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Bert Jansch - Nicola (1967)

Track listing:
  1. Go Your Way My Love 4:23
  2. Woe Is Love My Dear 2:20
  3. Nicola 2:52
  4. Come Back Baby 3:01
  5. A Little Sweet Sunshine 2:18
  6. Love Is Teasing 2:08
  7. Rabbit Run 2:42
  8. Life Depends on Love 1:48
  9. Weeping Willow Blues 3:42
  10. Box of Love 2:05
  11. Wish My Baby Was Here 1:43
  12. If the World Isn't There 3:10
  13. In This Game 4:10
  14. Dissatisfied Blues 2:50

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Nicola is the fifth album by Scottish folk musician Bert Jansch, released in 1967. An orchestrated version of "Train Song" was attempted during the Nicola sessions but, while fondly remembered by arranger David Palmer, did not make the finished product. Neither did two further outtakes "In This Game" and "Dissatisfied Blues" (both of which he performed live during the city hall tour of early 1967) although they later appeared on Box Of Love - The Bert Jansch Sampler Vol. 2 (1972), issued on Transatlantic shortly after Bert had left the label. They have also been resurrected on the new reissue of Nicola.

Jansch's third solo album is perhaps too lightly dismissed by both folk critics and the artist himself. Bowing slightly to commercial pressures, he allowed orchestration to be used on five of the 12 tracks. Actually, the orchestrated cuts aren't that bad at all, and the remainder are pretty much keeping with the character and high standard of his other '60s work. Nine of the 12 cuts are Jansch originals, and ably display his nimble guitar work, incorporation of blues, traditional British Isles folk influences into a contemporary style, and his Donovan-esque vocals. For the first and only time, he played both electric and acoustic guitars on this LP; it's also his first work to feature drumming. Some of the orchestrated numbers, especially "Woe Is Love, My Dear," were actually deemed to have potential as singles. That didn't happen (the cut "Wish My Baby Was Here" would have been a better choice in any event), but that doesn't take away from their fey period charm.

01."Go Your Way My Love" (Jansch, Anne Briggs)
02."Woe Is Love My Dear" (Jansch)
03."Nicola" (Jansch)
04."Come Back Baby" (Walter Davis)
05."A Little Sweet Sunshine" (Jansch)
06."Love Is Teasing" (traditional)
07."Rabbit Run" (Jansch)
08."Life Depends On Love" (Jansch)
09."Weeping Willow Blues" (traditional)
10."Box Of Love" (Jansch)
11."Wish My Baby Was Here" (Jansch)
12."If The World Isn't There" (Jansch)
13."In This Game" (Jansch) [re-release only]
14."Dissatisfied Blues" (Jansch) [re-release only]