1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die - 148. Pentangle - Basket Of Light (1969)

Pentangle - Basket Of Light (1969)
Label – Transatlantic
Producer – Shel Talmy
Art Direction – Diogenic Attempts
Nationality – UK
Running Time – 41:04

Track Listing (standout tracks listed in bold)

1. Light Flight
2. Once I Had A Sweetheart
3. Springtime Promises
4. Lyke Wake Dirge
5. Train Song
6. Hunting Song
7. Sally Go Round The Roses
8. Cuckoo
9. House Carpenter

Here is one of those bands that I had never heard of before, so didn’t know what to expect when I began playing, which can be exciting. Turns out they do traditional folk music. Not very exciting. Also there was actually very little to be found on the internet about this record.
Upon release this record did reach the Top Five in the U.K. largely on the basis of the single "Light Flight" (which made it to a respectable #43 in the charts) which was being used at the time as the theme from BBC1's first color drama series “Take Three Girls”.
It’s just not my kind of music, and I did not enjoy listening to this record one bit. No doubt these folks are talented and masters of their respective instruments, and if you like traditional folk music, you might wanna give it a listen, I however do NOT recommend this record.