Prestige
Jack Elliott Sings The Songs Of Woody Guthrie
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| Recorded | 1967 |
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| Label | Prestige |
| Catalog | PR 7453 |
| Released | 1967 |
| Personnel | 4 credited players |
| Discogs | master 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
- Hard Travelling
- Grand Coulee Dam
- New York Town
- Tom Joad
- Howdido
- Talking Dust Bowl
- This Land Is Your Land
- Pretty Boy Floyd
- Philadelphia Lawyer
- Talking Columbia
- Dust Storm Disaster
- Riding In My Car
- 1913 Massacre
- 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
| 1961 | Prestige International · INT 13016 — Vinyl, LP earliest on file |
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| 1964 | Prestige Folklore · FL 14011 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 1964 | Prestige Folklore · FL 14011 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1965 | Stateside · SL 10167 — Vinyl, LP |
| 1967 | Prestige · PR 7453 — Vinyl LP Album Reissue Mono |
| 1967 | Prestige · PR 7453 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
| 1967 | Prestige · FL 14011 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono, Blue Labels In Earlier Cover |
| 1972 | Prestige · PR 7453 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
| 1997 | P-Vine Records · PCD-5140 — CD, Album, Reissue |
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