Sweet Child

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Field	Value
name	Sweet Child
type	studio
artist	Pentangle
cover	Sweetchild.png
released	1 November 1968
recorded	Royal Festival Hall, London,
29 June 1968 and
IBC Studios 1968
genre	Folk, folk rock, folk jazz
length	80:13
label	Transatlantic
producer	Shel Talmy
prev_title	The Pentangle
prev_year	1968
year	1968
next_title	Basket of Light
next_year	1969
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Background

One disk of the double album was recorded at Pentangle's live concert in the Royal Festival Hall, which took place on 29 June 1968; the other was recorded in the studio. The material is the most wide-ranging of Pentangle's albums, including folk songs, jazz classics, blues, early music and Pentangle's own compositions. The album cover was designed by Peter Blake, better-known for his design of The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album.

Reception

In his retrospective review for Allmusic, Matthew Greenwald called the album, "probably the most representative of their work... In all, Sweet Child is an awesome and delightful collection, and probably their finest hour."

Track listing

I. "Brentzel Gay" (Claude Gervaise; arranged by Renbourn and Cox)
II. "La Rotta" (Traditional; arranged by Renbourn and Cox)
III. "The Earle of Salisbury" (William Byrd) | extra7 = None | length7 = 4:57 | title8 = Watch the Stars | writer8 = Traditional; arranged by McShee and Renbourn | extra8 = Renbourn and McShee | length8 = 3:11 | title9 = So Early In the Spring | writer9 = Traditional; arranged by McShee | extra9 = McShee | length9 = 3:37 | title10 = No Exit | writer10 = Jansch, Renbourn | extra10 = None | length10 = 2:22 | title11 = The Time Has Come | writer11 = Anne Briggs | extra11 = McShee | length11 = 3:14 | title12 = Bruton Town | writer12 = Traditional; arranged by Cox, Jansch, McShee, Renbourn and Thompson | extra12 = McShee and Jansch | length12 = 6:27 | headline = CD bonus tracks | title13 = Hear My Call | length13 = 3:48 | title14 = Let No Man Steal Your Thyme | length14 = 2:59 | title15 = Bells | length15 = 4:45 | title16 = Travelling Song | length16 = 4:17 | title17 = Waltz | length17 = 6:00 | title18 = Way Behind the Sun | length18 = 2:59 | title19 = John Donne Song | length19 = 3:24 | headline = IBC Studios | extra_column = Lead vocals | title1 = Sweet Child | writer1 = Cox, Jansch, McShee, Renbourn, Thompson | extra1 = Jansch and McShee | length1 = 5:15 | title2 = I Loved a Lass | writer2 = Traditional; arranged by Cox, Jansch, McShee, Renbourn and Thompson | extra2 = Jansch | length2 = 2:44 | title3 = Three Part Thing | writer3 = Jansch, Renbourn, Thompson | extra3 = None | length3 = 2:29 | title4 = Sovay | writer4 = Traditional; arranged by Cox, Jansch, McShee, Renbourn and Thompson | extra4 = McShee | length4 = 2:51 | title5 = In Time | writer5 = Cox, Jansch, Renbourn, Thompson | extra5 = None | length5 = 5:09 | title6 = In Your Mind | writer6 = Cox, Jansch, McShee, Renbourn, Thompson | extra6 = Jansch | length6 = 2:16 | title7 = I've Got a Feeling | writer7 = Cox, Jansch, McShee, Renbourn, Thompson | extra7 = McShee | length7 = 4:29 | title8 = The Trees They Do Grow High | writer8 = Traditional; arranged by Cox, Jansch, McShee, Renbourn and Thompson | extra8 = McShee | length8 = 3:51 | title9 = Moon Dog | writer9 = Cox | extra9 = Cox | length9 = 2:44 | title10 = Hole in the Coal | writer10 = Ewan MacColl | extra10 = None | length10 = 5:23 | headline = CD bonus tracks | title11 = Hole in the Coal | note11 = alternate version | length11 = 2:44 | title12 = The Trees They Do Grow High | note12 = alternate version | length12 = 3:52 | title13 = Haitian Fight Song | note13 = studio version | length13 = 4:20 | title14 = In Time | note14 = alternate version | length14 = 4:40

Charts

::data[format=table] | Chart (1972) | Peak position | |---|---| | last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=232}} | 55 | ::

Personnel

;Pentangle

Jacqui McShee - vocals
Bert Jansch - acoustic guitar, vocals
John Renbourn - acoustic guitar, vocals
Danny Thompson - double bass
Terry Cox - drums, glockenspiel, vocals ;Technical
Peter Blake - design

Released versions

Sweet Child was originally released in the UK, as a double LP, on 1 November 1968 as Transatlantic TRA178. The US release, in the same year, was Reprise 2R56334. A CD version was released in 1992 as Line TACD9005. Some of the stage banter in the live section has been cut from this version. In 2001, a digitally remastered version was released as Castle CMDDD132, including several versions of some of the studio takes and some additional songs from the Festival Hall concert: "Hear my Call", "Let No Man Steal Your Thyme", "Bells", "Travelling Song", "Waltz", "Way Behind The Sun" and "Go and Catch a Falling Star".

References

[{{AllMusic
Von Tersch, Gary. (March 15, 1969). "Records". [[Rolling Stone (magazine).
Kent, David. (1993). "Australian Chart Book 1970–1992". Australian Chart Book.

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