Friday Night Catnip: The Pentangle - Basket of Light (1969)
It's been a while since I've posted any Friday Night Catnip, but I saw that this album was available on YouTube recently and thought it worthy of being included in the Friday Night Catnip category. This particular post strays from my earlier posts of psychedelic 60s music since this fits more closely into the category of British folk rock; however, with a sitar in the band it still provides an urge to dip into the catnip canister. 
I was introduced to the music of The Pentangle in the early 90s after my girlfriend (Sally) returned from studying in London. Obviously, she liked track #7. My personal favorites on the album are "Light Flight" and "Hunting Song".
"Light Flight" became popular through its use as theme music for a TV drama series Take Three Girls (the BBC's first drama series to be broadcast in color) for which the band also provided incidental music.
1. "Light Flight" McShee 0:00
2. "Once I Had a Sweetheart" (traditional, arranged Jansch/Renbourn/Thompson/Cox/McShee) McShee 3:14
3. "Springtime Promises" Jansch 7:51
4. "Lyke Wake Dirge" (traditional, arranged Jansch/Renbourn/Thompson/Cox/McShee) Renbourn, Cox, and McShee 11:55
5. "Train Song" Jansch and McShee 15:27
6. "Hunting Song" McShee, Jansch, Renbourn, and Cox 20:10
7. "Sally Go 'Round the Roses" (Lona Stevens, Zell Sanders) Renbourn and McShee 26:51
8. "The Cuckoo" (traditional, arranged Jansch/Renbourn/Thompson/Cox/McShee) McShee 30:25
9. "House Carpenter" (traditional, arranged Jansch/Renbourn/Thompson/Cox/McShee 34:51
Terry Cox -- drums, glockenspiel, hand drum, lead and backing vocals
Bert Jansch -- lead and backing vocals, guitar, banjo on "House Carpenter"
Jacqui McShee -- lead and backing vocals
John Renbourn -- lead and backing vocals, guitar, sitar
Danny Thompson -- double bass
In addition, what's better than breaking out the catnip on a road trip?
Well, The Pentangle was looking out for the wayward traveler ("Traveling Song"/"Let No Man Steal Your Thyme"
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