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- Pentangle are the five points of light being Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, Jacqui McShee, Danny Thompson and Terry Cox.
This Belgian TV special from 1972 captures the band in all its glory as they work their way through six songs from the albums Solomon's Seal, and Reflection.
00:00:00 Will The Circle Be Unbroken
00:03:22 No Love Is Sorrow
00:06:04 Wedding Dress
00:08:27 Reflection
00:19:00 Willy O' Winsbury
00:24:20 People On The Highway
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Well folks, if you are watching this you are hearing and seeing a sort of musical perfection. All these musicians are masters of their craft, and believe me it takes a LOT of practice to make it all sound this good. John Renbourn went on from Pentangle to release many solo albums over the decades, which are full of gems. Same for the equally brilliant guitarist Bert Jansch. He had a long solo career and Neil Young called him the Jimi Hendrix of the acoustic guitar. Danny Thompson is one of the great bass players and Terry Cox is a fantastic drummer. Jacqui has the purist sweet voice and they all go together like five fingers of the same hand. Never before or since has there been this gorgeous blend of Blues, Folk, and Jazz.
I would like to recommend , but not compare, the band Dando Shaft. Although their career was shorter and greatly ignored, they were on the same level of neo folk perfection.
Ethereal.
They were a truly masterful band, but Fairport with the peerless Sandy Denny were surely on the same level. "Who Knows Where the Time Goes" is probably my all-time favourite folk-rock track...
@@tullochgorum6323Thanks for your reply and I enthusiastically agree. I treasure my early Fairport Convention LPs, Sandy's solo LPs, and even have a 4 LP Boxed Set of Ms. Denny. Her voice had a haunting and mysterious quality at times, and in that way she was similar to Jaqui McShee, even though their voices, approach, and styles were/are quite different otherwise.
The world before “marketing”……when talent stood on its own.
The more I listen to Pentangle the more I realize that this band could very well be the most underrated band in history. So dynamic, cutting edge, mystical, relevant, and among many other descriptors, one of the best bands to ever perform on this planet.
I'm with you - way ahead of their era .... wonderful music
Loads of other bands you've never even heard of too. The late 60s where overflowing with talent. It was great to be young then. Most of the cats that got famous and rich weren't even the best !
I dont get it when people say a highly successful and well remembered band are described as underrated. Sure they were never Led Zeppelin big, but they kept their souls.
@@mikethebloodthirsty perhaps "underrated" was a poor choice to use in the sentence...
Well, whaddya expect these days from a buncha damn hippies who didn't depend on flashbang glitz to hide a lack of talent endemic to most performers anymore? Take away auto-tune and many headliners couldn't make it at all. Yes, I'm looking at YOU, Ms. Swifty, whose very own manager once admitted his client isn't a 'technical' singer. I have to admit a great performer, true enough; but that's a whole different ball of wax isn't it?
I was a very young Canadian living in the East End of London in 1968. I had bought the Pentangle’s first album in Canada so I new who they were and jumped at the chance to catch them at the Royal Festival Hall. I was in the first row at eye level with Jansch and thought they certainly had more equipment than most performers used. I didn't realize for some time that they were recording some of this performance for what became Sweet Child. It was extraordinary. I still have the album in my collection. Ticket was likely a pound. A pint in London was about a shilling then.
When musicians aimed to be good. Growing up back then, i had no idea that it would turn out being the prime time of mankind. Now every aspect of life is run by goblins from hell.
Don't give up hope. The world may be in darkness, but love and music are still all around if you dig
This group is tremendous I remember them well.
An open Packet of Dunhill and an empty glass of red wine, and Pentangles etherial melancholy. For a moment there I was transported back to the Seventies.
Never heard of Pentangle until 10 minutes ago, this could be a life-changing discovery. Thanks for the enlightenment 🙌
It definitely will!
Calming tunes in my college 1970s!
My. Where've you been all their lives?
