A Chrestomathy
A Chrestomathy is a retrospective two-CD compilation of songs by Dave Van Ronk released in 1992.
Van Ronk recorded for many record labels. This compilation was released by Gazell Records.
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Writing for Allmusic, critic William Ruhlman wrote of the album "his affection for the pop music of his childhood ("Two Sleepy People," sung with Christine Lavin, "Swinging on a Star"), makes for a more varied chrestomathy than those who think of Dave Van Ronk simply as a folksinger might expect. It's hard to summarize more than three decades in the career of a steadily working musician in less than two hours, even one who recorded in as piecemeal a fashion as this one, but this compilation does a good job."[1]
Track listing
Disc 1
1. |
"Tell Old Bill" | Traditional |
4:24 |
2. |
"Cocaine Blues" | Luke Jordan |
4:19 |
3. |
"Motherless Children" | Traditional |
3:51 |
4. |
"Poor Lazarus" | Traditional |
5:11 |
5. |
"Mr Noah" | Traditional |
1:32 |
6. |
"Come Back Baby" | Traditional |
3:52 |
7. |
"If I Had to Do It All Over Again" | Bob Dylan |
3:34 |
8. |
"Kentucky Moonshiner" | Traditional |
2:40 |
9. |
"Fair and Tender Ladies" | Traditional |
5:42 |
10. |
"Alley Oop" | Frazier, Kaverin |
3:39 |
11. |
"Chelsea Morning" | Joni Mitchell |
2:37 |
12. |
"Clouds" | Mitchell |
4:38 |
13. |
"Swinging on a Star" | Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen |
2:37 |
14. |
"Dink's Song" | Traditional |
3:34 |
15. |
"Romping Through the Swamp" | Stampfel |
1:59 |
- Tracks 10-15 originally on The Hudson Dusters.
Disc 2
1. |
"My Little Grass Shack" | Cogswell, Harrison, Nobel |
3:39 |
2. |
"You's a Viper" | |
2:35 |
3. |
"Temptation Rag" | Lodge |
3:10 |
4. |
"Stealin'" | Shade |
3:15 |
5. |
"John Hurt" | Paxton |
3:14 |
6. |
"Sunday Street" | Van Ronk |
3:29 |
7. |
"The Entertainer" | Scott Joplin |
4:57 |
8. |
"Candy Man" | Davis |
3:05 |
9. |
"Teddy Bear's Picnic" | Bratton, Kennedy |
3:07 |
10. |
"Mack the Knife" | Brecht, Weill |
2:36 |
11. |
"Tango Ballad" | Bratton, Kennedy |
4:44 |
12. |
"Losers" | Van Ronk |
3:14 |
13. |
"Garden State Stomp" | Van Ronk |
3:33 |
14. |
"Two Sleepy People" | Carmichael, Frank Loesser |
3:38 |
15. |
"The Fresno Shuffle" | Frandsen |
2:47 |
- Track 1 originally on Songs for Ageing Children
- Tracks 2-4 originally on the Ragtime Jug Stompers
- Track 9 originally on Peter and the Wolf
- Tracks 10-11 originally on Let No One Deceive You
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