Album
The Hermit
1976 · Classical, Folk, World, & Country
Rare pressing on Gatefold
The Hermit is a Folk album by John Renbourn, originally released in 1976. On Gatefold: 17 pressings tracked.
About
John Renbourn’s first post-Pentangle (or nearly post-Pentangle) solo album, joined briefly by fellow guitarist Dominique Trepeau and featuring further contributions by John James, is one of his most beautiful recordings, and also among his most spare guitar instrumentals. Some of the material is drawn from lute and harp sources, and it is ear-opening to hear some of the more familiar pieces among the latter (such as “O’Carolan’s Concerto”) transcribed for guitar, but Renbourn isn’t above adapting themes from television commercials, either. The mood of much — though not all — of Hermit is one of serious introspection, as Renbourn stays generally within a classical guitar mode. He has fun with the material, and the CD booklet also includes musical transcriptions of some of the tunes on the record, for the benefit of Renbourn’s fellow guitarists. -- allmusic -- LP Track Listing A1 - The Hermit A2 - John’s Tune A3 - Goat Island* (The song is the same as "Little Alice" on outside US Vinyl releases) A4 - Old Mac Bladgitt A5 - Faro’s Rag A6 - Caroline’s Tune B1 - Three Pieces By O’ Carolan a The Lamentation Of Owen Roe O’ Neill b Lord Inchiquin c Mrs. Power (O’ Carolan’s Concerto) B2 - The Princess And The Puddings B3 - Bycicle Tune* B3 - Pavanna (Anna Bannana) B4a - A Toye B4b - Lord Willoughby’s Welcome Home *Only on US LP edition John Renbourn: Acoustic guitar John James: Acoustic guitar Dominique Trepeau: Acoustic guitar.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1The Hermit
- A2John's Tune
- A3Little Alice
- A4Old Mac Bladgitt
- A5Faro's Rag
- A6Caroline's Tune
Side B
- B2The Princess And The Puddings
- B3Pavanna (Anna Bannana)
Sound DNA
- Folk
- Traditional Folk
- stripped-back
- meditative
- pastoral
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
UK first pressing. See The Hermit (UK) (opens in a new tab) for alternate version with label tracklist that correctly references Track A3 as Goat Island (as per back cover) and includes reference to missing Track B3, The Bicycle Tune.
Many thanks to John James and Dominique Trepeau.
Runout details are etched.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- John JamesGUITAR
- John RenbournACOUSTIC GUITAR GUITAR
- Dominique TrépeauGUITAR GUITAR, WRITTEN BY GUITAR, WRITTEN-BY
- Stefan GrossmanGUITAR , ARRANGED BY
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 17 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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