Listen to their album "Cruel Sister". You won´t regret.
Good as this sounds, IMHO they peaked artistically a few years earlier -- probably during the very late '60s, when they played all-acoustic.
I am now 63.
I love this- not because it's actually incredible musicianship and singing but also because I worked as sound engineer with Danny Thompson's band at the Shetland Folk Festival and then later with EBTG. Then with John Renbourn (x2) and Bert Jansch (x2) at the Edinburgh Festival, all those years later.
What a privilege
Plus, thats Victoria (Danny's double bass) that I used to load and unload out of the van each night. She slept in my room sometimes too.
WOW amazing! *jealous*
You're a real lucky fella!
That's amazing. Did you get that job on Indeed?
really cool shit man!
Upright acoustic bass adds so much texture to this sound.
Could have been recorded last week. Utterly timeless. I guess when the A and R man doesn't see a hit, you are free make something genuinely heart felt and of real quality. So, so good. Glad I didn't skip by this one this time. You Tube rocks.
First you have Renbourn and Jansch, 2 acoustic guitar geniuses in the same band, then you add McShee's angelic voice and an outstanding rythmn section, and surely you get one of the most underrated bands in history.
Anybody who ever "listened" to Pentangle would never consider them underrated.
Oh, the Sixties....Dylan, the Beatles, Pentangle and so many others. We were so lucky.
Johnathan Livingston Taylor playing a cover of somewhere over the rainbow.
Yes. You were lucky the drugs were so abundant and legal. :)
@@CooManTunes Don't need drugs. I have energy, enthusiasm and creativity. Could you send you songs or shorty stories, or the Orwell show script.
When musical talent was real and not over produced etc. Beautiful. Today they wouldn't see the light of day which speaks volumes for where we have moved to.
Today they couldn't get a recording contract.
Reprise released so many landmark albums, from such amazing talented artists.
I am so glad the Pentangle records were made, and will be enjoyed for decades to come.
Today, they would be overlooked because Warner would not know what to do with them. 🙄
The bassist Danny Thompson whom I believe co-founded Pentangle naturally had other musical projects before Pentangle’s inception. One of these I believe was with my Dad’s band the Mike Scott Trio around about the mid 60’s when he was also involved with Alexis Korner during that same time. They often played at various clubs in and around Ipswich. If anyone has any video or even audio leads recorded by them, please post them on TH-cam. Mike Scott died in 1974 and, as we all know, Danny was well on his way to becoming a much in demand and well-rounded musician for many years after.
The best folk band ever! Brilliant fusion of folk/blues/jazz/rock/ incomparable!
This is the dictionary definition of perfection
Growing up late 1960s Pentangle' Cruel Sister still resonates with me in my 70's. Still fresh and emotive. Love the band!
Jacqui's voice in perfect form. Just exquisite. The whole band in their prime and enormously talented.
One of the purest, sweetest voices that I have ever heard !
I wouldn't say "the whole band". John R. seems to be in a total drug haze and/or a rebellion with his bandmates. Poor Bert, having to play two guitar parts. The camera work or editing is terrible. Stupid reflection. Focus on Bert's face instead of his guitar work, which we don't see once. And we do see John play "a note: here and there! None the less! None the less! This is absolutely superb music. I treasure the song Reflection and People on the Highway makes my heart soar. I don't think there was any other musical group or individual who struck such a chord with some inter instrument in me. Thanks to the OG poster.
she reminds me of the "Renaissance" lady--Annie Haslam---just as good as Annie---hmmmm, maybe better?
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For me, I prefer Jacqui's voice more then Annie Haslam.
I mean Annie has a very good voice but more "pop" then folk and I am a big folk music fan, loving the singing of Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Sandy Denny and of course Jacqui McShee.
