Bert Jansch (born 1943)
Scots acoustic guitarist and singer, playing songs and instrumentals, both traditional
and contemporary. Also influenced by blues and jazz.
(Bert has also recorded with Pentangle and Donovan)
Albums.
| Title. | year. | Label. | Number.
|
|---|
| Young Man Blues: Live In Glasgow 1962-64 (*) | 1964 | Big
Beat | CDWIKD 182
|
| [Reissue] | 1998 |
Chiswick | |
| Bert Jansch | 1965 | Transatlantic | TRA
125
|
| [Reissue] | 1980 | Transatlantic | TRS
117
|
| [Reissue] | 1988 | Transatlantic/
Demon | TRANDEM1
|
| [Reissue] (CD) | 2001 | Castle | CMRCD
204
|
| [Reissue] (Vinyl) | 2003 | | |
| It Don't Bother Me | 1965 | Transatlantic | TRA
132
|
| [Reissue as "Early Bert"] | 1976 | Xtra | XTRA
1163
|
| [Reissue] | 1993 | Transatlantic/Demon | TDEMCD
304
|
| [Reissue] | 2001 |
Castle | |
| Jack Orion | 1966 | Transatlantic | TRA
143
|
| [Reissue] | 1970 |
Vanguard | VSD-6544 |
| [Reissue as "Early Bert vol 2"] | 1976 | Xtra | XTRA
1164
|
| [Reissue] | 1991 |
Vanguard | VMD 6544 |
| [Reissue] (CD) | 2001 | Castle | CMRCD
304
|
| [Reissue] (Vinyl) | 2003 |
Earmark | 42007 |
| Nicola | 1967 | Transatlantic | TRA
157
|
| [Reissue as "Early Bert vol 3"] | 1976 | Xtra | XTRA
1165
|
| [Reissue] | 2002 |
Castle | |
| Birthday Blues | 1969 | Transatlantic | TRA
179
|
| [Reissue] | 2001 |
Castle | |
| Rosemary Lane | 1971 | Transatlantic | TRA
235
|
| [Reissued as "Early Bert vol 4"] | 1977 | Xtra | XTRA
1170
|
| [Reissue] | 1971 |
Reprise | RS 6455 |
| [Reissue] | 1994 | Transatlantic/Line | TACD
9.007840
|
| [Reissue] | 1998 | Wooded
Hill | HILLCD 2
|
| [Reissue] | 2001 |
Earmark | 42018 |
| Moonshine | 1973 |
Reprise | K44225 |
| [Reissue] | 2001 |
Castle | |
| LA Turnaround
(Vinyl) | 1974 |
Charisma | CAS 1090
|
| [Reissued with bonus tracks] (CD) (**) |
2009 |
EMI | CASDX1090 |
|
[Reissued] (Vinyl) | 2009 |
Drag City | DC413 |
| Santa Barbara Honeymoon | 1975 |
Charisma | CAS 1107
|
| [Reissue] | 2009 |
EMI | 5099996486429 |
| Poor Mouth | 1976 |
Exlibris | EXL 20011 |
| A Rare Conundrum | 1977 |
Kicking Mule | 302
|
| [Reissue] | 1977 |
Charisma | CAS 1127 |
| [Reissue]
(CD) | 2009 |
EMI | 5099996486528 |
| [Reissue]
(Vinyl) | 2009 |
Drag City | DC415 |
| Avocet | 1979 |
Ex Libris | EXL30.005
|
| [Reissue] | 1979 |
Charisma | Class 6 |
| [Reissue] |
1980 | Kicking Mule |
KM310 |
| [Reissue] | 2003 |
Castle | CMQCD763 |
| Heartbreak | 1982 |
Logo | GOL 1035
|
| From The Outside | 1985 |
Konnexion | KOMA 788006
|
| [Reissue] | 1993 |
Hypertension | 8 |
| [Reissue] | 2001 |
Castle | |
| Strolling Down The Highway | 1986 | |
|
| Leather Launderette | 1988 |
Black Crow | CRO 218
|
| The Ornament Tree | 1990 |
Run River | RRA 0012
|
| Sketches | 1990 |
Temple | TP 035
|
| [Reissue] | 2007 |
Temple | |
| When the Circus Comes To Town | 1995 |
Cooking Vinyl | COOK CD 092
|
| [Reissue] | 2000 |
Cooking Vinyl | |
| Live At The Twelve Bar | 1996 |
Jansch Records | BJCD002
|
| Toy Balloon | 1998 |
Cooking Vinyl | COOK CD 139
|
| Crimson Moon | 2000 |
When! (Castle Communications) |
WENCD211
|
| Edge of A Dream | 2002 | Sanctuary | SANCD136
|
| Black Swan | 2006 | Sanctuary | SANCD430 |
|
[Reissue] | 2006 |
Drag City | DC325 |
(* released 1998)
(** This is an ECD - Enhanced CD, with 13 minutes of video)
Multi-volume Albums.
