THE PENTANGLE
Pop/Art Song/Folk • United Kingdom
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Pentangle grew out of a series of weekly sessions held at the Horseshoe Inn, Tottenham Court Road in 1967, featuring guitarists Bert Jansch and John Renbourn accompanied by bassist Danny Thompson, drummer Terry Cox and vocalist Jacqui McShee. They expanded the guitar explorations of Jansch and Renbourn into a "folk-jazz" style, winning critical acclaim and an appreciative audience. With the aid of their aggressive manager, Jo Lustig, they made a number of successful LPs, recorded many sessions for radio and TV, performed in large concert halls and toured internationally until splitting in 1973. To the general public, they were most notable for providing the theme music to Take Three Girls, the BBC's first drama series to be broadcast in colour; Light Flight, from the LP Basket Of Light (released as a single, it narrowly missed the UK Top 40, but the album went into the top 5).
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Reflection
Pop/Art Song/Folk
1971
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