@@suzannelawson9215 i had not heard of her till a friend sent me a "Pentangle" video (did not know them) and this song came next, fortunately! I like female folk singers too and some of the old stuff from guys like Phil Ochs and Tim Hardin. i do agree with your reply-----Jacqui's voice is so very outstanding!
First heard Pentangle in 1969 or '70, then Bert and John's collaborations, and I became devoted to their music. In the 1990's I was asked to introduce Pentangle on stage for the Red Butte Concert at the University of Utah because of my public radio folk show. You can imagine my elation! Before the show, when I told the band that I've aired them on the radio for many years, Bert responded with such humility. Lovely people, amazing talent, groundbreaking band.
I Listened to them for more then 50 years, thanks for remeeting them like this.
My god Jaqui's voice is otherworldly
The reason I took up acoustic guitar over 30 years ago.
Some kind of medieval Folk-Jazz that seems to come from another Space and Time - Exquisite !!
Pentangle, I still have the vinyl record after over 50 years.
Fantastic, you can almost smell the corduroy! Jazz folk always sounds contemporary and interesting because it was a direction that was, and is, mostly unexplored. It is for another age, one yet to come.
Willy Of Winsbury is absolute perfection! ❤
Danny Thompson is a monster bass player. So expressive.
Danny Thompson has a brilliant solo album 'Whatever'
Similar to the band Oregon: World folk jazz-with a Celtic-English flavor. I'd never heard of it until I found it browsing CDs in the local music shop.
Danny Thompson 1987 solo album: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whatever_(Danny_Thompson_album)
@@djtdub1 Well I'm a huge Oregon fan so I'll have to check that out. Thanks ;) Also, Bernie Holland, the guitarist on that record, wrote Diamond Dust, which Jeff Beck covered on Blow By Blow (orchestrated by George Martin) and is one of the greatest prog tunes ever.
Indeed mystical. The spells have only gained in potency with the passage of time! Hail Pentangle!! We are truly blessed and grateful. 🙏
Bert looks totally different with a beard. I had to take a second look, but the voice is unmistakable. Classic footage.
I had breakfast in Soho with Bert Jansch in the early sixties. He said something to me then which I’ve never forgotten - “You’ll never beat a pair of moleskin trousers! “ I’ve been wearing them ever since. I’m truly in that man’s debt.
Break beat on Wedding Dress is sick
SERIOUS groove on that one
Totally
advanced 3 decades at least
@@estudiosfolkloreiberoamericano .... primordial Laddy
"Reckoner" but sung by the angel Thom Yorke wished he was in "Creep"
The groove, vibe and interplay on these songs is unbelievable. Special props to Terry Cox for the grooves, and spot-on backing vocals at the same time
If talent was the key to being the biggest band in history...You are watching THE GREATEST BAND IN HISTORY.
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Yes Its fabulous having all these clip.s They were way ahead of their time. Jazz Folk Blues Gumbo paradise
Jaqui’s is one of the greatest voices both of the era and just in general. Absolutely brilliant.
miley cyrus is more awesomer
Jacqui barely moves an inch, but she's fully inhabiting these songs, as much as Nina Simone ever did. Badass. All of them, total badasses.
Top quality, all of them.
I bought their albums back then as I was a huge fan of Renbourn and Jansch's playing but I never saw the band live. This was a revelation - Jacqui and Bert singing together were superb. A clichéd term at the time, but this really was a supergroup.
Willy O' Winsbury is profoundly beautiful
Good grief!! This is absolutely wonderful. So much talent in this band and they play together perfectly so that talent shines. It’s music that travels straight to the heart and soul.
Amen.
Pentangle. Great Band. Good Memories !!!
The fact that she's not using any kind of monitor is incredible.
Wonderful to see Pentangle and Jaqui after all these years, Long may their songs live on.
Muy difícil encontrar una banda con tanto talento reunido. Las guitarras de Renbourn y Jansch son sublimes. Una de las mejores bandas del planeta.
I could watch this again & again & again... & I will!
