Bert Jansch Conundrum: Thirteen Down (Fantasy/Kicking Mule)
Bill Wasserzieher, Fantasy/Kicking Mule Records, 1998
MUSIC COMMENTATOR Colin Harper once wrote that Bert Jansch, on a scale of one to 10 in terms of popular notoriety, probably would come in at about a minus 12. Certainly in the MTV/VH1 world where artistic merit is defined by image and Soundscan is an absolute standard of success, Bert Jansch is inconspicuous to the point of being invisible.
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