The likely reason there wasn't a BBC concert before this is that the BBC generally didn't broadcast concerts until 1970, when this took place. There were a few exceptions, such as a Moody Blues concert from 1969 that I've posted here, but very few. And even when concerts did start in 1970, they usually were only half an hour at first. That's the case here. But it's a quality half hour. It has been officially released on the "On Air" album, and the sound quality is excellent.
Since the concert is short, I looked around for other material that would fit that I could add to the end. I found a few songs from a TV show the band performed for just a month before the BBC concert. This short-lived show, called "The Two Brewers," filmed musical acts in the Two Brewers Pub in London. Three of the songs were released on the band's box set "The Time Has Come." The last song here also comes from that show, but is unreleased. That's probably because it's a very atypical comedic song sung by the band's drummer.
This is the third album in a row in this series to include the song "Light Flight." But it was the band's one big hit, and it's such a good song that I don't mind.
With the four songs added at the end, this album's total length is 42 minutes.
01 Train Song (Pentangle)
02 talk (Pentangle)
03 Hunting Song (Pentangle)
04 Light Flight (Pentangle)
05 In Time (Pentangle)
06 talk (Pentangle)
07 House Carpenter (Pentangle)
08 talk (Pentangle)
09 I've Got a Feeling (Pentangle)
10 Wondrous Love (Pentangle)
11 Sally Free and Easy (Pentangle)
12 Sarabande (Pentangle)
13 talk (Pentangle)
14 Blue Monk (Pentangle)
The cover show is of the band playing at the 1969 Isle of Wight Festival. I would have liked to use a 1970 photo, but this one showed them in a real concert (as opposed to TV show) better than any 1970 photo I could find.
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