Make my day. Even better with Jacqui's smile. So rare.
Bass player is rockin it. Reminds me of jack Bruce
Masters of the craft.
This is truly one of the best, most flawless performances I've seen by Pentangle in 53 years. Someone please tell Jacqui I've fallen in love with her all over again.
Yr not the only one ....
I just can't get over Jacqui's incredible ethereal voice - and sexy as hell! What an extraordinary, but sadly underappreciated band...
As sexy as Chelsea Clinton.
Bert Jansch and John Renbourn, Two incredible fingerstyle guitarists, just found out they had a band, with a great singer.
So did I , and I'm loving it!
A valuable band that tells the history of another British music that is different from the Beatles.
There’s something wrong with this video. It just isn’t long enough, could’ve watched for hours. Mesmerised.
Folk Jazz, whatever it is, my dad used to play their album. As a kid I didn’t care what it was it sounded pleasing. Luckily there were bands that didn’t seem to care about what to label themselves. Now this kind of music seems far away, from a long gone era. Hippies with roots but few boundaries.
With a rhythm section like that you can’t go wrong
Ha!
This is pure gold. Just stunning.
Jacqui has the voice of silver and gold, especially willy o winsbury which she is allowed to sing uninterupted.
The sound takes you to exquisite places.
Terry Cox with that 4x12 blasting Danny’s bass right in his ear 😂
A great find. So nice to see these legendary musicians in their prime. Wonderful!
5 brilliant musicians, absolutely perfect interaction, what else do we need to enjoy the great band? Ah, their marvelous music.
My God, I never knew this existed. What a treat! Pentangle lived on my turntable. My favorite 16:37 record to play when new people dropped in. I think a lot of them went out and bought their own LP’s . That’s what you did in those days - went to the record store and bought the record.
what have you done for your whole life til now then?
listened to Steeleye span maybe ;-)
ah this DOCUMENT you mean, sorry, read too fast...
Willy O' Winsbury... experiencing beautiful, yet very complex emotions whenever I hear it.
It is so ethereal.
What is the name of second song,plz
@@josefinagarza241 No love is sorrow.
Danny Thompson - what a solo - just proof of his genius!!
I know! -- and the way John and Terry smile during the solo -- it's like they're amazed, and proud
First time I've seen this guy, superb bassist/Cellistas
@@perseusrex614 John Martyn's bassist. They drank a lot and got in lots of trouble.
@@alankey9741 Non.. Danny Thompson né en 1939
As deep as you can get...,Endless pleasure...,her eyes...,seen it all and forgotten nothing.....,
Pentangle was one if my favorite bands in the 1970s when I "came of age", graduating high school in '72. I especially love Jacqui singing "Willy of Winsbury." Winnsboro. Played their albums nonstop. I had the song "Cruel Sister" on the era's equivalence of autoplay.
That is soooo interesting! I used to go out on a Saturday buying albums... i could get anything, but had no idea...i just liked the Durer print on cruel sister so i bought it...never looked back,
British folk got a shot in the arm from listening to the emerging innovations from the US and Canada back then, but Pentangle is just now getting back over here.
Even young North American artists are now covering Willie O’Winsbury.
Everything comes full circle. ❤
Wow, she could really sing! (And probably still can -- at now 80 YO!)
I feel privileged to have discovered Pentangle in high school. I still have my LPs, including “Sweet Child” and “Basket of Light.” The alchemy among these five brilliant musicians was truly magical. No one like them.
Fairport Convention is about as close to the Pentangle as I've yet heard. Both were fantastic bands.
@@jakejohansen1889 I'm ashamed to say I am a Fairport and Richard Thompson but know nothing of this band. I enjoy this very much and like Jacqui's voice maybe more than Linda. This band is extraordinary.
Joni Mitchell's voice lilts and lulls like their music 🎶
I had those albums in high school too, although they're long gone now. But I still remember the words to all the songs.
