Bert Jansch Avocet Vinyl LP + Art Print 2023

Limited Art Print Edition

Tracklist:

1. Avocet
2. Lapwing
3. Bittern
4. Kingfisher
5. Osprey
6. Goldfinch Bonus tracks ( DL only ) recorded live in Italy, 1977
7. Bittern
8. Kingfisher
9. Avocet

Bert Jansch was often quoted as saying Im not playing for anyone, just myself and this feels no more apparent than on 1979s Avocet, his beautifully meditative paean to British birds. This isnt to say that Jansch was throwing commercial success to the wind, or was unaware of his audience, more that this album feels like a uniquely personal reflection of him. (The subject of British birds is one that Jansch held close to his heart. Indeed, just preceding this album was his 1978 split 7 single with Shirley Collins – with proceeds in aid of the RSPB.)

For fans of Jansch this is often the album that is singled out as his best work. The freedoms of a post-Pentangle care