Dave Van Ronk – Folksinger
Label: | Prestige Folklore – CR00571 |
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Series: | Vinyl Me, Please. Classics – C068 |
Format: | Vinyl, LP, Album, Club Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Mono, 180 g |
Country: | US |
Released: | |
Genre: | Folk, World, & Country |
Style: | Folk |
Tracklist
A1 | He Was A Friend Of Mine | 3:29 | |
A2 | Motherless Children | 3:45 | |
A3 | Stackalee | 3:32 | |
A4 | Mr. Noah | 1:28 | |
A5 | Come Back Baby | 3:48 | |
A6 | Poor Lazarus | 5:06 | |
B1 | Samson and Delilah | 3:35 | |
B2 | Cocaine Blues | 4:13 | |
B3 | You’ve Been A Good Old Wagon | 2:16 | |
B4 | Fixin’ To Die | 2:50 | |
B5 | Hang Me, Oh Hang Me | 3:07 | |
B6 | Long John | 2:10 | |
B7 | Chicken Is Nice | 2:29 |
Companies, etc.
- Exclusive Retailer – Vinyl Me, Please – VMPC068
- Lacquer Cut At – Sterling Sound
- Pressed By – GZ Media
Notes
AAA Lacquers Cut From The Original Master Tapes by Ryan Smith, Sterling Sound
Pressed on 180g Black Vinyl
Listening Notes Booklet by Elijah Wald
Rear jacket:
2022 & ©️1962 Craft Recordings, a Concord company. 10 Lea Avenue, Suite 300, Nashville, TN 37210.
All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws. Made in the Czech Republic.
Pressed on 180g Black Vinyl
Listening Notes Booklet by Elijah Wald
Rear jacket:
2022 & ©️1962 Craft Recordings, a Concord company. 10 Lea Avenue, Suite 300, Nashville, TN 37210.
All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws. Made in the Czech Republic.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): CR00571-A RKS STERLING 248035E1 1337894
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): CR00571-B RKS STERLING 248035E2 1337891
Other Versions (5 of 11)
View AllTitle (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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New Submission | Folksinger (LP, Mono, Orange Labels) | Prestige International | INT 13056 | US | 1962 | ||
New Submission | Folksinger (LP, Album, Reissue, Mono) | Prestige Folklore | FL 14012 | US | 1963 | ||
New Submission | Folksinger (LP, Misprint, Reissue, Mono, Blue Prestige Labels) | Prestige Folklore | FL 14012 | US | 1964 | ||
New Submission | Folksinger (LP, Stereo) | Prestige | PRST 7527 | US | 1967 | ||
New Submission | Folksinger (LP, Album, Reissue) | Prestige, Prestige | PR 7527, PRESTIGE 7527 | US | 1967 |
Reviews
- Really solid pressing of an amazing album. Mine is dead quiet and Dave really feels like he's singing right in front of you. Great packing as well.
I do wish that they leveled off some of the vocal peaks in the mastering process, they really are a bit abrasive at times. - My favorite vinyl me please release to date. First heard about Dave Van Ronk on Bob Dylan’s No Direction Home doc. Dylan essentially lists Van Ronk as one of the performers he felt was worth emulating and listening to. You can tell when Dylan speaks about him that he reveres Van Ronk, his skill set, and dedication to his craft. All that being said this is a mighty pressing of beautiful music. The liner notes are thoughtful and heartfelt and complete this badass release from a audiophile label that is really putting out a product worth the money that they charge. Rare nowadays. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
- Hidden Gem for music and pressing. Usual great cover from VMP. Need a quiet pressing for the sparse arrangements, this pressing is quiet and lets the voice and guitar pop out into the room.
- I was told to not sleep on this one, I went in blind. That advice was rock solid, so I will impart it to anyone curious and looking here. Buy immediately.
- A lot of VMP members were complaining about this choice for January. I think it’s such a great sounding pressing of a classic folk/americana album. Dave has raw emotion that comes through his songs. Highly recommend
- Some tape hiss aside, RKS did a great job with this title - it has never sounded better on vinyl, even an original copy does not do as good of a job reducing sibilance on Van Ronk's voice as is done on this reissue. Just stellar. Some minor complaints about the redesign of the jacket (a bit too bone white, should be a shade or two more tan/brown) aside, it is just about the perfect reissue of DVR's best album.
- The vinyl is dead quiet, which is important as you get just Van Ronk and his guitar. The songs are all bare bones. The recording is pretty good, but not great. Nontheless, Van Ronk can really let loose on occasion. You can tell the recording is an old one, but it's probably as good as this record can get.
Overall, very nice record, and when Van Rank sings, it has a nice presence, like he's right in front of you.
Cartridge: AT150Sa