Masters of music, time and space.
Danny Thompson on bass, rock and roll man.
More like jazz.
Saw them live in Coventry Cathedral in 1969 - felt a bit strange grooving in a religious space before I realised that Jesus the original mythical hippy was grooving along too :) They were unique and incorporated jazz improv, trad and contemporary folk with cool rock thrown in for good measure. RIP Bert and John and thanks for the music.
Seems like the ideal setting to watch The Pentangle.
Til you realised that the church is secretly Satanic. Oops! Spoiler alert.
@@sophiafakevirus-ro8cc right...
Satanic...
As in..
PENTA GRAM
PENTA NGLE
Blues and classical mixed in, too. As for he church, theater, poetry, music and song started around ancient campfires, but moved toward religious presentations naturally. Spirit activated through a separate channel than teaching, preaching or dance. Jesus may not have been a musician, but I'd be surprised if he DIDNT have a few in his entourage to entertaumin, relax and worship when they went "off the clock". The Official religion and its cantors were not interested in sharing the altar/stage with this upstart folkie from the wrong side of town, but the music in his message came straight from the prophet Isaiah and his ancestor David's songs and psalms.
Incredible and so nice to see Jacqui smile near the end. For awhile there I thought she wasn't enjoying herself.
Danny Thompson didn't show up on my radar until I saw and heard his excellent work on the Trans Atlantic Sessions. What a monster! I love that growling tone.he squeezes out of his bass. He is absolutely on fire on this early video!
I saw Pentangle at Hull City Hall in 1969. Danny Thompson's solo got a standing ovation!
I first saw him playing behind John Martyn. Stoned out of their minds. Special guest was Paul Kossof of Free. Also stoned. Danny became a Muslim which is why he’s still alive and the others long gone, I suspect.
@@Joanna-il2ur He is very much alive - I spoke to him recently - he always has me in fits of laughter - he is a force of nature
Somehow they flew under my radar as I was in England from 67 to 70. I loved Fairport Convention and the sound of Sandy Denny's voice. I watch Jacqui here and she is such a perfectionist with her voice. She seems to have calmed her body so every emotion is channeled directly into her vocals. Chilling really.
I saw them in '69 with Sir Douglas & the Dead. Quite the amazing show!
i am green with envy ! happy birfday jerry g
Man, I am simply blown away by this incredible video! What incredible musicians. The first time I heard Pentangle set the stage for all subsequent "listenings", namely awe pure and simple. I believe it was very early 1968 and the Avalon Ballroom had this extremely mysterious music over the PA. It was Light Flight from Basket of Light and it seemed to have the entire environment in its spell. The unique composition and musical genius, yes genius, and Jacqui's vocals were from another plane altogether. All their hair is nice and long; hair seems to reflect lots of touring to this point in time; I guess the road does that. Thank you for this incredible portal to a band whose talent transcends the era from which it came.
Insanely good - and sounds as fresh and vital as it must have done 52(!) years ago - definitely one of the most influential of bands on me (as as musician myself)
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we are so lucky to have this, i often ponder how many medieval bands of bards over hundreds and hundreds of years made music that would blow so many modern bands out of the water
The groove to Wedding dress is very contemporary, Terry Cox brilliance! Hope he's had his jab as he'll be 84 this year if not already!
The start sounds eerily reminiscent of Massive Attack's Unfinished Sympathy!
Almost sounds like some 90s British indie
Wedding Dress is an utter masterpiece of groove and atmosphere, not to dissimilar to a David Axlerod groove but with some added English Folklore
It's great! Thanks a lot!! From BRAZIL!!!
Turn somebody on to Pentangle today😊
Jacqui seems so wonderfully lost in the music... Bert is great as always... What an incredible recording..
Bert Jansch was one my favorite singer - songwriter!!!
