Customer Reviews
A milestone and a must have album - By: Roy Ward, 06 May 2007 
Dylan is revered. Robert Johnson, Skip James are re-discovered. But, this album by Bert Jansch is a milesonein folk blues. Vastly underated, his lyrics have am impact today & his guitar technique as displayed on this CD leave his songwriter acoustic contemporaries standing. He has produced many things since but this is his seminal work, as fresh now as it was when it left a crackin the ground. Listen.
An excellent album - By: Alex Clifton, 08 Feb 2007 Nowin his 60s, the excellent Bert Jansch has had an impressive & extensive career, having won such awards as the lifetime achievment award at the 2001 BBC Folk Awards. And this is where it started. This is his debut album & one of my favourites. There are many great tracks on 'Bert Jansch' & listening to it, it is no surprise that it was heavily responsible for the elevation of his career & the beginning of his success. The tracks are tuneful, with a fluency throughout the album which is more than can be said for some of his later albums (though he has done about 25). As a previous reviewer has already said, there is a lot of his most famous tracks on this album & his influence on people like Neil Young, Jimmy page & various artists is plain to see. If you're interestedin getting into folk music & Bert Jansch, or you're already an experienced folk listener, this is an ideal album to buy.
Startling first album by a brilliantly innovative musician - By: , 01 Jul 2001 
This dates from 1965, & what a stir it caused then! Jnasch went on to work famously with John Renbourn & Pentangle, but this solo work is wonderful stuff. His guitar style is unique & accomplished, his songs,with exception of the 2 "protest" songs, which are a bit bum-clenchingin retrospect, are romantic & poignant. The album contains one or two of his most famous songs - Needle of death, Strollin' down the highway, & Ramblings gonna be the death of me", interspersed with dazzling little instrumentals like "Finches". It's bluesy, jazzy, & brilliant! A little walk down Memory Lane for those who spent their formative yearsin 1960s folk clubs, & a real treat for everyone.