| Title
| Year.
| Label.
| number.
|
| Bert Jansch/ It Don't Bother Me | 1996
| Essential | ? |
Live Albums.
| Title. | year. | Label. | number.
|
|---|
| Radio 1 Live In Concert (1980 - 82) | 1993 |
Windsong | WINCD 039
|
| Live at the Foret | 1980 |
Nippon Columbia | YX7273AK |
| Radio 1 Live In Concert (1980 - 82) | 1993 |
Windsong | WINCD 039 |
| Live in Australia | 2001 |
Castle | |
| As Sweet As a Sunday Morning (*) |
2007 | Mooncrest | ? |
|
The River Sessions (**) | 2007 |
River | |
(* Live concert 2006)
(** Live at City Hall Glasgow, 1974)
Collaboration - Bert Jansch and John Renbourn.
| Title | year. | Label. | Number.
|
|---|
| Bert and John | 1966 | Transatlantic | TRA
144
|
| [Reissue] | 2001 |
Castle | |
Collaboration - John Renbourn and Bert Jansch.
| Title | year. | Label. | Number.
|
|---|
| After The Dance | 1992 | |
|
Collaboration - Bert Jansch and Conundrum.
| Title | year. | Label. | Number.
|
|---|
| Thirteen Down | 1980 |
Sonet | SNKF 162
|
Collaboration - Loren Auerbach and Bert Jansch.
| Title | year. | Label. | Number.
|
|---|
| After the Long Night | 2002 |
Castle | ? |
Various artists - Bert Jansch, Dougie McLean, Cara Dillon, Roy Harper, Steve
Ashley, Gordon Giltrap, Andy Irvine and Fairport Convention.
| Title.
| year.
| Label.
| No.
|
|---|
| The Wildlife Album
| 2005
| Market Square
|
|
Various artists - Bert Jansch, Richard Thompson, Anne Briggs, Liam O'Flynn
and Karine Polwart.
| Title.
| year.
| Label.
| No.
|
| The Wildlife Album vol 2 [Live in Hope]
| 2006
|
|
|
Anthology - Dave Mattacks, Dave Pegg, Chris Leslie, Phil Beer, Rick Sanders,
Bert Jansch.
| Title.
| year.
| Label.
| no
|
| Master Craftsman
| 2002
|
|
|
Anthology - Various artists including Bert Jansch, Rod Clements, Dick Gaughan,
Ray Jackson et al.
| Title. | year. | Label. | No.
|
|---|
| Woody Lives (A Tribute to Woody Guthrie) |
1987 | Black Crow |
CRO 127 |
Compilations.
| Title. | year. | Label. | Number.
|
|---|
| Lucky Thirteen | 1966 | Vanguard | VSD
97212
|
| Stepping Stones | 1969 | Vanguard | VMD
6506
|
| The Bert Jansch Sampler | 1969 |
Transatlantic |
|
| Box Of Love - Bert Jansch Sampler Vol 2 | 1972 |
Transatlantic |
|
| Anthology | 1978 | Transatlantic | MTRA
2007
|
| Best Of Bert Jansch | 1980 | Transatlantic | TRA
333
|
| Essential Collection vol 1 | 1987 | |
|
| Essential Collection vol 2 | 1987 | |
|
| Best of Bert Jansch | 1992 | Shanachie | SHANCD
99004
|
| Gardener: Essential 1965-1971 | 1992 | Transatlantic/Demon | TDEMCD
9
|
| Blackwater Side | 1998 | |
|
| Dazzling Stranger: Anthology | 2000 |
Castle |
|
| Downunder: Live in Australia | 2001 |
Castle | CMRCD022
|
| An Introduction to Bert Jansch | 2002 | |
|
| The Collection | 1995 |
Castle |
|
| Running For Home | 2003 | |
|
| Legend: The Classic Recordings |
2003 | Metro | |
Tribute album - various artists.