O. M. F. G. This video is an absolute treasure. Compelled
me to buy a Utube upgrade so I could download it without a moment’s delay! Still getting goosebumps on the second (back to back ) 12:16 listen-through ! Danny Thompson especially blows my mind 🤯
Danny is a legend! If you're interested, he also has his own channel that you can subscribe to here:
th-cam.com/channels/ZFG69SlhEbJJZoBEnujbPw.html
As are YOU, dear lady! I’m so honored and giddy (dare I say chuffed?🥴) by your reply!! (and the first thing I see when I turn on my phone this morning!! Today is going to be a very good day indeed!! I will dive into that link as soon as I “get my coffee on “ - maybe a cold shower to calm down? (on second thought…. Nahh)
I was introduced to his artistry by singer/songwriter Darryl Scott, who engaged Danny and drummer Kenny Malone for a trio performance that was recorded live at a beloved venue in N Carolina (Ziggy’s - I had performed there several times with a Pink Floyd tribute band) I bought that CD and several others and he was appalled that I wasn’t familiar with Danny… sure, I’d heard Pentangle and was duly impressed. But I didn’t make much room in my somewhat over-stretched musical brain for “‘ experimental UK traditional folk/art/rock”. I was fairly saturated with the likes of Jethro Tull,
(cont’d) Yes, Procol Harem, the Floyd of course and Beatles too! And then American legends and idols. And the blues- listening to “the Thrill is Gone” while fussing over my acne at the bathroom mirror wondering “how could ONE note do that!?”
Back to Danny…. One of the guys in a ‘hobby band’ linked me to a live recording of Danny and Richard Thompson (!) performing “Al Bowlly’s (sp?) in Heaven “. In a cathedral. OMG. Forgive me, but this absolutely “knocked my dik in the dirt “! After listening about half a jillion times I’m ready to see if I can play it- Danny’s part that is- Richard’s will be a “walk
(oops) in the park” in comparison. First I have to get my bass Re-assembled and recover from some long-awaited spinal cord surgery and hopefully regain some finger dexterity. Who better to turn to than Maestro Danny?
Thanks again for so many things. Blessings and Peacenlovenlight!
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This is the best thing I have ever seen on TH-cam. I have listened to Pentangle for decades but this is special.
Macqshee’s voice is divine.
Not really listened to them before. Funky jazzy bass driven folk - unusual fusion. Very good.
Sublime.
All of them were consummate Artists, in the very best, universal sense.
Danny Thompson, the amazing bass player that played for so long with John Martyn!
Be sure to check out Danny's channel as well if you're a fan!
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@@PentangleOfficial thanks! will definitely do so!
Thanks You... For Ever...
Turned on to them in late 67, early 68? Think I have nearly all their LPs. Only saw Danny T with Richard Thompson in the 80s. Way cool this video! Remember feeling really too cool for the room at age 16 that i knew of them as others were more into getting their ears flooded. ;)
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Jacqui's voice is simply amazing! Heavenly!!! 🙂🌻💛🙏
This group, my god.....Magnificent !!
All five of them are amazing musicians, and created something that has never quite been duplicated. If, like me, you are sick to death of "Will the Circle", start with the second song. Some of Jacqui's facial expressions in the close-ups are just precious; she's not only making beautiful sounds, she's also telling stories.
I've always LOATHED "Circle" - it's crap, even with Pentangle performing it. Yep - jump straight in to song 2.
Love "Circle" and this version is pretty spot on but agree that it has been played into the ground.
I skipped Will The Circle Be Unbroken too. The rest of the concert is beautiful.
Skip it? No way -- I sing the harmony!
What a fine bass player!
You can find more of him over at @OfficialDannyThompson!
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Everything from my childhood, innocence, folk music, & a peaceful easy feeling
Thanks so much for the upload. Willy O Winsbury made my day. R.I.P. Bert & John.
perfection 0 justifies the internets existance
That Willey song is a portal to another time.
All those words that have never been said, they shout inside me.
I want to die