Jack Takes the Floor
1958 studio album by Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Jack Takes the Floor | ||||
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Studio album by Ramblin' Jack Elliott | ||||
Released | June 15, 1958 | |||
Genre | Folk | |||
Label | Topic | |||
Producer | Bill Leader, Dick Swettenham | |||
Ramblin' Jack Elliott chronology | ||||
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Jack Takes the Floor is an album by American folk musician Ramblin' Jack Elliott, released in Great Britain in 1958. The original release was a 10-inch LP.[1]
The album was reissued with two additional songs: "Old Blue" and "East Texas Talking Blues" as Muleskinner. A later reissue further added "Brother Won't You Join the Line?" and "There Are Better Things to Do".
Track listing
- Side one
- "San Francisco Bay Blues" (Jesse Fuller)
- "Ol' Riley"
- "Boll Weevil" (Traditional)
- "Bed Bug Blues"
- "New York Town"
- "Grey Goose"
- Side two
- "Mule Skinner Blues" (Jimmie Rodgers, Vaughn Horton)
- "Cocaine"
- "Dink's Song"
- "Black Baby"
- "Salty Dog" (Traditional)
Personnel
- Ramblin' Jack Elliott – vocals, guitar
Critical reception
It was included in the 2005 book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
References
- ^ Ramblin' Jack Elliott Illustrated discography Accessed June 16, 2009.
External links
- Ramblin' Jack Elliott Illustrated discography
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- Woody Guthrie's Blues
- Jack Elliot Sings
- Jack Takes the Floor
- Ramblin' Jack Elliott in London
- Ramblin' Jack Elliott Sings Songs by Woody Guthrie and Jimmie Rodgers
- Jack Elliott Sings the Songs of Woody Guthrie
- Songs to Grow On by Woody Guthrie, Sung by Jack Elliott
- Ramblin' Jack Elliott
- Country Style
- Jack Elliott
- Young Brigham
- Bull Durham Sacks & Railroad Tracks
- Kerouac's Last Dream
- South Coast
- Friends of Mine
- The Long Ride
- I Stand Alone
- A Stranger Here
- The Essential Ramblin' Jack Elliott
- Best of the Vanguard Years
- The Lost Topic Tapes: Cowes Harbour 1957
- The Lost Topic Tapes: Isle of Wight 1957
- Vanguard Visionaries