''Ramblin' Jack Elliott'' is an album by American folk musician

Ramblin' Jack Elliott Ramblin' Jack Elliott (born Elliott Charles Adnopoz; August 1, 1931) is an American folk singer, songwriter and story teller. Life and career Elliott was born in 1931 in Brooklyn, New York City, the son of Florence (Rieger) and Abraham Adno ...

, 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

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, music critic

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wrote the album "A solidly traditional set of interpretations of standards."

Reissues

*''Ramblin' Jack Elliott'' was reissued along with '' Jack Elliott Sings the Songs of Woody Guthrie'' in 1989 as a double LP on the

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label as ''Hard Travelin'''. It was reissued on CD in 1991 with "I Love Her So/I Got a Woman" omitted. Allmusic entry for ''Hard Travelin'''/ref>

Track listing

Side one

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

Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms "Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms" is an American traditional song. It seems to have developed from lyrics in the cowboy song " My Lula Gal", itself a development of bawdy British and Appalachian songs generally known as "Bang Bang Rosie" or "Bang Away ...

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

Side two

San Francisco Bay Blues "San Francisco Bay Blues" is an American folk song and is generally considered to be the most famous composition by Jesse Fuller. Fuller first recorded the song in 1954, which was released by the World Song label in 1955. A " one-man band" renditi ...

" (

Jesse Fuller Jesse Fuller (March 12, 1896 – January 29, 1976) was an American one-man band musician, best known for his song "San Francisco Bay Blues". Early life Fuller was born in Jonesboro, Georgia, near Atlanta, United States. He was sent by his moth ...

) #"The Last Letter" (Rex Griffin, Traditional) #"I Love Her So/

I Got a Woman "I Got a Woman" (originally titled "I've Got a Woman") is a song co-written and recorded by American R&B and soul musician Ray Charles. Atlantic Records released the song as a single in December 1954, with " Come Back Baby" as the B-side. Both ...

" (

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) #"Candy Man" (

Reverend Gary Davis Gary D. Davis (April 30, 1896 – May 5, 1972), known as Reverend Gary Davis and Blind Gary Davis, was a blues and gospel singer who was also proficient on the banjo, guitar and harmonica. Born in Laurens, South Carolina and blind since infanc ...

) #"Tramp on the Street" (Grady Cole, Hazel Cole) #"Railroad Bill" (Traditional)

Personnel

– 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 art, ...

– mandolin *Kenneth S. Goldstein – producer *

Rudy Van Gelder Rudolph Van Gelder (November 2, 1924 – August 25, 2016) was an American recording engineer who specialized in jazz. Over more than half a century, he recorded several thousand sessions, with musicians including Booker Ervin, John Coltrane, Mil ...

- recording and mastering *

Esmond Edwards Esmond Edwards (October 29, 1927 – January 20, 2007) was an American photographer, record producer, and recording engineer. He worked for the jazz label Prestige Records during the 1950s and early 1960s. He was originally hired by founder Bob ...

- photography

References

External links

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