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Jack Elliott (album)

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Released
  
1964

Label
  
Vanguard

Genre
  
Folk

Jack Elliott (1964)
  
Young Brigham (1968)

Jack Elliott is an album by American folk musician Ramblin' Jack Elliott, released in 1964. It was his only principal release on the Vanguard label.

Contents

Bob Dylan appears playing harmonica as "Tedham Porterhouse".

Another album titled Jack Elliott was released by Everest Archive of Folk Music in the 1960s and has since been reissued on CD by Tradition / Rykodisc. It has a different track list.

Reception

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr. wrote the album "...a listener doesn't have to check out but three or four tracks on Jack Elliott to find out what an original oddball he is... Jack Elliott manages to pay its respects to public domain material while still being entertaining."

Reissues

  • Jack Elliott was reissued with additional live tracks as a double LP and on CD by Vanguard Records in 1976 and 1998 as The Essential Ramblin' Jack Elliott.
  • All the songs from Jack Elliott were reissued on CD by Vanguard in 2000 on Best of the Vanguard Years.
  • Seven tracks from Jack Elliott were reissued on CD by Vanguard in 2007 on Vanguard Visionaries.

    • Track listing

    All songs Traditional unless otherwise noted.

    Side one

    1. "Roving Gambler"
    2. "Will the Circle Be Unbroken"
    3. "Diamond Joe"
    4. "Guabi Guabi" (Traditional, Jack Elliott)
    5. "Sowing on the Mountains"
    6. "Roll On Buddy"

    Side two

    1. "1913 Massacre" (Woody Guthrie)
    2. "House of the Rising Sun"
    3. "Shade of the Old Apple Tree"
    4. "Black Snake Moan"
    5. "Portland Town" (Derroll Adams)
    6. "More Pretty Girls"

    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 (Bob Dylan) – mouth harp

    • References

    Jack Elliott (album) Wikipedia
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