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Best of the Vanguard Years (Ramblin' Jack Elliott album)

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Released
  
October 31, 2000

Artist
  
Ramblin' Jack Elliott

Label
  
Vanguard Records

Length
  
72:13

Release date
  
31 October 2000

Genre
  
Folk music

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Best of the Vanguard Years is an album by American folk musician Ramblin' Jack Elliott, released in 2000.

Contents

The 1964 Vanguard release Jack Elliott is included in its entirety. Seven tracks from Jack Elliott were also reissued on CD by Vanguard in 2007 on Vanguard Visionaries. More than half of the album includes songs that had not been previously released.

Bob Dylan appears playing harmonica as "Tedham Porterhouse".

Reception

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr. wrote of the album "... even his older material never strikes the listener as out-of-date... For those who want to dig a little deeper into folk music's past, this is a fine selection; for those who aren't familiar with Rambin' Jack Elliott, this is a great place to begin one's acquaintance."

Track listing

All songs Traditional unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Roving Gambler" – 3:35
  2. "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" – 2:37
  3. "Diamond Joe" – 2:58
  4. "Guabi Guabi" (Traditional, Jack Elliott) – 4:43
  5. "Sowing on the Mountain" – 2:15
  6. "Roll on Buddy" – 2:01
  7. "1913 Massacre" (Woody Guthrie) – 3:52
  8. "House of the Rising Sun" – 3:27
  9. "Shade of the Old Apple Tree" – 2:42
  10. "Black Snake Moan" – 3:25
  11. "Portland Town" (Derroll Adams) – 1:59
  12. "More Pretty Girls Than One" – 2:14
  13. "Danville Girl" – 2:53
  14. "John Hardy" – 2:27
  15. "Dark as a Dungeon" (Merle Travis) – 2:53
  16. "Hard Ain't It Hard" (Guthrie) – 2:40
  17. "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" (Bob Dylan) – 3:16
  18. "I Got A Woman" – 2:33
  19. "Railroad Bill" – 3:57
  20. "I Never Will Marry" – 2:29
  21. "At My Window" – 2:09
  22. "Blue Eyed Elaine" – 2:18
  23. "Wildwood Flower" (Carter) – 2:25
  24. "Ranger's Command" (Guthrie) – 3:32
  25. "Willie Moore" – 2:53

Personnel

  • Ramblin' Jack Elliott – vocals, harmonica, guitar
  • Bill Lee – bass
  • Erik Darling – banjo
  • John Hammond – mouth harp
  • Eric Weissberg – bass
  • John Herald – guitar
  • Ian Tyson – guitar
  • Monte Dunn – guitar
  • Tedham Porterhouse – mouth harp

    • Songs

    1Roving Gambler3:35
    2Will the Circle Be Unbroken2:37
    3Diamond Joe2:58

    References

    Best of the Vanguard Years (Ramblin' Jack Elliott album) Wikipedia
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