundsound!
Johnny6666 4 years ago
We love these guys!! Very influenced by their work. We need more groups like this :)
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DarranCarter1966 4 years ago
I love the Pentangle. It is hard to find people interest in folk music anymore (or female vocalist for that matter). I have a hell of a time finding people interested in chick singers. My band (The Mór Rigan's Wake) run into this all of the time.
creif 4 years ago
I just love her singing! I think she is a one-of-a-kind singer, and a remarkable talent on the Folk Scene. Her delivery is so simple and clean, but the tone really gets to me and makes me feel emotional. I Love it! I agree with those people who ask-where have all the good singers and songs gone? Nobody does this stuff today.-sigh- Brian
brianvideowatcher 4 years ago
Dick Gaughan's version is beautiful, too!
toftmf 4 years ago
This sheila can sing and her buddies can play!
Beaut mellow stuff..........
Where the hell have all the talent in music gone?
Heavypsychman 4 years ago
Beautiful. Renbourn does this on one of his early solo albums. And of course Richard Thompson borrowed the tune for "Farewell, Farewell" from Liege & Leaf.
mauimauvais 4 years ago
Fantastic! Did'nt think I would ever see this footage of the great Pentangle playing this great traditional song. Nearly bought a Dulcimer in my younger days, wish I had now. Many thanks to boundroundsound for this gem.
sillyfan 4 years ago
best female voice ever! cuts to your heart like a lazer. Charlotte church - "voice of an angel"? forget it, this is the voice of an angel! I'm afraid that is NOT the sweater of an angel though ;-)
shed3 4 years ago
Not enough people play Dulcimer anymore!! It's about time it had a revival!!! Sweet song!!
philxbx 4 years ago
This video is amazing..!! Whilst everyone else was writing nothing but rubbish.. Apart from a handful of talented of artists... They were out there playing such rare and old music such as this... I think she holds so much beauty... I want a dulcimer..!!! Are they easy to learn for a guitarist??
ambidine 4 years ago
who "everyone else was writing rubbish"?? there were much more good bands and artists those days (end of sixties and early seventies) than any other time in music, and they were playing new stuff, not old...
boundroundsound 4 years ago