Sketches (album)

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Sketches
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1990 in Germany
Recorded1990
StudioO-Ton/Ougenweide Studio, Hamburg
Genre Folk
Length46:58
Label Hypertension
Producer Danny Thompson, Bert Jansch and Peter Kirtley
Bert Jansch chronology
Leather Launderette
(1989)
Sketches
(1990)
The Ornament Tree
(1990)
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Sketches is the 17th album by Scottish folk musician Bert Jansch, released virtually simultaneously with another album, The Ornament Tree . [2]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by Bert Jansch; except where indicated

  1. "Ring-A-Ding Bird" - 3:53
  2. "One For Jo" - 2:53
  3. "Poison" - 3:41
  4. "The Old Routine" - 3:22
  5. "Needle of Death" - 3:52
  6. "Oh My Father" - 3:13
  7. "Running, Running From Home" - 2:58
  8. "Afterwards" (Peter Kirtley) - 3:34
  9. "Can't Hide Love" - 3:53
  10. "Moonshine" - 3:32
  11. "A Woman Like You" - 3:44
  12. "A Windy Day" - 6:05
  13. "As The Day Grows Longer Now" - 2:18

Personnel

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. "Bert Jansch website". Archived from the original on 2008-12-05. Retrieved 2008-11-25.