''Ramblin' Jack Elliott'' is an album by

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folk musician Ramblin' Jack Elliott, released in February 1962 on the Prestige International label.

Reception

In a contemporary review, Paul Nelson of ''The Little Sandy Review'' called the album Elliott's "finest American recording." Writing for Allmusic, music critic Richie Unterberger wrote the album "A solidly traditional set of interpretations of standards."

Reissues

*''Ramblin' Jack Elliott'' was reissued along with ''

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Track listing

Side one

#"Sadie Brown" (Jack Elliott) #"East Virginia Blues" (Carter) #"I Belong to Glasgow" (William Fyffe) #" The Cuckoo" (Traditional) #"

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" (Traditional) #"South Coast" (Lillian Bos Ross)

Side two

#" 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

* Ramblin' Jack Elliott – vocals, harmonica, guitar * John Herald – guitar *

Ralph Rinzler Ralph Rinzler (July 20, 1934 – July 2, 1994) was an American mandolin player, folksinger, and the co-founder of the annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the Mall every summer in Washington, D.C., where he worked as a curator for American a ...

– mandolin *Kenneth S. Goldstein – producer * Rudy Van Gelder - recording and mastering *

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- photography

References

External links

Ramblin' Jack Elliott Illustrated discography
{{Authority control 1962 albums Ramblin' Jack Elliott albums Prestige Records albums