Ramblin Boy

Tom Paxton | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 10, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collector's Choice
• ASIN: B00006B1KY
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #173,529 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Job of Work

2. A Rumblin' in the Land

3. When Morning Breaks

4. Daily News

5. What Did You Learn in School Today?

6. The Last Thing on My Mind

7. Harper

8. Fare Thee Well, Cisco

9. I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound

10. High Sheriff of Hazard

11. My Lady's a Wild Flying Dove

12. Standing on the Edge of Town

13. I'm Bound for the Mountains and the Sea

14. Goin' to the Zoo

15. Ramblin' Boy

Editorial Reviews

On this album, his debut from 1965 are such classics as 'I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound', 'Goin' To The Zoo', and 'The Last Thing On My Mind'. There are also notes to the classic folk album that include quotes from the man himself. 2002.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Debut For One of America's Greatest Songwriters, March 4, 2003

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James Skrydlak "mostlymozart" (Pella, Iowa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ramblin Boy (Audio CD)

While Tom Paxton had had some financial success as a songwriter by 1965 (the Chad Mitchell Trio had recorded several of his songs), he had not released an LP until this one. What an LP it was, and what a CD it is. After nearly forty years, such songs as "Ramblin' Boy", "The Last Thing On My Mind", and "Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound" remain classics. They're complemented by such fine songs as "Goin' To the Zoo" (one of the great songs ever written for children), "When Morning Breaks", and "I'm Bound For the Mountains and the Sea". Paxton has always written his share of topical/political songs, which, by their nature, don't age well; that's the case with "Daily News", "What Did You Learn In School Today?", and "A Rumblin' In the Land". The other songs, though, are as fresh today as they were in 1965, and the arrangements for guitar, bass, and either another guitar or a banjo are exquisite.