Sketches

"Sketches" is the seventeenth album by Scottish folk musician Bert Jansch, released virtually simultaneously with another album, "The Ornament Tree". All tracks on the album were composed by Bert Jansch except track 8 "Afterwards" which is by Peter Kirtley. Sketches was recorded in Hamburg in a single week, was produced by Danny Thompson who also accompanied Bert and Peter (Kirtley) alongside a trio of local players. Sketches was rumored to have been made on a low budget has a cheap and cheerful ambience. Given a low-key release on the Temple label in the UK holds a few gems like the reworking of "The Old Routine". The cover sleeve designed by Heather Jansch.