- folk
- 32 min
- 8 tracks
- Transatlantic Records
Jack Orion is the third album by Scottish folk musician Bert Jansch, released in 1966. It contains a number of traditional songs, including the epic "Jack Orion": a ten-minute adaptation of the Child ballad "Glasgerion" which tells of a court fiddler's attempt to seduce a countess and his servant's treachery in successfully impersonating him.
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Character-led, grave, intimate and spare.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
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Tracks
- A1The Waggoner’s Lad3:25
- A2The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face1:41
- A3Jack Orion9:46
- B1The Gardener1:43
- B2Nottamun Town4:34
- B3Henry Martin3:11
- B4Blackwaterside3:44
- B5Pretty Polly4:00
8 tracks, 32 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Bert Jansch
- Label
- Transatlantic Records
- Released
- 1966-09
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- GB
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