Live at the 12 Bar: An Authorised Bootleg

Live at the 12 Bar: An Authorised Bootleg is a straight-to-DAT concert recording by Scottish folk musician Bert Jansch released in August 1996. The concert was recorded in The 12 Bar Club, Denmark Street, London in 1995. The CD was originally available in a supposedly limited edition at gigs, in a dark blue and black sleeve, the Jansch Records version was subsequently repressed and distributed by Cooking Vinyl (to whom Bert was actually contracted at the time), though it never appeared as an official Cooking Vinyl release. Some later pressings used the same artwork but with black and white replacing blue and black.[4]

Live at the 12 Bar: An Authorised Bootleg
Live album by
ReleasedAugust 1996
Recorded1995
VenueThe 12 Bar Club, Denmark Street, London
GenreFolk
LabelJansch Records
Earth Recordings (2015 reissue)
ProducerUncredited (straight-to-DAT concert recording)
Bert Jansch chronology
When The Circus Comes To Town
(1995)
Live at the 12 Bar: An Authorised Bootleg
(1996)
Toy Balloon
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
Uncut8/10[3]

On 25 March 2015, Earth Recordings reissued the album (titled simply "Live At The 12 Bar", with new sleeve art by Kyle Lonsdale) in digital, CD, and vinyl formats.[5]

Track listing

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All tracks composed by Bert Jansch; except where indicated

  1. "Summer Heat" - 4:21
  2. "Curragh of Kildare" (Traditional) - 3:57
  3. "Walk Quietly By" - 2:58
  4. "Come Back Baby" (Walter Davis) - 2:54
  5. "Blackwaterside" (Traditional) - 4:19
  6. "Fresh as a Sweet Sunday Morning" - 3:11
  7. "Morning Brings Peace of Mind" - 3:09
  8. "The Lily of the West" (Traditional) - 4:18
  9. "Kingfisher" - 2:40
  10. "Trouble in Mind" (Richard M. Jones) - 2:54
  11. "Just a Dream" - 3:18
  12. "Blues Run the Game" (Jackson C. Frank) - 3:20
  13. "Let Me Sing" - 3:22
  14. "Strolling Down the Highway" - 3:01
  15. "A Woman Like You" - 3:56
  16. "Bett's Dance" - 2:34

Personnel

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  • Bert Jansch - guitar, vocals

References

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  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  3. ^ Dale, Jon (September 2015). "Bert Jansch: Live At The 12 Bar". Uncut. p. 92.
  4. ^ "Bert Jansch website". Archived from the original on 5 December 2008. Retrieved 26 November 2008.
  5. ^ "Live At The 12 Bar". Bandcamp. Retrieved 21 July 2016.