Ramblin´ Jack Elliott - The Essential (1976)

"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.

Elliott was the complete folksinger of the 60s, singing and yodeling traditional material derived from folk, country, and blues sources and (especially) carrying on the tradition of Woody Guthrie. This two-pocket set, some of which is taken from a 1965 concert at New York Town Hall, provides a representative sampling of his repertoire and style.


Tracklist:

"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
"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

Ramblin´ Jack Elliott - The Essential (1976)

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