Downunder: Live In Australia
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Downunder: Live In Australia is a live album by Scottish
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 folk the late musician Bert Jansch
Bert Jansch
Herbert "Bert" Jansch was a Scottish folk musician and founding member of the band Pentangle. He was born in Glasgow and came to prominence in London in the 1960s, as an acoustic guitarist, as well as a singer-songwriter...

, released in January 2001. The concert was recorded over two nights at the Continental Café in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

.

Bearing only a slight overlap with Jansch's previous live album Live At The 12 Bar
Live at the 12 Bar: An Authorised Bootleg
Live at the 12 Bar: An Authorised Bootleg is a straight-to-DAT concert recording by Scottish folk musician Bert Jansch released in August 1996. The concert was recorded in The 12 Bar Club, Denmark Street, London in 1995...

in content, this was recorded on multi-track rather than straight-to-DAT, with consequently smoother sound and the rare bonus of accompanying musicians. The percussionist was added on after the gig recordings at a studio in Australia, and Jansch mixed the tracks in London.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Bert Jansch; except where indicated
  1. "Blues Run the Game" (Frank
    Jackson C. Frank
    Jackson Carey Frank was an American folk musician.-Early life:When Jackson Frank was 11, a furnace exploded at his school, sending a ball of flames down corridors until it ended up in Frank's music classroom in the Cleveland Hill Elementary School in Cheektowaga, New York...

    ) - 3:08
  2. "Come Back Baby" (Davis
    Walter Davis
    -Sports:* Walter Davis an Australian rugby union player* Walter Davis , Millwall F.C. and Wales international footballer* Walt Davis , American basketball player and high-jumper...

    ) - 3:34
  3. "The Lily of the West" (traditional) - 4:14
  4. "Paper Houses" - 3:09
  5. "Toy Balloon" - 3:59
  6. "My Donald" (Hand) - 2:57
  7. "Born and Bred in Old Ireland" - 3:04
  8. "She Moved Through the Fair
    She Moved Through the Fair
    "She Moved Through the Fair" is a traditional Irish folk song, existing in a number of versions and which has been recorded many times.-Origins:...

    " (traditional) - 5:22
  9. "Carnival" (Frank
    Jackson C. Frank
    Jackson Carey Frank was an American folk musician.-Early life:When Jackson Frank was 11, a furnace exploded at his school, sending a ball of flames down corridors until it ended up in Frank's music classroom in the Cleveland Hill Elementary School in Cheektowaga, New York...

    ) - 4:31
  10. "Little Max" - 3:25
  11. "Strolling Down the Highway" - 3:19
  12. "Angie" (Adderley
    Nat Adderley
    Nathaniel Adderley was an American jazz cornet and trumpet player who played in the hard bop and soul jazz genres. He was the brother of saxophonist Julian "Cannonball" Adderley....

    , Graham
    Davey Graham
    David Michael Gordon "Davey" Graham, originally spelled Davy Graham, , was a British guitarist and one of the most influential figures in the 1960s British folk revival...

    ) - 3:50
  13. "Curragh of Kildare" (traditional) - 4:20
  14. "Downunder" - 4:59
  15. "How It All Came Down" - 4:13

Personnel

  • Bert Jansch - guitar, vocals
  • Peter Howell - bass (not the Doctor Who Peter Howell - This is the Australian one!)
  • Ian Clarke - percussion (not the Uriah Heep Ian Clarke - This is the Australian one!)
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