Van Ronk

Van Ronk features some of his most elaborate recordings with many backing musicians. It includes English language versions of songs by non-English speaking composers (Bertold Brecht and Jacques Brel).

Another release titled Van Ronk was issued as a double LP in 1972 by Fantasy Records by pairing Dave Van Ronk, Folksinger and Inside Dave Van Ronk. That collection was later released on CD as Inside Dave Van Ronk.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Robert Christgau	(B+) ^[2]

Music critic Robert Christgau wrote of Van Ronk: "He shoots his shot at big-label production here, and now and then the orchestration (not to mention the material) turns surprisingly schmaltzy, but for the most part this shouted melee of song collection is a riot."^[2]

Track listing

Side one

"Bird on the Wire" (Leonard Cohen) – 3:55
"Fox's Minstrel Show" (Michael Small) – 3:05
"Port of Amsterdam" (Jacques Brel, Eric Blau, Mort Shuman) – 3:25
"Fat Old John" (Peter Stampfel) – 1:06
"Urge for Going" (Joni Mitchell) – 4:37

Side two

"Random Canyon" (Peter Stampfel) – 2:05
"I Think It's Going to Rain Today" (Randy Newman) – 3:50
"Gaslight Rag" (Dave Van Ronk) – 2:55
"Honey Hair" (Van Ronk) – 3:15
"Legend of the Dead Soldier" (Bertolt Brecht, Eric Bentley) – 4:05
"Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) – 2:30

Personnel

Dave Van Ronk – vocals, guitar

Production notes

All Songs Arranged by Dave Woods except "Gaslight Rag" by Dave Van Ronk
Produced by Dave Woods
Engineered by Steve Katz
Cover Art by Anne Friedman
Morale by Joanne Grace
Manager – Ron Shelley
Spiritual – John Jameson
Polydor: Karen Austin, Jon Sagen

References

↑ Dave Van Ronk discography
1 2 Christgau, Robert. "Van Ronk > Review". Robert Christgau. Retrieved June 15, 2011.

Dave Van Ronk

Studio albums	Dave Van Ronk Sings Ballads, Blues, and a Spiritual (1959) Dave Van Ronk and the Ragtime Jug Stompers (1960) Van Ronk Sings (1961) Dave Van Ronk, Folksinger (1962) In the Tradition (1963) Inside Dave Van Ronk (1964) Just Dave Van Ronk (1964) No Dirty Names (1966) Dave Van Ronk and the Hudson Dusters (1967) Van Ronk (1971) Songs for Ageing Children (1973) Sunday Street (1976) Somebody Else, Not Me (1980) Your Basic Dave Van Ronk (1982) St. James Infirmary (1983) Going Back to Brooklyn (1985) Let No One Deceive You (1990) Hummin’ to Myself (1990) Peter and the Wolf (1990) To All My Friends in Far-Flung Places (1994) From... Another Time & Place (1995) Sweet & Lowdown (2001)

Live albums	Dave Van Ronk in Rome (1983) Live at Sir George Williams University (1997) ...and the tin pan bended and the story ended... (2004) On Air (2008)

Compilations	Van Ronk’’ (1972) Hesitation Blues (1988) Inside Dave Van Ronk (1989) The Folkways Years, 1959–1961 (1991) A Chrestomathy (1992) Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk (2002) The Mayor of MacDougal Street (2005) Bluesmaster (2012) Down in Washington Square: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection (2013)

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