Bert Jansch

"L.A. Turnaround" 1974



















By the time Bert joined Charisma around late 1973/early 1974, he had already recorded what he intended to be his next album: eight tracks featuring himself either solo or with Danny Thompson, recorded at a session in Paris in early ‘73. Reprise, his label at that time, rejected the tapes as did Charisma – the latter preferring a complete break with the Pentangle era. Nonetheless, two of the eight tracks – ‘Chambertin’ and ‘Lady Nothing’ – were rescued for the Charisma debut. A further Paris track, ‘Doctor Doctor’, later appeared on A Rare Conundrum. The other five titles and, indeed, their current whereabouts, are unknown but it may be conjectured that they were mostly or all songs re-recorded for LA Turnaround.

Personnel:
Bert Jansch (guitar vocal),
Jesse Ed Davis (guitar),
Mike Nesmith (guitar),
Jay Lacy (guitar),
Red Rhodes (pedal steel),
Byron Berline (fiddle/mandolin),
Mike Cohen (electric piano),
Klaus Voorman (bass),
Danny Lane (drums)

Produced:
Mike Nesmith (10 tracks) / Danny Thompson (two tracks)

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