Ramblin' Jack Elliott (album)
Ramblin' Jack Elliott | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Studio album by | ||||
Released | February 1962 | |||
Genre | Folk | |||
Label | Prestige/International | |||
Producer | Kenneth S. Goldstein | |||
Ramblin' Jack Elliott chronology | ||||
|
Ramblin' Jack Elliott is an album by American folk musician Ramblin' Jack Elliott, released in February 1962 on the Prestige International label.
Reception
[edit]Review scores | |
---|---|
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
In a contemporary review, Paul Nelson of The Little Sandy Review called the album Elliott's "finest American recording."[2] Writing for Allmusic, music critic Richie Unterberger wrote the album "A solidly traditional set of interpretations of standards."[1]
Reissues
[edit]- Ramblin' Jack Elliott was reissued along with Jack Elliott Sings the Songs of Woody Guthrie in 1989 as a double LP on the Fantasy label as Hard Travelin'. It was reissued on CD in 1991 with "I Love Her So/I Got a Woman" omitted.[3]
Track listing
[edit]Side one
[edit]- "Sadie Brown" (Jack Elliott)
- "East Virginia Blues" (Carter)
- "I Belong to Glasgow" (William Fyffe)
- "The Cuckoo" (Traditional)
- "Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms" (Traditional)
- "South Coast" (Lillian Bos Ross)
Side two
[edit]- "San Francisco Bay Blues" (Jesse Fuller)
- "The Last Letter" (Rex Griffin, Traditional)
- "I Love Her So/I Got a Woman" (Ray Charles)
- "Candy Man" (Reverend Gary Davis)
- "Tramp on the Street" (Grady Cole, Hazel Cole)
- "Railroad Bill" (Traditional)
Personnel
[edit]- Ramblin' Jack Elliott – vocals, harmonica, guitar
- John Herald – guitar
- Ralph Rinzler – mandolin
- Kenneth S. Goldstein – producer
- Rudy Van Gelder - recording and mastering
- Esmond Edwards - photography
References
[edit]- ^ a b Unterberger, Richie. "Ramblin' Jack Elliott > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 3, 2011.
- ^ Reineke, Hank (2009). Ramblin' Jack Elliott: The Never-Ending Highway. Scarecrow Press. p. 141. ISBN 978-0-810-87257-8.
- ^ Allmusic entry for Hard Travelin'