Solomon's Seal

Artist: Pentangle
Label: Castle Music UK
Category: Music

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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

EAN: 5050159155521
ASIN: B00006GO6Y

Release Date: 2003-10-30

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Tracks:

Sally Free And Easy
The Cherry Tree Carol
The Snows
High Germany
People On The Highway
Willy O Winsbury
No Love Is Sorrow
Jump Baby Jump
Lady Of Carlisle

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Customer Reviews:

Lost and Found.......2005-05-31

The Pentangle was an interesting mix of jazz, rock and folk music that had an almost Renisance period sound. Many of the songs they perform on this album are "traditional" folk songs. Interestingly, I got my first copy of the album from a top 40 radio station in Philadelphia. Times have changed.

While I am not particularly a fan of folk music, I always enjoyed this album because of its musical complexities and unusual style. My parents threw out my original copy after I graduated from college. For many years, I searched for this album on CD, but could not find it. Apparently, the master tapes had been lost. Luckily, several years ago I was able to find it on an extremely good piece of vinyl which appeard to have been virtually unplayed, and then "burned" it to CD. Now, they have finally released it on CD.

The Pentangle was formed by respected folk guitarists John Renbourn and Bert Jansch in the late '60s, and relies on the complex interplay of their usually accoustic axes. (The band was formed during a time that James Taylor called the "great folk music scare of the late '60s.") The band features hauntingly pure vocals by the talented Jacqui McShee. This was the sixth and final album by the original Pentangle band members. The album is roughly evenly divided between "traditional" folk songs and compositions by the band. The Pentangle does some "experimentation" using electric guitars and sitar. I highly recommend The Pentangle's first album, which is much jazzier, or Basket of Light on DVD-Audio. In my opinion, this album is not as good as as either of the other two albums, but still contains some fine traditional folk music and is worth having in a folk collection.

FINALLY!!!.......2005-01-26

I have been waiting for this music to become available again for....25 years?? My vinyl album wore out long ago but I have never forgotten the music -- it is truly in the "love it forever" category -- Willie O'Winsbury, Snows, Sally Free and Easy...Jacqui and Bert are brilliant. I am so happy to be able to hear/buy this again -- I'll be ordering several copies!

Jacqui Jacqui Jacqui .......2004-09-18

Try the Cherry Tree Carol and Willy O'Winsbury-the purest traditional voice ever-a nightingale pales...
Try this on a full moon snowy evening....

Great Pentangle.......2003-12-15

This is IMO a 'shouldn't miss' Pentangle album. It's true
it's not as 'jazz exploratory' as some of their early ones
(also all great-- SWEET CHILD is maybe my favorite folk album ever). It continues & in some ways intensifies the 'Appalachian' aspects of REFLECTION, but with slightly rawer sound (well, for Pentangle) & Bert Jansch is featured a bit more here. Jacqui MacShee's singing is terrific too. REFLECTION should also be rereleased-- but this is very welcome after 30 years of oblivion. Only minus-- I wish they'd added some 'alt. takes' or 'archival stuff' as album IS short. Don't be discouraged by some comments/reviews that the group was 'tired out' by this point--true they broke up soon after, but this has great energy I think.

lost classic restored.......2003-11-27

I do agree that this is one of their finest Lp's, and a great joy to have at long last on cd,this is generally regarded by most Pentangle fans as a return to form after the slightly dissapointing "Cruel Sister" and "Reflection" albums (the latter did come out on cd on Line records from Germany in the late 80'S ,but is long out of print).Fans are also well advised to check out the fantastic DVD "Captured Live" which catches the band on French Tv in 1972 performing many of "Solomons seal" tunes

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