Songs for Ageing Children

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Songs for Ageing Children
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Studio album by
Released1973
StudioAdvantage Sound, New York
Genre Folk
Length35:10
Label Cadet
CA-50044
Producer Michael Brovsky
Dave Van Ronk chronology
Van Ronk
(1971)
Songs for Ageing Children
(1973)
Sunday Street
(1976)

Songs for Ageing Children (sub-titled Let the Feeling Talk to You) is an album by American folk and blues performer Dave Van Ronk, released in 1973. [1] The album has not been released on CD, but a needle drop of the album has appeared on digital download platforms such as YouTube and iTunes.

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic stated in their review "This is a varied set, as if Van Ronk were trying to cover a lot of bases against the chance that he might not get another opportunity to record again soon." [2]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Duncan & Brady" (Traditional; arranged by Dave Van Ronk) – 3:48
  2. "Green Rocky Road" (Len Chandler) – 4:08
  3. "As You Make Your Bed" (Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill) – 4:21
  4. "Teddy Bears' Picnic" ( John Walter Bratton, Jimmy Kennedy) – 2:22
  5. "Song for Joni" (Dave Van Ronk) – 2:02

Side two

  1. "Work with Me Annie" (Hank Ballard) – 2:30
  2. "River" (Joni Mitchell) – 2:45
  3. "My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii" (Bill Cogswell, Tommy Harrison, Johnny Noble) – 3:35
  4. "Sail Away" (Randy Newman) – 2:54
  5. "Candy Man" (Rev. Gary Davis) – 2:43
  6. "Last Call" (Van Ronk) – 3:07

Personnel

Produced by Michael Brovsky for GRT Corporation. A Free Flow Production in association with Dave Van Ronk

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References

  1. Dave Van Ronk discography.
  2. 1 2 Ruhlman, William. "Songs for Ageing Children > Review". Allmusic . Retrieved February 18, 2015.