PENTANGLE Light Flight

[woodward65]

Takes me back to dancing round the bedroom feeling very bohemian whilst the rpm33 vinyl played on my Bush record player... halcian days

[doomblue4]

RIP Bert Jansch a true guitar genius

[thewordofgord]

lovely rendition of a great song. not quite folk, not quite jazz, something unique.

wordofgord

[homegrownpa]

Just when I thought there was nothing else to listen to, I discover Bert Jansch, then Pentangle ,then Fairport. I guess when I was younger, I just didnt appreciate this stuff, but I'm ready now. Bring it on !!

[SuperNevile]

Have always loved the 'Bert and John' acoustic groove on this song. Remember it at the time as being quite distinctive and original. Great musicianship and together playing without effects and amplification. Thanks for the upload!

[TheOwenstube]

OK, guys, I love Pentangle too. Got the box set, seen most of the older TV clips and am just now catching up with the 2008 stuff. But you can tell they're a little rusty here. McShee, mainly, sounds hoarse and ill-rehearsed. But don't get me wrong: If they ever truly re-form and make it back to America, I will crawl on hands and knees if needed, because I've still never seen them live.

[betokkikke]

Fairport Convention and Sandy are as good as the best old wines, the older the better and perfect!!!

[19HurdyGurdyMan46]

Oh, magestic ! Lovely hearing this again.And its so special seeing them all together.They were and still are brilliant, everyone of them so essential.Not having a television, and for a long while now not being able to go to any gigs this was a sheer delight to stumble upon.Thankyou.

[TexasMist]

Jacqie is doing a trill in her voice that comes only from decades of performing. Excellent, just fantastic

[MrDayday58]

Song from the classic lost series Take 3 Girls, 1969. BBC's first drama in colour. I was 11 when they released this. I'm now 52. Don't the years fly by. Nice to see them perform it again.

[krnjulac]

After being into music for the best part of fifty years, this is still where my heart is. Fads and fashions come and go, some I quite like, some I can't stand. At 16 I was into Bert Jansch, John Renborn and Davy Graham, that love has never waivered, still listen to them all the time, NOTHING comes close.

[gazzah54]

the bass player is amazing

[sorova]

Great singer but do we need to see her?

[sukidelic]

@sorova

dick.

[themachinist1000]

@sorova :) Go watch a younger singer like Jessie J then. I'm happier with real music.

[caquintet]

Amazing...sounds like straight of "Basket of Light" all those years ago...glad to know yhey can still keep it together so well Musically speaking...Great band !!!

[hostroute]

Difference between Pentangle and the X factor is that they can play instruments and they started doing it for the enjoyment of doing it not for fame or fortune.

[ianevans67]

I've met them many times. I'm 42 so I was a pup when they first performed it. Still sounds as good as ever 40 years later. What will Jedward be doing in 40 years time??

[PDSJohn]

excellent thanks Jules for bringing this back

[52camber]

agree. amazing. someone mentioned the x factor and they are right. how many xfactor wanabees could sing or play one of the instruments like this.

[devonrod]

Amazing !

Jacquie is 66 and sounds fantastic as does the rest of the band.

[gazzah54]

HAS SHE HAD A STROKE

[intrepid144]

hmmmm...gazzah54...what's your point?

Jacquie still sings great and looks great as ever and this is an awesome song...........oh and I hate to let you down gazzah54 but.....guess what....we are all gonna age...your turn will come sooner than you think and hopefully nobody will be so ungracious as you then!

[sallythewerewolf]

They sound as wonderful as they did 40 years ago..and I think Jacquie is just as pretty as ever!!

[JAYROX1969]

They can still blow the shit out of todays crap bands and xfactor wannabe's.

[MusiqueMonAmour]

I think this performance is great and in one respect even better than the version of the song from 40 years ago -

she adds this lovely short ornamental notes. I'd say one can see that she has still matured as a singer, besides she sings with such an ease!!

[peanutsavage]

Yay!

[SweetJunemusic]

Fabulous! Don't see what the issue is with age. They're still able to do something they love better than anyone else! They were even better live, we flew over to London and saw them at the Lyceum last year.

[viking1au]

Bert still playing real shit hot.

[hihosilverlining]

Ah come on!!! we all get older!!! I can still just match her high notes! can you? ...lol

And if you can..well done..can you do the gitare too!!!! x

[pump35]

Musically, they are great, but when you compare it it to the BBC film of them in about 1970(ish), how they have aged!

[broomybank]

After thirty eight years these musos are heartened to still be drawing breath.

[schragemusik]

As it's nearly 40 years ago one would have been a tad surprised if they HADN'T aged.

[hihosilverlining]

Who was the line up?

[nathanielbagshot]

Swings like the Queen Mary in a sea of Mars Bars.

[mart3442]

Saw them four times on the reunion tour. great shows, lovely people too.

