Happy Birthday–February 1

#NP: #NowPlaying:

Richard Barbieri - 'Stranger Inside' (2008)

This #RichardBarbieri solo album is a bit more rhythmic and accessible, but also full of experimental, proggy, electronic, atmospheric and dark instrumentals. Features #DannyThompson and #GavinHarrison. Intruiging. #Japanthon

John Martyn & Danny Thompson – Couldn’t Love You More

https://wgom.org/2025/11/30/john-martyn-danny-thompson-couldnt-love-you-more/

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.

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.

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." - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c7wiiUDg4k&list=PL659Ne511y7CPrNxN_Jqh2ZOoOZkiiGkS&index=1

#Pentangle #TerryCox #BertJansch, #JacquiMcShee #JohnRenbourn #DannyThompson #PeterBlake #folkrock #folk #jazz #music

John Martyn - Solid Air

Danny Thompson, who played bass on this album—as well as lots of others—died last week.

I saw Martyn live in 1985, at one of those free festivals put on by the GLC, when they were using up all the money before being disbanded by Thatcher. I think he was a bit lost on me at the time. I was waiting for Gil Scott-Heron to come on. I wish I'd appreciated it more, but there you go. Looking at the setlist, it would've been great.

I probably don’t need to say what a fine album this is.

There's a rather good docco about Martyn made by the BBC, Johnny Too Bad, which is well worth a watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0DVynJD4jE&t=4s(it's on YouTube) It might be time to give it another watch.

#NowPlaying
#Vinyl
#JohnMartyn
#SolidAir
#DannyThompson
#Folk
#Music

¡Nuevo episodio de Vinilos e Historia ya disponible!
Hoy rendimos homenaje a la inigualable leyenda del bajo acústico, Danny Thompson, a través de una de sus obras maestras: el revolucionario doble álbum Sweet Child de The Pentangle (1968).
Este disco no es solo folk; es una clase magistral de folk-jazz-blues donde el contrabajo de Thompson, conocido cariñosamente como Victoria, se convierte en la voz principal. Descubre cómo The Pentangle fusionó la tradición británica con la improvisación del jazz en un álbum imprescindible.
Dale al play para un viaje a la historia de la música.
MIRA EL EPISODIO COMPLETO AQUÍ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrpncCFZ0CY

#ThePentangle #DannyThompson #FolkJazz #HistoriaDeLaMusica #VinilosEHistoria #musicabritanica #history #histodons