SIDE A
1. LIGHT FLIGHT
2. ONCE I HAD A SWEETHEART
3. SPRINGTIME PROMISES
4. LYKE-WAKE DIRGE
5. TRAIN SONG
SIDE B
1. HUNTING SONG
2. SALLY GO ROUND THE ROSES
3. THE CUCKOO
4. HOUSE CARPENTER
Basket of Light is the most progressive and complex release by the British folk-rock group Pentangle. Traditional English folk songs are reinterpreted with a mix of jazz, pop and rock influences. Everything their previous works promised is fulfilled here. The album opener “Light Flight” has become their signature song. If there is a prog folk masterpiece then it is Basket Of Light. Pentangle proved they could release a progressive, ground-breaking work without keyboards, much studio trickery or even electric instruments.
The original Pentangle was active in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The original line-up includes Bert Jansch (vocals & guitar) and John Renbourn (vocals & guitar).
1. LIGHT FLIGHT
2. ONCE I HAD A SWEETHEART
3. SPRINGTIME PROMISES
4. LYKE-WAKE DIRGE
5. TRAIN SONG
SIDE B
1. HUNTING SONG
2. SALLY GO ROUND THE ROSES
3. THE CUCKOO
4. HOUSE CARPENTER
Basket of Light is the most progressive and complex release by the British folk-rock group Pentangle. Traditional English folk songs are reinterpreted with a mix of jazz, pop and rock influences. Everything their previous works promised is fulfilled here. The album opener “Light Flight” has become their signature song. If there is a prog folk masterpiece then it is Basket Of Light. Pentangle proved they could release a progressive, ground-breaking work without keyboards, much studio trickery or even electric instruments.
The original Pentangle was active in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The original line-up includes Bert Jansch (vocals & guitar) and John Renbourn (vocals & guitar).