| Basket of Light | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Pentangle |
| Cover: | Basket-of-light.jpg |
| Released: | October 1969 |
| Recorded: | IBC Studios, London |
| Genre: | Folk jazz, folk rock |
| Length: | 40:07 |
| Label: | Transatlantic |
| Producer: | Shel Talmy |
| Prev Title: | Sweet Child |
| Prev Year: | 1968 |
| Next Title: | Cruel Sister |
| Next Year: | 1970 |
Basket of Light is a 1969 album by the folk rock group Pentangle. It reached no. 5 on the UK Albums Chart. A single from the album, "Light Flight", the theme from BBC1's first colour drama series Take Three Girls, reached no. 43 on the UK Singles Chart. Another single from the album, "Once I Had a Sweetheart", reached no. 46 in the charts.[1]
The album's liner notes state that "Springtime Promises" was written "after a ride on a number 74 bus from Gloucester Road to Greencroft Gardens on an early spring day".
The album was included in the books 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die [2] and 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die.
The album cover uses photographs of Pentangle's 1968 concert in the Royal Albert Hall. A note about the instrumentation states that "All the instruments played on this album are acoustic."
Basket of Light was released as a UK LP in October 1969, as Transatlantic TRA2O5. The U.S. version, in the same year was Reprise R56372. The album was re-released as a digitally remastered CD in 2001, as Castle CMRCD207, which includes two alternate takes of "Sally Go 'Round the Roses" and the non-album B-sides: "Cold Mountain" and "I Saw an Angel".