Pentangle - If I Had A Lover (Six Fifty-Five Special, 5th August 1982)

Pentangle performing 'If I Had A Lover' on Six Fifty-Five Special on 5th August 1982.
Pentangle are the five points of light being Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, Jacqui McShee, Danny Thompson and Terry Cox.
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[@avishy938]

The more from Pentangle the happier we are

[@allancopland1768]

Agreed. Saw them quite a few times in Glasgow.

[@allancopland1768]

As a lifelong Pentangle fan and although I saw them perform this song, this is a different version. Love it!

[@mattychapati]

Never heard this one before. Beautiful, in a 6 /4 timing. Short and sweet. The Pentangle deliver as always ✌🏼 ❤️ 🎶

[@natepicker436]

I believe it was on Bert Jansch Conundrum (the band) album "Thirteen Down", with Jacqui guesting on it.

[@JoshTurnerGuitar]

They always deliver!! Nerd comment alert, and not trying to correct just food for thought - 6/4 is definitely not wrong per se, but some musicians (including me) would feel this as fast 9/8 rather than slow 6/4. When there's three 8th notes to the beat, we usually subdivide by the 8th rather than the quarter. But, whatever man, it's semantics. I mostly just feel lucky we have such a great performance preserved in such excellent quality!!

[@MichaelSBrown75]

The song If I Had A Love is from Bert Jansch Conundrum's album Thirteen Down - wonderful

[@darrenmckenzie9856]

Bert and John sound so good together

[@kentholmberg1818]

As a Swedish Pentangle fans i' m proud. You can connect the song to Bert but the melody is Swedish folk. "Visa från Rättvik" Dalarna. Ballad from Rättvik in English. It can be found on Jan Johansson' s famous album "Jazz på svenska"/"Jazz In Swedish" from the sixties. Bert' s and John' s guitar work is fine here... and Jacqui' has the same haircut as in John' s group a few years earlier. ❤

[@MrJameswingham]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2rCdJpsZbR5Z80&ab_channel=KaareK.Johnsen Pentangle is here in another recording...

[@kentholmberg1818]

Fan of course, sorry.

[@greenman6141]

Everything about this comment is fascinating...including the haircut comment!!!

[@kentholmberg1818]

@@greenman6141 Thanks for the kind words!

[@walkquietlyby]

You can actually find a recording of Bert on youtube where he mention that he got the melody from Jan Johansson (search for "If I Had a Lover (Folkweave, BBC World Service, 1977")

[@thewordofgord]

My my, this is new! What a pleasant surprize. More please.

[@cmonkey63]

Still the same sweet voice. I like that she didn't change, just sitting and singing.

[@jonrumfitt1913]

Lovely! I still have the VHS of this show, there was some chat as well I think(?) I have very fond memories of seeing the 4-piece Pentangle at that year's Cambridge Folk festival.

[@ingegerdnissenpetersen3215]

Bert was a great fan of Swedish jazz musician Jan Johansson who transformed/modernized traditional Swedish folk songs

[@hni7458]

Didn't know, great to hear Ingegerd!

[@mariajosemorenoguerrero8638]

Everytime with Pentangle!!❤

[@MrJameswingham]

Absolutely magnificent!!!!! thanks

[@alphonsekarr7869]

absolutely wonderful 🥰

[@germanocolla2667]

What an underrated song........

[@kevdavies3445]

short but verysweet

[@RobbyFindlay-uq2dy]

SooO beautiful. 🤗❤❤

[@funnyguise]

more, please!

[@verite]

Looking forward to this!

[@raquelsantos1696]

Love it!

[@TheClaptonisgod1]

Ooh New pentangle? ❤❤❤❤

[@avishy938]

Great great great!

[@FranzBinder-yw4rs]

Hallo Pentangle habe ich erst jetzt entdeckt. Bei mir stand bisher Steeleye Span für diese Art Musik.

[@hni7458]

They say that a hallmark of good quality is when you directly can say on hearing a musician that it's she or he that's playing - for me it's that way with Danny Thompson. Saw him in Stockholm 2000 - like y/day, time passes quickly - he and Richard Thompson (not related) and it was really unforgettable. And it's the same - of course, needless to say - with RT's guitar.

[@sunshinelynee5488]

Omg Jaqui is So Chic.. look at that shag 👌 👌 perfect.✨️

[@kentholmberg1818]

Yes she is 😅

[@geoffbancroft4064]

wow new footage thanks! no Danny Cox

[@miguelcoelho3877]

But where was Terry Cox? BTW, I think it must have been difficult to get these live performances and audiences for folkie stuff throughout the '80s given the prevailing styles of music (and hairdos) of that decade... Good stuff all the same Thanks for posting.

[@MichaelSBrown75]

Terry was in an accident at this time and the group went as a quartet til he was able to play again (especially Cambridge Folk Festival)

[@miguelcoelho3877]

@@MichaelSBrown75 Thanks for the clarification. I wasn't listening to them much in the '80s, as I had moved on to the Irish and Scottish folk bands of the time (in the '70s I used to listen to The Pentangle practically every day, as I had three of their LPs), so I didn't know about Terry's accident. Thanks once again for letting me know.

[@peterflack9933]

If I was born in 1973. Half Irish. Is that really wrong I don't have a lover? I'm 50. No children, not married. No divorce. Maybe I have a chance. If I do.

[@billdyke9745]

I was born in 1954, and am far happier now that I have beaten off the hordes of lovers with a big stick... Some people are just needy. 👍

[@marcweber4599]

As long as you're happy and content, that's all that matters.

[@lindsayheywood7195]

This is wonderful. I have not seen it before. Pentangle always seemed to play sitting down, unlike most other bands. Did they have knee problems or something?

[@michaelhaig1317]

Really love this. Thanks for sharing. Question - has anyone seen the guitar tablature for this …?

[@germanocolla2667]

❤

[@curiousaboutanything2454]

Back when looks weren't important , only thing mattered was the Real Talent.😀

[@lesslater512]

Don’t let the masses define beauty for you. I still find her quite attractive.

[@hni7458]

@@lesslater512 And still enchanting she is, Jacqui, at 80 ❤

[@evansmith3589]

From a Jansch Conundrum album.

[@billdyke9745]

No Terry Cox? He must have had a lover... ❤🎉😂

[@LaughingStock_]

See comments above.

[@kingrobert1st]

The thumb nails flipped unless Bert and Danny were as ambi as Jimi Hendrix!

[@rodmaknouni]

Is Jansch playing on a fender here? Anyone know what guitar that is?

[@mariajosemorenoguerrero8638]

And the drum?!

[@mariajosemorenoguerrero8638]

Tetrangle?!

[@PentangleOfficial]

Yes unfortunately Terry Cox was in an accident around this time, so the group soldiered on without him for their live commitments

[@jeremyclaydon8185]

Where's Terry? 🤔

[@PentangleOfficial]

He unfortunately had an accident prior to the show so was unable to play, so everyone else had to soldier on without him

[@subsamadhi]

They still sound great but that 80s haircut bleh.

[@philmangini1728]

I was 8 in 82 and my mother had the same awful hair and clothes. Adds a new layer to being 48 and super attracted to a woman I'm used to seeing in her 20's who bears a striking resemblance to my abusive ex. What a mess.