Bull Durham Sacks and Railroad Tracks

Ramblin' Jack Elliott | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 12, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 1970
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collector's Choice
• ASIN: B00005J6ZC
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #206,128 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Ramblin' Jack's 1970 album did indeed have a lot of 'rappin'and ramblin' in between renditions of 'Me and Bobby McGee','Folsom Prison Blues', 'Find a Reason to Believe' and 'Ill Be Your Baby Tonight'. The full title is Bull Durham Sacks &Railroad Tracks.

Customer Reviews

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quintessential Jack Elliot...singin', pickin' and talkin'..., October 21, 2002

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William E. Adams (Midland, Texas USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bull Durham Sacks and Railroad Tracks (Audio CD)

If you have an interest in Ramblin' Jack when he was at the top of his game as the mentee of Woody and a mentor of Dylan, get ahold of this 1970 release, originally an LP on the Reprise label. There are Woody songs, there are rappin' segments, there are a couple of selections that made sense only to Jack, and there are about five performances here which are dynamite, including Kristofferson's "Me and Bobby McGee." Earlier Elliot albums are available, and so are later ones, all the way up to a couple of years ago, but this is the Ramblin' Jack of Dylan's Rolling Thunder Review, the guy who was just beginning to earn the "elder statesman" designation. I bought this when it was brand new, but I enjoy it more now than I did then. Jack always was unique and cantankerous and inconsistent...much like Woody himself. He doesn't appeal to everybody, but if if you do like him, this is one of his most interesting releases.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quintessential Jack Elliot...singin', pickin' and talkin'..., October 21, 2002

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William E. Adams (Midland, Texas USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bull Durham Sacks and Railroad Tracks (Audio CD)

If you have an interest in Ramblin' Jack when he was at the top of his game as the mentee of Woody and a mentor of Dylan, get ahold of this 1970 release, originally an LP on the Reprise label. There are Dylan songs, there are rappin' segments, there are a couple of selections that made sense only to Jack, and there are about five performances here which are dynamite, including Kristofferson's "Me and Bobby McGee." Earlier Elliot albums are available, and so are later ones, all the way up to a couple of years ago, but this is the Ramblin' Jack of Dylan's Rolling Thunder Review, the guy who was just beginning to earn the "elder statesman" designation. I bought this when it was brand new, but I enjoy it more now than I did then. Jack always was unique and cantankerous and inconsistent...much like Woody himself. He doesn't appeal to everybody, but if if you do like him, this is one of his most interesting releases.

3.0 out of 5 stars Ramblin' Jack's Rollin' 'Round The Bend..., May 24, 2011

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R. Webb "minstrel man" (u.s.a.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bull Durham Sacks and Railroad Tracks (Audio CD)

The first half of this recording is Ramblin' Jack all the way, the rest was just casually passing the time of day. Ramblin' Jack rolls like thunder with his band on "Folsom Prison Blues", "Me And Bobby McGee", and lands gently with his whiskey graveled vocals on Tim Hardin's "Reason To Believe" and Dylan's "Lay, Lady, Lay", "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight"... "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" is Elliott's storytelling only of why he learned this Bob Dylan standard... then we get a reverb party of the third reich, or call it Ramblin' Jack's Sgt. Pepper, the rest of the album rolls downhill with poor renditions of songs, mainly poor production... "raw and live". Bull Durham Sacks And Railroad Tracks, not essential Jack Elliott, but not bad either, interesting to say the least. good audio, collector's choice