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Track Listings

1	Walk Quietly By
2	Open Road
3	Back Home
4	No-One Around
5	Step Back
6	When The Circus Comes To Town
7	Summer Heat
8	Just A Dream
9	The Lady Doctor From Ashington
10	Stealing The Night Away
11	Honey Don't You Understand
12	Born With The Blues
13	Morning Brings Peace Of Mind
14	Living In The Shadows

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When they get to listing the pantheon of folk music gods, Bert Jansch's name will be near the top of the roll call. For more than 30 years, he's shown just how good he can be, working solo or, for a long time, with Pentangle. On his first album in five years, he manages to add handily to the legend. His blues are deep indigo, and his instrumental work understated in its brilliance. He doesn't need to be flashy; he's got nothing to prove to anybody. It may have taken quite a while, but this is the sound of a man who's finally found peace with himself. If that comes off as more psychotherapy than music, don't be worried, it doesn't sound that way. What you'll hear are great songs, tasty finger picking, and the continuation of a wonderful career. --Chris Nickson

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Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.54 x 0.38 x 4.97 inches; 3.2 Ounces
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Imports
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ January 25, 2007
Label ‏ : ‎ Imports
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00000020C
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ United Kingdom
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

Best Sellers Rank: #317,859 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #566 in British Folk
- #4,580 in Traditional Folk (CDs & Vinyl)
- #5,738 in Folk Rock (CDs & Vinyl)

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Merrill Hess

An obscure gem that belongs in every Bert fan's library

Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2012

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I've been following Jansch since I discovered Pentangle the year they broke up in the early '70s, but I never knew about this release until last year (2011). It was a limited release originally and apparently not well promoted. However, this ranks with the best of his works. You can tell Bert poured his whole heart into the compositions. The songs are highly inventive, yet relaxed and natural. They are some of the richest of his career. While it has a cool slow-strolling jazz sound, you actually feel the humidity in the Summer Heat. Walk Quietly By is a sweet observation of an old man's life, with Bert's classic hint of nostalgia that never becomes cloying. No One Around has a classy blues swing. Born With The Blues goes back to Bert's spare, pure vocal/guitar blues days and would fit very well (along with Open Road) on one of his early albums. Morning Brings Peace of Mind could easily be an early work, having a melodic resemblance to Sally Free and Easy. The title song and Stealing the Night Away stand out with a drive unlike his other songs. The weak point is the throwaway, Honey, Don't You Understand. It is too cloying with its simplistic melody - fine if it were a children's song, but not here. It is much too out-of-step on a disc that includes such passionate soul-searchers like Living In The Shadows and Step Back.

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Mark Fleischmann

One of his three best overall, along with the untitled debut and the ...

Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2018

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The songwriting, playing, and production are all top notch. One of his three best overall, along with the untitled debut and the folk explorations of Rosemary Lane.

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Steve Gee

Stick with the classics.

Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2014

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Another typically pedestrian later day Jansch album. Stick with the classics.

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R Koch

Bert Jansch, mellowed with age.

Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2022

Very mellow and chill album, ranks among the best Bert Jansch has recorded. Lovely new tunes, with good production.

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FINE ALBUM

Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2011

After scanning albums for a while here on Amazon, it looks like Yes, Led Zep, Pink Floyd and their ilk have several million reviews and comments. Seems pretty quiet over in the Jansch area. But I go there on occasion and like what I find. I have some of his early lps and a few on disc and a Pentangle here and there. While my history with this stuff appears to be long, it might not be "purist" deep. I don't get hung up on any one record or genre and I listen to lots of things. Even Charles Ives or Paganini. On several forays into died-in-the-wool-folk clubs I ordered the wrong drink and felt I had to leave. So dilettante that I may be--I like this record. This is kind of a gem. The warmth and personality come through first. Jansch is obviously a fine acoustic guitarist and the stuff going on underneath the vocal is quite intriguing. Like Kottke, the vocal sort of belongs to the guy playing so it's part of the deal. Emotive, perhaps is descriptive enough. The songs might be contemporary versions of music from way back in the tradition--worthwhile from several angles. Walk Quietly By comes in quietly. Open Road, likewise. Meditative way to begin the disc. Simple accompaniment shows up throughout the proceedings. Drums and bass on the title tune, sax intro on Summer Heat. Perfect setting by the way. Very pretty guitar on The Lady Doctor From Ashington. Back up with Stealing the Night Away--one of my favorites here. Electric slide playing has just the right strength. Further along, Born With the Blues carries his career-long trademark sound. Morning Brings Peace of Mind with light touch guitar and backing strings then leads to the program's final song--Living In the Shadows. "For the whole damned world to see." Guitar, bass, drums and sax. And words of wisdom.

