The Pentangle Basket of Light (Orange)

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December 6, 2024
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Basket of Light is a 1969 album by the folk rock group Pentangle. It reached no. 5 on the UK Albums Chart. A single from the album, "Light Flight", the theme from BBC1's first color drama series Take Three Girls, reached no. 43 on the UK Singles Chart. Another single from the album, "Once I Had a Sweetheart", reached no. 46 in the charts.The album's 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".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." Pressed on 180 gram orange vinyl.

Tracklist:
  • 1. Light Flight (Theme from "Take Three Girls")
  • 2. Once I Had a Sweetheart
  • 3. Springtime Promises
  • 4. Lyke-Wake Dirge
  • 5. Train Song
  • 6. Hunting Song
  • 7. Sally Go Round the Roses
  • 8. the Cuckoo
  • 9. House Carpenter