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Released: 1968 Genre: Folk/Folk Rock Label: Transatlantic Records Number Of Tracks: 19 Pentangle's sound was a unique blend of traditional music, blues, and jazz that has yet to be equaled.

"Great folk picker, great guitar picker.Wizz Jones to me then was like. a watched man, watched by me, by Clapton and Jimmy Page at the same too," says Keith Richards .

Pentangle on the Journey into Love TV programme in 1971, from left, John Renbourn, Danny Thompson, Jacqui McShee, Terry Cox and Bert Jansch.

There are two routes to folk-rock immortality. There is the Fairport Convention path: stay on the road, swap out members so often that the family tree looks like a jungle and play every pub and village hall.

DURING THE MID AND LATE '60S, A SMALL CADRE OF mostly English and European guitarists redefined folk music by introducing elements from classical, jazz, blues, rock, and various styles of early music, as well as sometimes devising alternate guitar tunings to help facilitate their explorations.