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Avocet - Six Bird Art Prints Edition - Sealed

BERT JANSCH Avocet (Art Print Edition 2023 UK remastered 6-track LP - orignally released in 1967 featuring Martin Jenkins & Danny Thompson, this is one of Bert's defining albums, a paean to British water birds, considered by fans to besome of his very best work. This edition includes detailed sleevenotes and six bird prints by artist Hannah Alice, in a fully inter-changeable die-cut gatefold sleeve plus 'bird-watchers' guide field notes. With Bert Jansch 80 hype sticker, download code & factory sealed. Recommended)

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Release Date 27th Oct 2023
Release Year 2023 - 1 years ago
Condition Unless stated otherwise in the description above, all items are in at least excellent condition - so please read our descriptions carefully. We try to sell items as close to Mint condition as possible, and many will indeed be close to brand new and/or unplayed. Others may be 'used' - and all will meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed.
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Format vinyl LP album (LP record)
Record Label Earth Records
Complete Stock List Go to Bert Jansch
Product Catalogue No EARTHLP010
Music Genre Singer/Songwriter, Folk
Country Comes from UK Comes from 'UK'
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ART PRINT EDITION, Classic Black vinyl, bonus live tracks on the DL. Bert Jansch was often quoted as saying “I'm not playing for anyone, just myself” and this feels no more apparent than on 1979's 'Avocet', his beautifully meditative paean to British birds. This isn't to say that Jansch was throwing commercial success to the wind, or was unaware of his audience, more that this album feels like a uniquely personal reflection of him. (The subject of British birds is one that Jansch held close to his heart. Indeed, just preceding this album was his 1978 split 7” single with Shirley Collins - with proceeds in aid of the RSPB.)

For fans of Jansch this is often the album that is singled out as his best work. The freedoms of a post-Pentangle career are much in evidence; folk rock and even trad folk give way to an album that is not only without lyrical accompaniment but really quite orchestral, classical even, in its composition.
There are surprises in particular in 'Lapwing' (a dirge-like waltz that wouldn't be out of place on a Nils Frahm album) and 'Bittern' (which speaks of Arthur Russell's more experimental pieces).

Featuring ex-bandmate Danny Thompson, alongside Martin Jenkins (Dando Shaft, amongst others) with sleeve notes by Jansch aficionado Colin Harper (author of 'Dazzling Stranger: Bert Jansch and the British Folk and Blues revival').

Limited Art print edition, reissued as part of 'Bert Jansch 80', celebrating the enduring legacy of Bert Jansch's peerless guitar playing and songwriting, comes with 6 high-quality, lithograph art prints (by UK illustrator Hannah Alice) representing each of the birds on the album, held in a heavy board die-cut gatefold sleeve. This unique packaging is fully interactive - the cover image is interchangeable with any of the prints, though each one is perfectly frameable too.

This edition also features three bonus tracks as a download, recorded live in Italy in in 1977 ('Bittern'; 'Kingfisher'; 'Avocet'), as well as Danny Thompson's recollections of the making of 'Avocet', recorded by Dave Thompson (Mojo Magazine) in typical style. Remastered from the original tapes.

Side A
1. Avocet 17:59

Side B
1. Lapwing 1:35
2. Bittern 7:49
3. King Fisher 3:42
4. Osprey 3:15
5. Kittiwake 2:49


LP RECORD  
Recording Artist Bert Jansch
Product Title Avocet - Six Bird Art Prints Edition - Sealed
Product Information Bert Jansch Avocet - Six Bird Art Prints Edition - Sealed UK vinyl LP album (LP record).
Language All tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
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Artists Related To Bert Jansch & John Renbourn, Danny Thompson, Dorris Henderson, John Renbourn, Loren Auerbach, The Pentangle
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