Jack Elliott Sings the Songs of Woody Guthrie

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Jack Elliott Sings the Songs of Woody Guthrie
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Studio album by
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
ReleasedSeptember 1960
Genre Folk
Label Prestige/EMI International
Producer Kenneth S. Goldstein
Ramblin' Jack Elliott chronology
Ramblin' Jack Elliott Sings Songs by Woody Guthrie and Jimmie Rodgers
(1960)		Jack Elliott Sings the Songs of Woody Guthrie
(1960)		 Songs to Grow On by Woody Guthrie, Sung by Jack Elliott
(1961)

Jack Elliott Sings the Songs of Woody Guthrie is an album by American folk musician Ramblin' Jack Elliott, released in September 1960. It consists of songs written or well known as performed by Woody Guthrie.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Writing for Allmusic, music critic Richie Unterberger called the album "the recording that is most representative of his role in popularizing the work of his hero." [1]

Reissues

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Hard Traveling"
  2. "Grand Coulee Dam"
  3. "New York Town"
  4. "Tom Joad"
  5. "Howdido"
  6. "Talking Dust Bowl"
  7. "This Land is Your Land"

Side two

  1. "Pretty Boy Floyd"
  2. "Philadelphia Lawyer"
  3. "Talking Columbia"
  4. "Dust Storm Disaster"
  5. "Riding in My Car"
  6. "1913 Massacre"
  7. "So Long"

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Unterberger, Richie. "Jack Elliott Sings the Songs of Woody Guthrie > Review". Allmusic . Retrieved July 3, 2011.
  2. ↑ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (February 19, 1966). "Jack Elliott: Sings The Song Of Woody Guthrie" (PDF). Record Mirror . No. 258. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2022. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
  3. ↑ Allmusic entry for Hard Travelin'
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