[Daveynewport]

Yeah a fantastic band and would have stayed but fo r all the arguing - Jac's voice has held up remarkably well after all these years as female vocalists tend to loose it mid 50's onwards.

[rca88]

Wow! I had no idea the original lineup had reunited. *Many* thanks!!! I saw them at the American Music Hall in San Francisco in 1984(?) with Jacqui, Bert, Terry, and two others. They signed LPs for a long line of fans, very nice indeed. To "reformatted" - Terry Cox walked among the audience talking to people between sets - a real gentleman as you say. I have seen each of the original members in various settings, including Danny with Richard Thompson. I hope they tour the US!

[wap9]

yeah not the hot hippy chick of yesteryear. but still has a great voice.

great tune.

[weaverspell]

Went to their reunion concert at the Barbican in 1982 when a student at LSE!....they are still consummate performers and what a song!dreamy,romantic..etc

[Hallucigenius]

A very solid version of one of the greatest folk-rock songs of all time. Glad to see they've still got it, although Jacqui's extra little vocal flourishes were a bit unnecessary I think.

[edwards21416]

should be sampled

[edwards21416]

english folk music something diff for everyone greatstuff.

[JAYROX1969]

Still mesmerizing after 40 years! Nothing today comes close!

[Daenoxiis]

It's amazing how they've stayed perfectly in tact. They look different, but if you play the original album recording against this performance, they're exact. Truly amazing.

[setaoca]

That's a bit harsh harrynicholas. It's 40 years since the original was recorded. How well are you wearing?

[harrynicholas]

Blimey, she's let herself go I thought, then I heard her voice, blimey, still fantastic. I'm surprised at how young Jansch looks though, what with his 'intake'.

[sammyoneboy]

My God! Still brilliant.

[PunkyBurger]

wow theyre still great. really impressive.

[AcousticEclectic1]

How wonderful that they're playing together again, and that they still sound so FANTASTIC! :)

[kocisko]

AcousticElectric1

They will always sound so FANTASTIC....if you want it or not!!!! :):):)

[bb97js]

wow what a fuckin band im now a new fan just amazing

[chuckler1]

Wow-the quality of their work just gets better.A great song.

Thank you for posting this.

[Mattboy2388]

Jansch looks like he lost weight.

[olivertaplin]

fantasic!

[Shandybrother]

I hope this concert will be availabe on DVD at some point.

[UCD555]

How did the members of this band feel when they recorgnized that they are still able to recreate this "basket of light"-energy in their very wellcoming audience during their concerts?

I could hear the band playing in Oxford and London, taking the way up from Germany.

[jackaldot70]

superb..

i saw this on tv a few weeks ago. i commented to my workmates that it sounded like the theme to take 3 girls, which i found out later it was. i did some research and they are on youtube 30 odd years ago. still sound as good. hope pentangle are reading this and i wish you all the luck in the world.

my 9 year old son is a very keen guitar player,

i will introduce pentangle to him soon.

[Johnny6666]

Pity the cameraman seems almost pathologically scared of filming Bert!

Terrific to see them together again. I can't get to the shows. :(

[JordanDowie14]

wow, these guys are as old as Neil Young!

[FatherTiresias]

I read elsewhere in some survey of what things are going up & down in popularity in the week after their performance here Pentangle went down! I can't believe it. Market research sucks. Pentangle rock (well, you know what I mean).

[mart3442]

I saw them at the Festival hall a week ago, they were light years better than this performance.

Met them after the show, sweethearts. and very humble.

[RickTransit]

I missed this show so thanks for posting - they sound just as good as ever. Really looking forward to the Lyceum gig!

[Gulpje]

beautiful song!

[gds33]

Cool thx for posting Im going to see them at The Greenman Festival

[vmazzetta82]

They are just incredible....I love them all...This is one of the greatest band that I've ever heard..

[ThePeacefulCat]

p.s again lol.. I love it how two such great guitarists take the back seat to let others shine.. I hope that John makes another Trad album soon:)))

I am going to buy and learn how to play the hurdy gurdy to play such classics as the Circle Dance... Txxxx soooo much JoeDivision2005 for these uploads:))

P-Cat

[ThePeacefulCat]

Truly truly truly amazing..!!! If I was to hear this just on audio, I could be fooled into thinking that it from their prime.. Great great musicians.. They are up there with Paul Simon..!!!

I shall be coming to England this June.. Can someone please tell me if they are playing??

Many tx:)))

[JoeDivision2005]

Hi Cat, they're playing the Royal Festival Hall on June 29th, 40 years to the night that Sweet Child was recorded there, the show is sold out but I just picked up a ticket on eBay. I'm going to see them in Glasgow too.

[ThePeacefulCat]

tX:)) i HOPE YOU SNAP SOMETHING ON YOU PHONE OR IpOD:)))THIS IS JUST MAGIC WHAT YOU HAVE UPLOADED:))

[thewordofgord]

Thanks for this JoeD, Total magic! It's like they never left! How was the RFH gig?

the word of gord