John Renbourn Group - John Barleycorn 1977

[BeorhtFrognostic]

I enjoyed this - I like the layers, vocal and instrumental arrangements. The drumming particularly stands out to me.

[wolfstarchaser]

Beautifully done.

I'd love to hear this in a non-English language (Welch or Gaelic, perhaps) - does anyone know of such an arrangement?

[missyloulawless]

fantastic sound quality, thanks for that!

[faradyeva]

Nothing beats Traffic's version but this is beatiful as well.

[cheerydavie]

The People make music, we - the composers only write it...such a tue word never spoken

[snicky58]

One of my very favorite albums of all time. Thanks for uploading this.

[alizarazell]

the best version of Barleycorn I've ever heard! verily, this band is brilliant. thank you for posting.

[thepixieful]

I think the song is actually better than the beer they sing about.

[Gimmer3]

This is a nice version. I have to say this is one of the greatest folk songs of all time! I have collected many versions myself!

[cjwaywell]

Loved this 'folk' music

[damongirl66]

does it really matter where the fuck it comes from or for the record, what is it's nativity it is a beautifull peice of music to hear

[lekunberriko1]

Brilliant!!

[jezmundberserker]

@yaound89: For actual proof of the Indian origins of Irish music, there's a video on Youtube of Davy Graham playing "She Moves Through The Fair" which is excellent.

[marioalassio1]

Jimmy Page has a lot to thank to Renbourn and Jansch

[giuliokenya]

I used to hearing this album more than 30 years ago. Fell in love with celtic, gaelic and traditional british music.

BTW 99,99% of the people don't know that our culture is called Indo-european and many of the words we use have their ancient roots in the sanskrit language.

[squeakymonkfish]

The definitive version. Brilliant.

[kanechi100]

I read where ritchie blackmore said John was one of his favorite guitar players. So I bought this album on a whim. What a gem.

[0midnightmuse0]

Best arrangement of this song I've ever heard.

Also, the cover image is taken from La Pia de Tolomei, painted by Dante Gabriel Rossetti in 1874.

[celloprofundo]

Thanks, you must have read my mind, LOVE this kind of artwork..

[heymul25]

A fabulous old album which I've played maybe a thousand times.

[apper2112]

Its very similiar to..Lamento de tristan.l

[LaddyDongdegs]

John Barleycorn is delicious!

[chaliceguard]

Thank you for this -- love all the selections on this album. It's a rare treasure!

[squeakymonkfish]

My favourite version of this song.

[herefordlad169]

love it

[maisquisuije]

gryphon for lament

[tullist]

For Colorado Bansuri I would recommend a couple sites, maybe you know them, Folk Corporation Forum, a Fairport Convention related site that delves deeply into music related to this, including Renbourn and Pentangle,(as well as regular often very funny contributors, nice people) and also I would recommend Green Man Review.

[reflectionlabs]

It's a real treat to hear this song. I had it on tape years ago, and lost the tape. Thanks for posting it!

[marraddonna]

Great version of the song on a fantastic album. I'm lucky enough to own a copy on vinyl and wouldn't part with it for the world!

[ignacioseisdos]

thank you

[telesette]

Very Nice !

5 stars

[cccaravanserai]

" the battle of augrham/5 in a line "

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[stanislavpaleha]

Folk- music is the only genuine issue for music. One great composer said - The People make music, we - the composers only write it...

[ColoradoBansuri]

Your comment gives me chills and is very profound. I've been trying to explain this on youtube but always fail. These days, it's only extreme production and "music videos" of epic proportions that entertain. I'm all about the music of the people. Where is it today?

[nicodagger]

@stanislavpaleha who said that?

[stanislavpaleha]

@nicodagger Russian composer Michail Glinka( (1804-1857),

More correctly- he said "...we only arrange it".

[nicodagger]

@stanislavpaleha Spaceba! Очень хорошо!

I love Glinka, as a child in my first orchestra we played the overture to "Ruslan and Lyudmila". He was a great man.