Van Ronk

Infobox Album |
Name = Van Ronk
Type = studio album
Artist = Dave Van Ronk


Released = 1971
Recorded = Sound Exchange Studios in New York City, December 1970 - May 1971
Genre = Folk
Length =
Label = Polydor
Producer = Dave Woods
Reviews =
Last album = "Dave Van Ronk and the Hudson Dusters"
(1967)
This album = "Van Ronk"
(1971)
Next album = "Songs for Ageing Children"
(1973)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate Cover
Type = album


Lower caption = Cover of the 1972 Fantasy double LP reissue of "Van Ronk".

"Van Ronk" is a 1971 album by artist Dave Van Ronk. It 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".

Track listing

ide one

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

ide 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

External links

* [http://www.wirz.de/music/vanrofrm.htm Dave Van Ronk discography]