| Title.
| year.
| Label.
| Number.
|
| People on the Highway: A Bert Jansch Encomion
| 2000
|
|
|
| [Reissue] | 2007 |
Market Square | |
Best Albums(*).
| Title. | year. |
|---|
| Bert Jansch |
1965 |
| Moonshine | 1973 |
| Jack Orion | 1966 |
| Rosemary Lane |
1971 |
| Dazzling Stranger: Anthology |
2000 |
| Birthday Blues |
1969 |
|
Legend | 2003 |
(*)Based on critical opinion.
Singles.
| Title.
| year.
| Label.
| Number |
| Needle of Death (EP)
| 1966
| Transatlantic | TRA EP 145 |
| Life Depends on Love/ A Little Sweet Sunshine
| 1967
| Transatlantic | BIG 102 |
| Oh My Father/ The First time Ever I Saw Your Face
| 1973
| Reprise | K44234 |
| In the Bleak Midwinter/ One For Jo
| 1974
| Charisma | CB240 |
| Dance Lady Dance/ Build Another Band
| 1975
| Charisma | CD 267 |
| Black Birds of Britanny | 1978 |
Streetsong | Streetsong 1 |
| Time and Time/ Una Linea Di Dolcezza
| 1980
| Sonet | SOK44 |
| [Reissue] | 1980 |
Kicking Mule | SCK44 |
| Heartbreak Hotel/ Up To The Stars
| 1982
| Logo | GO 409 |
| On the Edge of a Dream/ Up To The Stars |
1982 | Sanctuary |
SANXD185 |
DVDs.
| Title
| year.
| Label.
|
| As Sweet As a Sunday Morning (*) | 2007
|
|
(* Live concert 2006)
Popular downloads.
| Title. |
|---|
| Needle of Death |
|
Angie |
|
In The Bleak Midwinter |
|
Blackwater Side |
| A Woman Like You |
|
Courting Blues |
| The Black Swan |
|
Strolling Down the Highway |
|
Alice's Wonderland |
Album tracks.
Edge of a Dream Running time: 40 minutes 49 seconds. Recorded and
released in 2002. Bert Jansch (vocal, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass
guitar), Bernard Butler (electric guitar on 1 and 5, keyboards on 8), Adam
Jansch (bass guitar on 1 and 9), Makoto Sakamoto (drums on 1 and 3), Hope
Sandoval (vocals on 2), Colm O'Ciosoig (drums on 2), Dave Swarbrick (violin on 4
and 7), Johnny 'Guitar' Hodge (Spanish guitar on 5), Loren Jansch (vocals
on 9), Paul Wassif (slide guitar on 10), Ralph McTell (harmonica on 11).
Produced, engineered and mixed by Bert Jansch. Adam Jansch is the son of Bert Jansch. The liner notes give the words to all the songs. "Gypsy Dave"
is dedicated to Dave Swarbrick.
|
Title.
|
Author.
|
| 1. On the Edge of a Dream
| Bert Jansch
|
| 2. All this Remains
| Jansch/ Hope Sandoval
|
| 3. What is On Your Mind
| Bert Jansch
|
| 4. Sweet Death
| Bert Jansch
|
| 5. I Cannot Keep From Crying
| Trad
|
| 6. La Luna
| Johnny 'Guitar' Hodges
|
| 7. Gypsy Dave (instr)
| Bert Jansch
|
| 8. Walking this Road
| Bert Jansch
|
| 9. The Quiet Joys of Brotherhood
| Trad
|
| 10. Black Cat Blues (instr)
| Bert Jansch
|
| 11. Bright Sunny Morning
| Bert Jansch
|
Websites
www.folkblues.co.uk/discographyjansch.html
Last updated on 08/12/2010