live on air 1967-1969

• 2CD packed into a 6 panel digipack, UV gloss with an 8 page booklet
• Collection of live performances, broadcast on BBC radio
• Featuring Danny Thompson Trio w/ John McLaughlin, live in Session, November 1967
• Includes Brian Matthew interview with Jacqui McShee from 1970
• Full colour booklet with background liners and rare images
• Digitally remastered for greatly enhanced sound quality

Pentangle, including the Danny Thompson Trio with John McLaughlin, live on air 1967-1969

The high profile names of John Renbourn and Bert Jansch remain coveted enough to warrant excitement at any retrospective release, but combined with Danny Thompson and Jacqui McShee, this is a delightful insight into one of Britain's finest folk rock bands to emerge in the late '60s.

Pentangle's legacy lies in an abundance of fragile, acoustic wonder spanning six albums with Transatlantic and Reprise Records from 1968 to 1972. Between the studio, television and festival appearances, Pentangle visited venues such as the Playhouse Theatre and Paris Theatre for the BBC.

These pristine sessions reveal a valuable insight into the creative mindset directing the band in their heyday. Prominently featured here are the only known recordings of Danny Thompson with John McLaughlin and Tony Roberts from 1967 that would provide a vital bridge to the formation of Pentangle.

London Calling proudly presents the Pentangle and associates, live in session from London, 1967-1969 and includes an interview with Jacqui McShee.

Track Listing:

Disc One

1967

DANNY THOMPSON TRIO W/JOHN MCLAUGHLIN IN SESSION, NOVEMBER

• Stratosfunk
• Band Intro
• Mutiny On The Light
• Mysterianimoso
• Spectrum Plectrum
• Eighty-One
• Gotta Go Fishing

Danny Thompson - bass

John McLaughlin - guitar

Tony Roberts - tenor sax, flute & bass clarinet

1967

PENTANGLE

TOP GEAR, 3RD NOVEMBER

• Sweet Child

TOP OF THE POPS, 22ND NOVEMBER

• In Your Mind
• I Loved A Lass
• Sovay

Disc Two

1968

JACQUI MCSHEE & JOHN RENBOURN, NIGHT RIDE, 12TH DECEMBER

• Watch The Stars
• Crying Some Time
• Every Night When The Sun Goes In

1969

PENTANGLE

TOP GEAR, 18TH MAY

• Once I Had A Sweetheart
• Hunting Song

TOP OF THE POPS, 13TH JUNE

• Sally Go Round The Roses
• Bruton Town (w/ interview)

TOP GEAR, 29TH JUNE

• I Got A Feeling
• Hunting Song

TOP OF THE POPS, 18TH JULY

• Cold Mountain
• I'm Lonely I'm Lost

1970

TOP OF THE POPS, 24TH APRIL

• Brian Matthew interviews Jacqui McShee