Bert Jansch & Rod Clements
1988-04-16 London, England BBC Radio Studios "Nightride" programme

01. This Land Is Your Land
02. Strollin' Down The Highway
03. The Snows
04. Been On The Road Too Long
05. Poor Mouth
06. Sally Free & Easy
07. Knight's Move

Total Time ::: 22:45

NOTES ::: Superb quality studio recording. 1988-04-16 was the first night of the week-long show in the wee hours of the morning, with Bert's few trax spread out one or two a night (with 2 different radio announcers). Thanks loyal taper! Recording coulda happened any time in the 2-3 weeks preceeding the first night of broadcast, though it could have been recorded that day unlikely). If yer spacing on who Rod Clements is, Lindisdarne, Jack The Lad & Michael Chapman & an 80s lineup of Pentangle are just a few of the main bands or artists he played with, a fine musician. 26 minutes before 3AM on a weeknight (work night!) was when they played "Strollin'"....

Recording Information ::: BBC Radio stereo broadcast -> off-air master tape (probably reel-to-reel) -> 1st generation tape -> 2nd generation Maxell XLII-90 cassette, Dolby B on

Playback 2011-08-15 ::: 2nd generation Maxell XLII-90 cassette on Nakamichi BX-300 cassette deck, Dolby B on, zimuth & pitch adjusted, heads cleaned & demagnatized -> Tascam CD-RW900SL pro CD recorder -> CD-RW (usually no track splits) -> computer -> EAC secure -> wav file(s) -> Audacity (for fades and/or glitch repair, volume adjustments, no EQ) -> CD Wave for track splits -> Trader's Little Helper -> various ears around the world.

Line-up ::: Bert Jansch - guitar, vocals // Rod Clements - guitars, vocals

Nothing here has ever been commercially released to my knowledge. If I'm wrong, please advise & I'll take the offending trax offline.

Thanks to the original taper! Believe this was a Reel Master Gaule original which he compiled to make it easier to copy & listen to. Anyway, mine came from him & sounds great.

Corrections welcome. If the pitch is still incorrect, email me & maybe I'll get around to fixing it. I use a pitch pipe, check 3-4 songs & when in doubt compare 1-2 songs on a time-appropriate album, but sometimes I'm off. If Dolby was present, it was dealt with as seemed best.

Cool Sonics Series CSS-019 ::: Another one for Bert. This is a great session. Bert's voice is in excellent form. Clements playing is totally compatible with a great edge & some first rate slide playing. Check out "The Snows"! Their album together, "Leather Lauderette" is often slammed due to Bert's drinking issues at the time, but actually it ain't bad & I suspect the critisism more to do with issues with the label, distribution & time association. Having said that, a couple of the songs they play here from the album are actually more interesting & perhaps better mixed! In my estimation, not to be missed.

More recordings on the way. Alas, up until September 2011, I suffered from SERIOUSLY slow internet access (hence my lousy ratio). I am fixing that as fast as I can, now that I am able. Enjoy, share, give, spread peace.

Since we're all gettin' older & reminiscin' is in vogue... Kudos to: Zongo for life support & Lochner for microphones & much more. A bow to Fast Freddie for running Video Dick's Record Emporium with the bathroom office full of tape decks & supporting my 1980's 20+ cassette-a-day habit (4 machines at home just weren't enough)! Thanks to Hanwaker (few among us can keep his pace) for over 30 years of trading, friendship (& frau introductions!). Mountains of gratitude to Davmar, D.White, Sanchez, Elliot, The Florida Kid, Kloiber, Zingg, JTW, Bershaw, Boston Gold, Moore, Miller, Gough (G.-if you read this, get in touch!), Berger & SO many more for all that collecting & sharing... And royal thanks to The Man In The Palace, Doc Tinker, Brinkhoffs, Barely Eatin', Reel Master Gaule, Dean Parrish (how are ya dude?) & all those traders who housed & fed me through my many music acquisition & travel years. Steppin' back to the seeds - hats off to Brother Kent, Uncle Jake, Ena Whisnant (& her neighbor Frank) & his honor Ptomaine Thomas. A glass is raised to Byron for musical horizon expansion & am much obliged to J & Thurston for keepin' my concert fires burnin' since my continental shift.

Support the artists and/or their families! www.bertjansch.com/ // http://www.rodclements.com

Do whatever you want with it except sell it, 'cause that ain't cool!