Live at the 12 Bar: An Authorised Bootleg
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Live at the 12 Bar: An Authorised Bootleg is a straight-to-DAT concert recording by Scottish
folk musician Bert Jansch
released in August 1996. The concert was recorded in The 12 Bar Club
, Denmark Street
, London
in 1995. The CD was originally available in a supposedly limited edition at gigs, in a dark blue and black sleeve, the Jansch Records version was subsequently repressed and distributed by Cooking Vinyl (to whom Bert was actually contracted at the time), though it never appeared as an official Cooking Vinyl release. Some later pressings used the same artwork but with black and white replacing blue and black.
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
folk musician Bert Jansch
Bert Jansch
Herbert "Bert" Jansch was a Scottish folk musician and founding member of the band Pentangle. He was born in Glasgow and came to prominence in London in the 1960s, as an acoustic guitarist, as well as a singer-songwriter...
released in August 1996. The concert was recorded in The 12 Bar Club
12 Bar Club
The 12 Bar Club is one of the smallest live music venues in London, England. It is located in Denmark Street, aka "Tin Pan Alley", just off Charing Cross Road and close to Soho....
, Denmark Street
Denmark Street
Denmark Street is a short narrow road in central London, notable for its connections with British popular music, and is known as the British Tin Pan Alley. The road connects Charing Cross Road at its western end with St Giles High Street at its eastern end. Denmark Street is in the London Borough...
, London
London
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in 1995. The CD was originally available in a supposedly limited edition at gigs, in a dark blue and black sleeve, the Jansch Records version was subsequently repressed and distributed by Cooking Vinyl (to whom Bert was actually contracted at the time), though it never appeared as an official Cooking Vinyl release. Some later pressings used the same artwork but with black and white replacing blue and black.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Bert Jansch; except where indicated- "Summer Heat" - 4:21
- "Curragh of Kildare" (traditional) - 3:57
- "Walk Quietly By" - 2:58
- "Come Back Baby" (DavisWalter Davis-Sports:* Walter Davis an Australian rugby union player* Walter Davis , Millwall F.C. and Wales international footballer* Walt Davis , American basketball player and high-jumper...
) - 2:54 - "Blackwaterside" (traditional) - 4:19
- "Fresh as a Sweet Sunday Morning" - 3:11
- "Morning Brings Peace of Mind" - 3:09
- "The Lily of the West" (traditional) - 4:18
- "Kingfisher" - 2:40
- "Trouble in Mind" (JonesRichard Jones-Artists and entertainers:* F. Richard Jones , American filmmaker* Dick Clair , born Richard Jones, American producer, actor and TV writer* Richard Jones , British bass guitarist...
) - 2:54 - "Just a Dream" - 3:18
- "Blues Run the Game" (FrankJackson C. FrankJackson Carey Frank was an American folk musician.-Early life:When Jackson Frank was 11, a furnace exploded at his school, sending a ball of flames down corridors until it ended up in Frank's music classroom in the Cleveland Hill Elementary School in Cheektowaga, New York...
) - 3:20 - "Let Me Sing" - 3:22
- "Strolling Down the Highway" - 3:01
- "A Woman Like You" - 3:56
- "Bett's Dance" - 2:34