Bert Jansch, Living in the Shadows

LP Earth Records 2016  (EARTH LP014)

Quattro LPs rimasterizzati da Brian Pyle e pubblcati anche in versione CD. L'idea  è stata concepita da James Nicholls con l'appoggio di Adam Jansch, fratello di Bert,  e della Bert Jansch Foundation. I primi tre dischi  ripropongono rispettivamente gli album "The Ornament Tree" (1990),  "When the Circus  Come to Town" (1995) e "Toy Balloon" (1998). Molto interessante è il quarto e ultimo disco che contiene demos, outtakes e esoprattutto "unreleased", pezzi che come "Merry Priest" non erano mai stati  pubblicati né suonati dal vivo.

Disc 1: THE ORNAMENT TREE - originally released 1990
1.The Ornament Tree (Bonny Portmore) – 2.The Banks O'Sicily – 3.The Rambling Boys Of Pleasure – 4.The Rocky Road To Dublin – 5.Three Dreamers – 6.The Mountain Streams – 7.The Blackbirds Of Mullamore – 8.Ladyfair – 9.The Road Tae Dundee – 10.Tramps And Hawkers – 11.The January Man – 12.Dobbin's Flowery Vale

Disc 2: WHEN THE CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN - originally released 1995
1.Walk Quietly By – 2.Open Road – 3.Back Home – 4.No-One Around – 5.Step Back – 6.When the Circus Comes to Town – 7.Summer Heat – 8.Just a Dream – 9.The Lady Doctor from Ashington – 10.Stealing the Night Away – 11.Honey Don't You Understand – 12.Born with the Blues – 13.Morning Brings Peace of Mind – 14.Living in the Shadows

Disc 3: TOY BALLOON - originally released 1998
1.Carnival – 2.She Moved Through the Fair – 3.All I Got – 4.Bett's Dance – 5.Toy Balloon – 6.Waitin' and Wonderin' – 7.Hey Doc – 8.Sweet Talking Lady – 9.Paper Houses – 10.Born and Bred in Old Ireland – 11.How It All Came Down – 12.Just a Simple Soul

Disc 4: PICKING UP THE LEAVES - previously unreleased demos and recordings