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frits barth

The stunning comeback of Bert Jansch!

Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2002

The nineties appeared to be the resurrection years of Bert Jansch. 'The Ornament Tree'(1990), a tasteful rendition of Scottish folksongs, was the start and 'When The Circus Comes To Town' (1995) is his masterpiece of this era. Strong lyrics, beautiful melodies, his wonderful guitarplaying. Bert is back in town again!
Songs like 'Stealing the night away', 'Morning brings peace of mind', 'Just a dream' make it completely obvious: Bert Jansch was and still is one of the greatest singer/songwriters we ever had on this planet!
A remarkable aspect: The bluesy 'No-one around', written by Janie Romer and the only song not penned by Jansch on this album, is the highlight of 'Circus...'.
'Circus...' has got a quality similar to albums such as 'Rosemary Lane'(1971), 'L.A. Turnaround (1974) and 'A Rare Conundrum' (1977).

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Jansch Only Gets Better With Age

Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2001

Thirty years after his debut, Bert Jansch shows that this Scottish folk singer/guitarist/songwriter only gets better with age. On this collection of mostly originals ("No-One Around" is the lone exception), Jansch utilizes other musicians with a fiddle here ("Step Back") or a saxophone there ("Summer Heat"), but each song showcases Jansch's own warm vocals and understated guitar work, especially lovely is the instrumental "The Lady Doctor from Ashington." Not only is this Jansch's best album of the Nineties, it's quite simply one of the best albums of his career. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

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KaleHawkwood

Bert's best?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 2, 2011

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Bert Jansch has one of the sleepiest, slurriest, most melancholy voices in all music. He could sing Bring Me Sunshine and find the shadows in it, or a hymn of praise and still sound more like Doubting Thomas. He makes Randy Newman or Nick Drake sound like bushy-tailed optimists.
I love Bert Jansch's voice.
I can't claim to have heard all BJ's albums, though I know most of them, but to my mind this is, excepting one or two of his very early efforts, his best work. Each and every song registers, stays with you after only one or two hearings, and sounds like an old friend from then on. I've always had the feeling, since I bought it in 1995 on its release, that BJ put his whole heart into this collection of songs.
I can't pick favourite tracks, they're all great songs. Bert has always allowed the music, and that laconic, after-hours voice, to do the talking, which they do here with style, wit and a stream of melody almost embarrassing in its richness.
Oh, and boy can he play the guitar!
If you're looking for an unassuming, wholly likeable, musically inventive, lyrically strong set of delightful folk-tinged songs - let me assure you, the circus has very definitely come to town.
I've been playing this at around the same time as Paul McCartney's glorious album, also from the mid-70s, Flaming Pie. They have more in common than you might think. Two guys obviously mightily inspired, giving their all melodically, lyrically, and vocally.
And Neil Young loves him too. What are you waiting for?

A perfectly beautiful set of songs.

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Douglas MacRae

This is certainly one of the best, if not the essential one to own

Reviewed in Canada on March 28, 2015

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Although he's passed on, Bert Jansch's legacy lives through his vast catalogue of recorded music. This is certainly one of the best, if not the essential one to own. If you've never heard of him, he is a master on the acoustic guitar, inspiring Jimmy Page and Neil Young. He tells compelling stories through this set of original songs. Bottleneck slide, or saxophone, bass guitar, drums, backing vocals, and strings enhance some of the songs. Back Home is one example. More often it's guitar and vocal. His baritone voice is not for everyone. Have a listen.

Thingfinder2010

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 5, 2017

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It's a nice record ^

masterwoodcutter

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 12, 2015

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Excellent

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