It Don't Bother Me is the second 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 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 December 1965. The album was produced by Nathan Joseph

Nathan Joseph

Nathan "Nat" Joseph was a noted force in the British music industry, a theatrical producer and talent agent. He was a pioneer in the development of independent record companies in the 1960s and 1970s....

 and Bill Leader

Bill Leader

Bill Leader is an English recording engineer and record producer. He is particularly associated with the British folk music revival of the 1960s and 1970s, producing records by Davey Graham, Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, Frank Harte and others....

, although Leader was left uncredited.

The album features nine songs composed by Jansch, one by Alex Campbell

Alex Campbell (singer)

Alex Campbell was a Scottish folk singer. Described by Colin Harper as a "melancholic, hard-travelling Glaswegian", he was influential in the British folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s and was one of the first folk singers to tour the UK and Europe...

 (“So Long (Been on the Road So Long)”), and the traditional “900 Miles”. For this last Jansch accompanies himself on the banjo rather than the steel-string acoustic guitar which he uses elsewhere. "A Man I'd Rather Be" features lead vocals by Roy Harper

Roy Harper

Roy Harper is an English folk / rock singer-songwriter and guitarist who has been a professional musician since the mid 1960s...

. “My Lover” also has Harper playing some additional guitar, while John Renbourn

John Renbourn

John Renbourn is an English guitarist and songwriter. He is possibly best known for his collaboration with guitarist Bert Jansch as well as his work with the folk group Pentangle, although he maintained a solo career before, during and after that band's existence .While most commonly labelled a...

 is playing the lead acoustic guitar part. “Lucky Thirteen” is a guitar duet with Renbourn, based on a song written by the latter and apparently recorded during the Bert And John

Bert And John

Bert And John is the fourth album by Scottish folk musician Bert Jansch, released in 1966. A number of songs are performed with friend and fellow guitarist John Renbourn, who would later join him in the group Pentangle. An expanded version of the album was later released in America in 1969 by...

session. Finally, “Tinkers Blues” and “The Wheel” are guitar instrumentals composed and performed by Jansch.

Track listing

1. "Oh, My Babe" – 3:56
2. "Ring-a-Ding Bird" – 4:39
3. "Tinker's Blues" – 1:04
4. "Anti Apartheid" – 4:02
5. "The Wheel" – 1:45
6. "A Man I'd Rather Be" – 2:04
7. "My Lover" – 4:00
8. "It Don't Bother Me" – 4:25
9. "Harvest Your Thoughts of Love" – 2:12
10. "Lucky Thirteen" – 3:30 (composed by John Renbourn
    John Renbourn
    John Renbourn is an English guitarist and songwriter. He is possibly best known for his collaboration with guitarist Bert Jansch as well as his work with the folk group Pentangle, although he maintained a solo career before, during and after that band's existence .While most commonly labelled a...
    
    )
11. "As the Day Grows Longer Now" – 3:40
12. "So Long (Been on the Road So Long)" – 3:10
13. "Want My Daddy Now" – 1:33
14. "900 Miles" – 3:03