The Essential Ramblin' Jack Elliott

The Essential Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Greatest hits album by
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Released1976
GenreFolk
LabelVanguard
ProducerMaynard Solomon
Ramblin' Jack Elliott chronology
Bull Durham Sacks & Railroad Tracks
(1970) 		The Essential Ramblin' Jack Elliott
(1976) 		Kerouac's Last Dream
(1981)

The Essential Ramblin' Jack Elliott is a compilation album by American folk musician Ramblin' Jack Elliott, released in 1976.[1] 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.

  1. "Roving Gambler" – 3:36
  2. "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" – 2:38
  3. "Diamond Joe" – 2:58
  4. "Guabi Guabi" (Traditional, Jack Elliott) – 4:43
  5. "Sowing on the Mountain" – 2:15
  6. "Roll on Buddy" – 2:03
  7. "1913 Massacre" (Woody Guthrie) – 3:51
  8. "House of the Rising Sun" – 3:28
  9. "Shade of the Old Apple Tree" – 2:41
  10. "Black Snake Moan" – 3:26
  11. "Portland Town" (Derroll Adams) – 1:59
  12. "More Pretty Girls Than One" – 2:14
    Double LP and CD reissue live tracks:
  13. "San Francisco Bay Blues" (Jesse Fuller) – 2:15
  14. "Buffalo Skinners" – 4:51
  15. "Sadie Brown" – 3:30
  16. "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" (Bob Dylan) – 4:13
  17. "Blind Lemon Jefferson" (Lead Belly) – 3:55
  18. "Ramblin' Round Your City" (Guthrie) – 3:50
  19. "Tennessee Stud" (Jimmy Driftwood) – 4:14
  20. "Night Herding Song" – 3:20
  21. "Lovesick Blues" (Cliff Friend, Irving Mills) – 3:17
  22. "I Belong to Glasgow" (William Fyffe) – 5:31

Personnel

References

  1. ^ [1] Picture of label shows 1976 as year of release, Accessed June 11, 2009.
  2. ^ The Essential Ramblin' Jack Elliott at AllMusic. Retrieved July 3, 2011.