Bert At The BBC 4LP Boxset

Bert At the BBC is a comprehensive collection of Janschs appearances at the BBC, featuring over eight hours of rare and unreleased recordings, including liveonair spots, studio sessions and full concerts straight from the BBC vaults, delving further into this legendary performers canon. Bert Jansch was the very essence of folk music, providing inspiration for everyone from Paul Simon and Neil Young to Led Zeppelin and countless folk revivalists. This unparalleled limitededition compendium is available as a 4xLP and 8xCD set, housed in a coffeetable book set with a lavish 40page book tracing the recordings from Berts earliest moments at the BBC. It includes interviews and insights from Lauren Laverne, Jools Holland, Johnny Marr, Jacqui McShee, Bob Harris, Bernard Butler, Mark Radcliffe and many more. Twenty broadcasters, producers and collaborators contribute at length to the booklet, with great affection for this gentle, maverick genius. Berts BBC legacy remains the most significant and exciting untapped reservoir of his music. The undeniable advantage of recordings made for broadcast is that they were, by their nature, created for public consumption and, barring liveonair appearances which might go well or go badly, but were going out either way were explicitly signedoff by the artist as representations of his art that were good enough to be heard. The set is compiled by Colin Harper, author of Dazzling Stranger Bert Jansch and the British folk and blues revival Bloomsbury, 2000, who contributes detailed liner notes to the package. The release is mastered by IFTA awardwinning engineer Cormac OKane. The vinyl release features 48 tracks on LP and is accompanied by a download card with over six hours of extras spanning 19662009, including BBC4s St Lukes concert 2003, and a complete Queens Hall, Edinburgh concert 2004 for BBC Radio Scotland. It is also available as a special 8xCD set containing all 147 tracks and encased within a coffeetable book. Bert Jansch At The BBC is an epic and enduring trail, 45 years in the making.