The Best of

by John Renbourn

The Best of cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 2001-01-01
  • Label: Sanctuary Records
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Community rating: 3.94/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A best-of collection by the British guitarist, co-founder of Pentangle. It covers his solo catalogue of folk baroque guitar, in which British traditional material is played with classical and jazz technique.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, melodic, storytelling, ballad, rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
  2. The Hermit
  3. White House Blues
  4. The Wildest Pig In Captivity
  5. Country Blues
  6. Train Tune
  7. Can't Keep From Crying
  8. After The Dance
  9. Lord Franklin
  10. Sweet Potato
  11. Beth's Blues
  12. Winter Is Gone
  13. I Know My Babe
  14. Kokomo Blues
  15. The Cuckoo
  16. Faro's Rag
  17. Will The Circle Be Unbroken?
  18. Nobody's Fault But Mine
  19. Sally Go Round The Roses
  20. Debbie Anne
  21. Piano Tune
  22. So Clear

Credits

  • John Renbourn - primary artist, written-by, arranged by
  • Bert Jansch - written-by, arranged by
  • Danny Thompson - arranged by
  • Jacqui McShee - arranged by
  • Terry Cox - arranged by
  • Charles Mingus - written-by
  • Traditional - written-by
  • Al Jackson Jr. - written-by
  • Booker T. Jones - written-by
  • Steve Cropper - written-by
  • Kokomo Arnold - written-by
  • Ada R. Habershon - written-by
  • Charles Hutchison Gabriel - written-by
  • Abner Spector - written-by

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