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Prestige

Jack Elliott Sings The Songs Of Woody Guthrie

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Recorded1967
LabelPrestige
CatalogPR 7453
Released1967
Personnel4 credited players
Discogsmaster 458204

The record

Fourteen Guthrie songs, the authorship declared in the album title itself -- 'Tom Joad,' 'Pretty Boy Floyd,' '1913 Massacre,' 'This Land Is Your Land.' Elliott sings and plays guitar and harmonica, and the credits name no other player. Kenneth S. Goldstein produced, Rudy Van Gelder recorded and mastered. Prestige put it out as a mono reissue in 1967, PR 7453.

Tracks

  1. Hard Travelling
  2. Grand Coulee Dam
  3. New York Town
  4. Tom Joad
  5. Howdido
  6. Talking Dust Bowl
  7. This Land Is Your Land
  8. Pretty Boy Floyd
  9. Philadelphia Lawyer
  10. Talking Columbia
  11. Dust Storm Disaster
  12. Riding In My Car
  13. 1913 Massacre
  14. So Long

Session personnel

  • John Greenway (3) — Liner Notes
  • Kenneth S. Goldstein — Producer
  • Rudy Van Gelder — Recorded By, Mastered By
  • Ramblin' Jack Elliott — Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica

Contemporary reception

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Pressings

1961Prestige International · INT 13016 — Vinyl, LP earliest on file
1964Prestige Folklore · FL 14011 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1964Prestige Folklore · FL 14011 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1965Stateside · SL 10167 — Vinyl, LP
1967Prestige · PR 7453 — Vinyl LP Album Reissue Mono
1967Prestige · PR 7453 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1967Prestige · FL 14011 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono, Blue Labels In Earlier Cover
1972Prestige · PR 7453 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1997P-Vine Records · PCD-5140 — CD, Album, Reissue

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