Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Best of the Vanguard Years - 1h 12m 26s

Tracks & Durations

1. Roving Gambler	3:35
2. Will the Circle Be Unbroken	2:37
3. Diamond Joe	2:58
4. Guabi Guabi	4:43
5. Sowing on the Mountain	2:15
6. Roll on Buddy	2:01
7. 1913 Massacre	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	1:59
12. More Pretty Girls	2:14
13. Danville Girl	2:53
14. John Hardy	2:27
15. Dark as a Dungeon	2:53
16. Hard Ain't it Hard	2:40
17. Don't Think Twice, It's all Right	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	2:25
24. Ranger's Command	3:32
25. Willie Moore	2:53

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Review

First it was Woody Guthrie who cast a shadow over Ramblin' Jack Elliott's art. "He sounds more like me than I do," Woody once quipped. Now Elliott's own legend threatens to obscure his fine music. This 25-song set shows how forceful, even peerless (at least among the folkies), his singing and guitar playing could be. Because Elliott released only one album on Vanguard, this "best-of" includes the whole of that 1964 debut plus 13 previously unreleased tracks, making for less of a useful introduction and more of a fan's dream come true. Unreleased tracks include old folk songs such as "Danville Girl," "Diamond Joe," and "Blue Eyed Elaine." Elliott's ultratwangy, unapologetically aggressive style lends the stories a cinematic intensity--and a delightful, cutting humor. This set also reveals just how much Elliott shaped the repertoire, flatpicking, and vocal style of the young Bob Dylan (who, in the guise of Tedham Porterhouse, lends harmonica to Elliott's frenzied version of "Will the Circle Be Unbroken"). As a portrait of the artist, these Vanguard recordings make clear just why Elliott remains so influential and revered. --Roy Kasten

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