Jack Takes the Floor [Import] [Limited Edition]

Track Listings

1. San Francisco Bay Blues

2. Ol' Riley

3. Boll Weevil

4. Bed Bug Blues

5. New York Town

6. Old Blue

7. Grey Goose

8. Mule Skinner's Blues

9. East Texas Talking Blues

10. Cocaine

11. Dink's Song

12. Black Baby

13. Salty Dog

14. Brother Won't You Join in the Line? [*]

15. There Are Better Things to Do [*] - Ramblin' Jack Elliott, , Peggy Seeger

Editorial Reviews
Album Details
Limited Japanese Version featuring an LP Style Sleeve. Originally Recorded as a Limited Edition 10 Inch LP. Includes Two Additional Tracks Not on the Original Release.

Tracks:

San Francisco Bay Blues
Ol' Riley
Boll Weevil
Bed Bug Blues
New York Town
Old Blue
Grey Goose
Mule Skinner Blues
East Texas Talking Blues
Cocaine
Dink's Song
Black Baby
Salty Dog
Brother Won't You Join in the Line? [*]
There Are Better Things to Do [*] - Ramblin' Jack Elliott, , Peggy Seeger

Album Details

Limited Japanese Version featuring an LP Style Sleeve. Originally Recorded as a Limited Edition 10 Inch LP. Includes Two Additional Tracks Not on the Original Release.

Customer Reviews:

This is the one.......2004-07-27

First, let me admit I have not heard this particular reissue, nor the bonus tracks. But it was Jack Takes The Floor, which I first heard in 1966, that made me an instant Jack Elliott fan. And I mean instant. And I still am.

This album was like a mini-documentary, I'd never heard anything like it. Jack, guitar pickin', lazily and humorously introducing each song with a wry setup before easing into some of the most beautiful, raw documentations of the songs of the deep heart of America. Jack never claimed to be a blues singer or have much knowledge of the blues. Listen to Ol' Riley and Dink's Song and Black Baby and know that he is fibbing. He IS a blues singer. For me, it's the sweetest, blackest blues I ever heard a white man do.

And he picked it up from the source, hearing the songs played in the parts of America they were made, while travelling with Woody Guthrie.

Bob Dylan, years later, hung with Jack and learned what Jack had to offer.

And once you've heard this, the deep source of the mellow humour in Arlo's Alice's Restaurant starts to come into view. The warm smokiness of setting up a tale with a bit of guitar-pickin'... no rush, take your time and let it flow.

Whatever you do, buy this one. 1958 recording in London, later reissued as Muleskinner. This is a pivotal record that most of the subsequent heroes of the 60s (particularly in Britain) cut their teeth on.

I paraphrase Jack from memory here:

- Well, Rod Stewart played me those old songs on the guitar, and I know he had the record because he made all of the same mistakes I did.

Music Album:

Music Album

1. San Francisco Bay Blues
2. Ol' Riley
3. Boll Weevil
4. Bed Bug Blues
5. New York Town
6. Old Blue
7. Grey Goose
8. Mule Skinner's Blues
9. East Texas Talking Blues
10. Cocaine
11. Dink's Song
12. Black Baby
13. Salty Dog
14. Brother Won't You Join in the Line? [*]
15. There Are Better Things to Do [*] - Ramblin' Jack Elliott, , Peggy Seeger