Basket of Light is a 1969 album by the British folk rock group Pentangle. It reached no. 5 on the UK Albums Chart. The single "Light Flight", the theme from BBC1's first colour drama series Take Three Girls, reached no. 43 on the UK singles chart. Another single, "Once I Had a Sweetheart", reached no. 46.Pentangle UK chart history, The Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 27, 2012.
The liner notes state that "Springtime Promises" was written "after a ride on a number 74 bus from Gloucester Road to Greencroft Gardens on an early spring day".
Legacy The album was included in the books 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die and 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die.
Tracks
The album cover uses photographs of Pentangle's 1968 concert in the Royal Albert Hall. A note about the instrumentation states that "All the instruments played on this album are acoustic."
Personnel Pentangle Terry Cox – drums, glockenspiel, hand drum, vocals Bert Jansch – vocals, guitar; banjo on "House Carpenter" Jacqui McShee – vocals John Renbourn – vocals, guitar, sitar Danny Thompson – double bass Technical Shel Talmy – producer Damon Lyon-Shaw – engineer John Pantry – engineer
Released versions
Basket of Light was released as a UK LP in October 1969, as Transatlantic TRA2O5. The U.S. version, in the same year was Reprise R56372. The album was re-released as a digitally remastered CD in 2001, as Castle CMRCD207, which includes two alternate takes of "Sally Go 'Round the Roses" and the non-album B-sides: "Cold Mountain" and "I Saw an Angel".
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