| The Essential Ramblin' Jack Elliott | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by Ramblin' Jack Elliott | ||||
| Released | 1976 | |||
| Genre | Folk | |||
| Label | Vanguard | |||
| Producer | Maynard Solomon | |||
| Ramblin' Jack Elliott chronology | ||||
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The Essential Ramblin' Jack Elliott is a compilation album by American folk musician Ramblin' Jack Elliott, released in 1976. It was originally issued as a double LP including Elliot's only Vanguard release Jack Elliott and other live tracks. The album was reissued on CD in 1998.
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Track listing
All songs Traditional unless otherwise noted.
- "Roving Gambler" – 3:36
- "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" – 2:38
- "Diamond Joe" – 2:58
- "Guabi Guabi" (Traditional, Jack Elliott) – 4:43
- "Sowing on the Mountain" – 2:15
- "Roll on Buddy" – 2:03
- "1913 Massacre" (Woody Guthrie) – 3:51
- "House of the Rising Sun" – 3:28
- "Shade of the Old Apple Tree" – 2:41
- "Black Snake Moan" – 3:26
- "Portland Town" (Derroll Adams) – 1:59
- "More Pretty Girls Than One" – 2:14
- Double LP and CD reissue live tracks:
- "San Francisco Bay Blues" (Jesse Fuller) – 2:15
- "Buffalo Skinners" – 4:51
- "Sadie Brown" – 3:30
- "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" (Bob Dylan) – 4:13
- "Blind Lemon Jefferson" (Lead Belly) – 3:55
- "Ramblin' Round Your City" (Guthrie) – 3:50
- "Tennessee Stud" (Jimmy Driftwood) – 4:14
- "Night Herding Song" – 3:20
- "Lovesick Blues" (Cliff Friend, Irving Mills) – 3:17
- "I Belong to Glasgow" (William Fyffe) – 5:31
Personnel
- Ramblin' Jack Elliott – vocals, harmonica, guitar
References
- Picture of label shows 1976 as year of release, Accessed June 11, 2009.
- The Essential Ramblin' Jack Elliott at AllMusic. Retrieved July 3, 2011.