Lost Topic Tapes, The
| Artists: | 'Ramblin' Jack Elliott |
|---|---|
| Label: | Hightone |
| Catalogue Number: | HCD8175 |
| Our Price: | £12.00 (£10.21 exc vat) |
| Format: | CD |
Product Description
Full of previously unreleased material, THE LOST TOPIC TAPES contains some of Ramblin' Jack Elliott's earliest recordings, drawing from the same sessions that resulted in Elliott's first albums, for England's Topic label. These 1957 tracks capture a 25-year-old Elliott making informal between-song comments, displaying plenty of youthful verve, and interpreting songs by Woody Guthrie, with whom he had already traveled.
Guthrie's influence is obviously strong here, but just as evident is the effect Elliott would have in a few years on a young Bob Dylan. The similarities between Elliott, as captured here, and Dylan three or four years later is striking. Elliott's combination of spirited whimsy, deep folk roots, and dramatic intensity made him a hero to the mid-'50s UK trad-folk crowd, who'd been primed by Lonnie Donegan's skiffle sound, but Donegan could never have prepared anyone for what Elliott's coming would portend.
Track list
- Intro
- Acres Of Clams
- Freight Train
- Chisholm Trail
- Crawdad Song
- Black Girl (In The Pines)
- Tom Dooley
- Rocky Mountain Belle
- Hard Travelin'
- Big Rock Candy Mountain
- Old Rattler
- Talking Columbia Blues
- Streets Of Laredo
- Jack Of Diamonds
- Rusty Jiggs & Sandy Sam
- Tom Joad
