NEEDLE OF DEATH

Created on 25/10/2000
Latest update on 21/03/2024

Artist: Bert Jansch
Author: Bert Jansch
Label: Transatlantic
Year: 1965

On self-titled first album, recorded with a borrowed guitar and a portable tape recorder in producer/engineer Bill Leader's kitchen. Sold to Nat Joseph's Transatlantic label for £100. Reflection over the overdose of his friend and guitarist Buck Polley.

Covers:

1971:

Ian & Sylvia

1974:

Neil Young [theme and melody in Ambulance Blues]

2000:

Roland Van Campenhout & Wannes Van de Velde

2000:

Roy Harper

2003:

Yo La Tengo

Neil Young rates Jansch's impact on his accoustic guitar playing in league with Jimi Hendrix's influence on electric. Bert also influenced Donovan, who cut Bert's Do You Hear Me Now for his Universal Soldier EP.

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