John Renbourn
Sir John Alot Of Merrie Englandes Musyk Thyng & Ye Grene Knyghte (1968)
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Length:  37:54
    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 The Earle Of Salisbury    1:25
      2.  
      		 The Trees They Do Grow High    3:37
      3.  
      		 Lady Goes To Church    2:56
      4.  
      		 Morgana    7:30
      5.  
      		 Transfusion    2:02
      6.  
      		 Forty Eight    2:56
      7.  
      		 My Dear Boy    1:21
      8.  
      		 White Fishes    2:44
      9.  
      		 Sweet Potato    3:23
      10.  
      		 Seven up    3:50
      11.  
      		 The Earle Of Salisbury(Alternative Take 4)    1:23
      12.  
      		 Transfusion(Alternative Take 2)    1:59
      13.  
      		 Forty Eight(Alternative Take 1)    2:42
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      An instrumental album (originally called Sir John Alot of Merrie England) featuring Renbourn with his Pentangle bandmate Terry Cox on percussion and Ray Warleigh on flute. Originally released in England in 1968, the same year that Pentangle started to record, Sir John Alot was steeped largely in English folk music. Highlights include "The Trees They Do Grow High" (aka "Long A-Growing"), solo guitar miniatures such as "Lady Goes to Church," the epic "Morgana," with its sharply nuanced tempo and timbre changes, and the sprightly "My Dear Boy." Some parts of this album are surprisingly contemporary-sounding, such as the bluesy "Transformation," which sounds like "What'd I Say" transposed for acoustic guitar and African drums; "White Fishes," which veers dangerously close to quoting George Gershwin's "It Ain't Necessarily So" and Rodgers & Hammerstein's "My Favorite Things"; and "Sweet Potato," which sounds like a folk-rock song without words, even as Renbourn quotes "Satisfaction" at one point. [The U.K. release includes bonus tracks.]


      Tracks




      Title
      Composer
      Time

      1 The Earle of Salisbury Byrd 1:25
      2 The Trees They Do Grow High Traditional 3:37
      3 Lady Goes to Church Renbourn 2:56
      4 Morgana Renbourn 7:30
      5 Transfusion Lloyd 2:02
      6 Forty Eight Cox, Renbourn 2:56
      7 My Dear Boy Renbourn 1:21
      8 White Fishes Renbourn, Warleigh 2:44
      9 Sweet Potato Cropper, Jackson, Jones 3:23
      10 Seven Up Cox, Renbourn 3:50
      11 The Earle of Salisbury [#/*] Byrd 1:23
      12 Transfusion [#/*] Lloyd 1:59
      13 Forty Eight [#/*] Cox, Renbourn 2:42







      2002 CD Sanctuary 91597
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