| Van Ronk | ||||
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| Released | August 1971 | |||
| Recorded | December 1970 - May 1971 | |||
| Studio | Sound Exchange Studios, New York City | |||
| Genre | Folk | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
| Producer | Dave Woods | |||
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Van Ronk is an album by folk music artist Dave Van Ronk, released in 1971. [1]
Van Ronk features some of his most elaborate recordings with many backing musicians. It includes English language versions of songs by non-English speaking composers (Bertold Brecht and Jacques Brel).
Another release titled Van Ronk was issued as a double LP in 1972 by Fantasy Records by pairing Dave Van Ronk, Folksinger and Inside Dave Van Ronk . That collection was later released on CD as Inside Dave Van Ronk .
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| Source | Rating |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B+ [2] |
Village Voice critic Robert Christgau wrote of Van Ronk: "He shoots his shot at big-label production here, and now and then the orchestration (not to mention the material) turns surprisingly schmaltzy, but for the most part this shouted melee of song collection is a riot." [2]
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