Jack Orion
1966 studio album by Bert Jansch
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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. A number of songs are performed with friend and fellow guitarist John Renbourn, who would later join him in the group Pentangle. "The Waggoner’s Lad" has Jansch unusually playing the banjo with Renbourn supplying the guitar part.
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| Released | September 1966 (UK) | |||
| Recorded | c. early summer 1966 | |||
| Studio | 5 North Villas, Camden, London | |||
| Genre | Folk | |||
| Length | 44:30 | |||
| Label | Transatlantic | |||
| Producer | Bill Leader | |||
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Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "The Waggoner's Lad" (instrumental) | traditional | 3:32 |
| 2. | "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" | Ewan McColl; instrumental arranged by Bert Jansch | 1:45 |
| 3. | "Jack Orion" | traditional | 9:50 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "The Gardener" | traditional | 1:40 |
| 2. | "Nottamun Town" | traditional | 4:30 |
| 3. | "Henry Martin" | traditional | 3:17 |
| 4. | "Blackwaterside" | traditional | 3:49 |
| 5. | "Pretty Polly" | traditional | 4:07 |
Additional Personnel John Renbourn - guitar on 1, 3, 6 & 8
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Waggoner's Lad" | traditional | 3:32 |
| 2. | "Blackwaterside" | traditional | 3:49 |
| 3. | "The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face" | Ewan McColl | 1:45 |
| 4. | "900 Miles" (from It Don't Bother Me UK release) | traditional | 3:08 |
| 5. | "The Gardener" | traditional | 1:40 |
| 6. | "Pretty Polly" | traditional | 4:07 |
| 7. | "Nottamun Town" | traditional | 4:30 |
| 8. | "Henry Martin" | traditional | 3:17 |
| 9. | "Jack Orion" | traditional | 9:50 |
