Pentangle 'Reflection'
Mystical band name? Check. Voice of an angel? Check. Not one but two of the greatest finger-picking style guitarists the UK has ever produced? Double check. Pentangle had it all and their kaleidoscopic brand of folk rock really broke with the stuffy traditional 'folk purists' and went off in new and exciting directions. The five sides of the band really cook on this one. The interplay between Bert Jansch and John Renbourn is telepathic, Jacqui McShee's voice is as illuminating as ever, Danny Thompson plods erratically and jazzicly on upright bass whilst Terry Cox does things with his drums that sound like they should be easily replicated but really aren't. A good live version off French TV from 1972 shows the band in all their jumpered and greasy-locked finery
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