Prestige

The Folk Blues Of Eric Von Schmidt

Eric Von Schmidt

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Recorded	1969
Label	Prestige
Catalog	PR 7717
Released	1969
Personnel	6 credited players
Discogs	master 350162

The record

Von Schmidt handles guitar, mandolin, harmonica and vocals across thirteen tracks, with Geoff Muldaur and Robert L. Jones on guitars and Fritz Richmond's washtub bass given its own credit line. Samuel B. Charters wrote the notes; Don Schlitten did the design and the photography. Prestige PR 7717, a remastered stereo reissue of a folk blues set.

Tracks

Crow Jane
Gulf Coast Blues
Brave Wolfe
Junco Partner
De Kalb Blues
Lolita
Champagne Don't Hurt Me. Baby
Buffalo Skinners
Jack O' Diamonds
He Was A Friend Of Mine
Cocoa Beach Blues
Down On Me
Titanic

Session personnel

Fritz Richmond — Bass [Washtub]
Don Schlitten — Design, Photography By
Geoff Muldaur — Guitar
Eric Von Schmidt — Guitar, Mandolin, Harmonica, Vocals
Robert L. Jones — Guitar, Vocals
Samuel B. Charters — Liner Notes

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

1963	Prestige Folklore · FL 14005 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file
1963	Prestige Folklore · FL 14005 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Mono
1963	Prestige Folklore · FL 14005 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1964	Prestige Folklore · FL 14005 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1969	Prestige · PR 7717 — Vinyl LP Album Reissue Remastered Stereo
1972	Prestige · PR 7717 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
1972	Prestige · PR 7717 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
1997	P-Vine Records · PCD-5146 — CD, Album, Reissue
2018	Grey Scale · GSGZ145CD — CD, Album
—	Prestige · PR 7717 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
—	Prestige Folklore · FL 14005 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono