''Edge of a Dream'' is the 22nd album by

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, released on 8 October 2002. The title track is given a rock treatment, and two tracks are baroque instrumentals. The remaining songs are roughly equally divided between bluesy numbers and folky ones. The album features

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(of

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) on electric guitar, and Adam Jansch (Bert's son). "Gypsy Dave" is not the well-known folksong, but an instrumental duo with

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, dedicated to him.

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) sings the lead on "All This Remains", and Loren Jansch takes the lead on "The Quiet Joys of Brotherhood". "Bright Sunny Morning" is a solemn description of the fall of the

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Track listing

All tracks composed by Bert Jansch; except where indicated #"On the Edge of a Dream" - 2:35 #"All This Remains" (Jansch,

) - 4:43 #"What is On Your Mind" - 3:26 #"Sweet Death" - 3:52 #"

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" (Traditional) - 4:06 #"La Luna" (Johnny "Guitar" Hodge) - 3:15 #"Gypsy Dave" - 2:43 #"Walking This Road" - 3:16 #"The Quiet Joys of Brotherhood" (

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, traditional) - 5:31 #"Black Cat Blues" - 3:07 #"Bright Sunny Morning" - 4:08

Personnel

*Bert Jansch – vocal, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar *

– electric guitar on 1 and 5, keyboards on 8 *

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– bass guitar on 1 and 9 *

Makoto Sakamoto Makoto Douglas Sakamoto (born April 8, 1947) is a retired American artistic gymnast and coach. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team. He competed at the 1964 and 1972 Summer Olympics with the best individua ...

– drums on 1 and 3 *

– vocals on 2 *

Colm Ó Cíosóig Colm Ó Cíosóig (; born 31 October 1964) is an Irish musician and songwriter, who achieved international fame as the drummer for the alternative rock band My Bloody Valentine. Their studio albums '' Isn't Anything'' (1988) and ''Loveless'' ...

– drums on 2 *

– violin on 4 and 7 *

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– Spanish guitar on 5 *

Loren Jansch Loren is a given name, nickname and surname which may refer to: Given name Men * Loren Acton (born 1936), American physicist and astronaut * Loren C. Ball (born 1948), amateur astronomer who has discovered more than 100 asteroids * Loren M. Be ...

– vocals on 9 *

Paul Wassif Paul Wassif (born 25 April 1963) is a British musician, guitarist, and singer songwriter. Early career Paul Wassif's early career included a brief spell with Punk/Rock band The London Cowboys. This was followed by various stints in New York Ci ...

– slide guitar on 10 *

Ralph McTell Ralph McTell (born Ralph May; 3 December 1944) is an English singer-songwriter and guitar player who has been an influential figure on the UK folk music scene since the 1960s. McTell is best known for his song " Streets of London" (1969), which ...

– harmonica on 11

References

External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20070621083639/http://www.bertjansch.com/edgeofa.html Bert Jansch albums 2002 albums Sanctuary Records albums {{2000s-folk-album-stub