Bert Jansch - Santa Barbara Honeymoon (1975)

Bert Jansch - Santa Barbara Honeymoon (1975)

2009 Remaster + Bonus

Santa Barbara Honeymoon is the tenth album by Scottish folk musician Bert Jansch, released in 1975.
The three 70's Charisma albums L.A. Turnaround, Santa Barbara Honeymoon and A Rare Conundrum
had been out of print for decades and never been available on CD before.

In June 2009 these three albums were released by Virgin Records (EMI). Bert supervised the re-mastering
himself as well as hand-picked the bonus material. The CD includes newly discovered material from the
album sessions as well as live recordings from the Montreux Jazz Festival 4 July 1975, all of them
previously unreleased.

Release Info

Released: June 2009
Label: Virgin Records (EMI)
Catalog#: 5099996486429
Playing Time: 59 minutes
Remastering: Peter Mew and Bert Jansch

Personnel

Bert Jansch (guitar/vocal)
Jim Baker (guitar)
Jay Lacy (electric guitar)
Bill Smith (keyboards)
David Barry (keyboards)
George Seymour (synth)
Robert Greenidge (steel drum)
Don Whaley (bass)
Ernie McDaniels (bass)
David Hungate (bass)
Danny Lane (drums)
Tris Imboden (drums)
+brass and backing vocals

Review by Daniel S. Crommie on amazon.com, Rating: 5/5 Stars

Under-rated, beautifully remastered and expanded

I bought this as an LP back in the early eighties - used, as it was difficult to find a new copy to procure
at the time, and I have to say I was underwhelmed by the material and the band he chose to accompany
him on this third Charisma Records excursion. With 30 years passed I can safely say I was quite wrong
in my judgement of this fine, fine album. Sure, there are some unexpected production touches that seemed
jarring at the time: spacey synth on Mary and Joseph, steel drums and horns, etc. Now I can see these
were very appropriate and complemented the arrangements with good result. I used to cringe at You are
My Sunshine - now I find it to be a really emotionally touching song with some fine backing vocals from
the other musicians. Of course Blues Run the Game is also a marvelous song by one of his favorite
songwriters, the late Jackson C. Frank - and a song he would later revisit on his live CD Downunder.
The remastering is splendid on all the Charisma releases, but the real bonuses are the live tracks recorded
in 1975 at Montreaux, especially the live version of When the Teardrops Fell which I personally prefer over
the studio version from the album proper. I am very pleased that I had a chance to re-evaluate this
recording, especially considering my early reluctance to pick it up when I saw it was going to be made
available again.

Tracklist:

1. Love Anew
2. Mary and Joseph
3. Be My Friend
4. Baby Blue
5. Dance Lady Dance
6. You Are My Sunshine
7. Lons And Gone
8. Blues Run The Game
9. Build Another Band
10. When The Teardrops Fell
11. Dynamite
12. Buckrabbit
13. Build Another Band [Alternate Version] - (previously unreleased)
14. When The Teardrops Fall - (previously unreleased, live)
15. Lady Nothing - (previously unreleased, live)
16. Dance Lady Dance - (previously unreleased, live)
17. Angie - (previously unreleased, live)
18. One For Jo - (previously unreleased, live)