Van Ronk


Van Ronk is an album by folk music artist Dave Van Ronk, released in 1971.

History

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.
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

Village Voice critic Robert Christgau wrote of Van Ronk: "He shoots his shot at big-label production here, and now and then the orchestration turns surprisingly schmaltzy, but for the most part this shouted melee of song collection is a riot."

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Bird on the Wire" – 3:55
  2. "Fox's Minstrel Show" – 3:05
  3. "Port of Amsterdam" – 3:25
  4. "Fat Old John" – 1:06
  5. "Urge for Going" – 4:37

Side two

  1. "Random Canyon" – 2:05
  2. "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" – 3:50
  3. "Gaslight Rag" – 2:55
  4. "Honey Hair" – 3:15
  5. "Legend of the Dead Soldier" – 4:05
  6. "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" – 2:30

Personnel

  • Dave Van Ronk – vocals, guitar

Production notes