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Sweet Child

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Sweet Child
Studio album by
Released1 November 1968
RecordedRoyal Festival Hall, London,
29 June 1968 and
IBC Studios 1968
GenreFolk, folk rock[1]
Length80:13
LabelTransatlantic
ProducerShel Talmy
Pentangle chronology
The Pentangle
(1968)
Sweet Child
(1968)
Basket of Light
(1969)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Rolling Stone(positive) [2]

Sweet Child is a 1968 double album by the British folk-rock band Pentangle: Terry Cox, Bert Jansch, Jacqui McShee, John Renbourn and Danny Thompson.

Background

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One disk of the double album was recorded at Pentangle's live concert in the Royal Festival Hall, which took place on 29 June 1968; the other was recorded in the studio. The material is the most wide-ranging of Pentangle's albums, including folk songs, jazz classics, blues, early music and Pentangle's own compositions. The album cover was designed by Peter Blake, better-known for his design of The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album.

Reception

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In his retrospective review for Allmusic, Matthew Greenwald called the album, "probably the most representative of their work... In all, Sweet Child is an awesome and delightful collection, and probably their finest hour."[1]

Track listing

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Royal Festival Hall
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Market Song"Terry Cox, Bert Jansch, Jacqui McShee, John Renbourn, Danny Thompson4:23
2."No More My Lord"Traditional; arranged by Cox, Jansch, McShee, Renbourn and Thompson4:05
3."Turn Your Money Green"Furry Lewis2:59
4."Haitian Fight Song"Charles Mingus3:52
5."A Woman Like You"Bert Jansch4:06
6."Goodbye Pork Pie Hat"Charles Mingus3:48
7."Three Dances
  • I. "Brentzel Gay" (Claude Gervaise; arranged by Renbourn and Cox)
  • II. "La Rotta" (Traditional; arranged by Renbourn and Cox)
  • III. "The Earle of Salisbury" (William Byrd)"
 4:57
8."Watch the Stars"Traditional; arranged by McShee and Renbourn3:11
9."So Early In the Spring"Traditional; arranged by McShee3:37
10."No Exit"Jansch, Renbourn2:22
11."The Time Has Come"Anne Briggs3:14
12."Bruton Town"Traditional; arranged by Cox, Jansch, McShee, Renbourn and Thompson6:27
CD bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Hear My Call"3:48
14."Let No Man Steal Your Thyme"2:59
15."Bells"4:45
16."Travelling Song"4:17
17."Waltz"6:00
18."Way Behind the Sun"2:59
19."John Donne Song"3:24
IBC Studios
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sweet Child"Cox, Jansch, McShee, Renbourn, Thompson5:15
2."I Loved a Lass"Traditional; arranged by Cox, Jansch, McShee, Renbourn and Thompson2:44
3."Three Part Thing"Jansch, Renbourn, Thompson2:29
4."Sovay"Traditional; arranged by Cox, Jansch, McShee, Renbourn and Thompson2:51
5."In Time"Cox, Jansch, Renbourn, Thompson5:09
6."In Your Mind"Cox, Jansch, McShee, Renbourn, Thompson2:16
7."I've Got a Feeling"Cox, Jansch, McShee, Renbourn, Thompson4:29
8."The Trees They Do Grow High"Traditional; arranged by Cox, Jansch, McShee, Renbourn and Thompson3:51
9."Moon Dog"Cox2:44
10."Hole in the Coal"Ewan MacColl5:23
CD bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Hole in the Coal" (alternate version)2:44
12."The Trees They Do Grow High" (alternate version)3:52
13."Haitian Fight Song" (studio version)4:20
14."In Time" (alternate version)4:40

Charts

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Chart (1972) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 55

Personnel

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Pentangle
Technical

Released versions

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Sweet Child was originally released in the UK, as a double LP, on 1 November 1968 as Transatlantic TRA178. The US release, in the same year, was Reprise 2R56334. A CD version was released in 1992 as Line TACD9005. Some of the stage banter in the live section has been cut from this version. In 2001, a digitally remastered version was released as Castle CMDDD132, including several versions of some of the studio takes and some additional songs from the Festival Hall concert: "Hear my Call", "Let No Man Steal Your Thyme", "Bells", "Travelling Song", "Waltz", "Way Behind The Sun" and "Go and Catch a Falling Star".

References

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  1. ^ a b c link
  2. ^ Von Tersch, Gary (15 March 1969). "Records". Rolling Stone. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 232. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.