A Chrestomathy
A Chrestomathy is a retrospective two-CD compilation of songs by Dave Van Ronk released in 1992.
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| Released | 1992 | |||
| Recorded | 1960-1991 | |||
| Genre | Folk | |||
| Label | Gazell | |||
| Producer | Dave Van Ronk | |||
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Van Ronk recorded for many record labels. This compilation was released by Gazell Records.
Reception
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Writing for Allmusic, critic William Ruhlman wrote of the album "his affection for the pop music of his childhood ("Two Sleepy People," sung with Christine Lavin, "Swinging on a Star"), makes for a more varied chrestomathy than those who think of Dave Van Ronk simply as a folksinger might expect. It's hard to summarize more than three decades in the career of a steadily working musician in less than two hours, even one who recorded in as piecemeal a fashion as this one, but this compilation does a good job."[1]
Track listing
Disc 1
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Tell Old Bill" | Traditional | 4:24 |
| 2. | "Cocaine Blues" | Luke Jordan | 4:19 |
| 3. | "Motherless Children" | Traditional | 3:51 |
| 4. | "Poor Lazarus" | Traditional | 5:11 |
| 5. | "Mr Noah" | Traditional | 1:32 |
| 6. | "Come Back Baby" | Traditional | 3:52 |
| 7. | "If I Had to Do It All Over Again" | Bob Dylan | 3:34 |
| 8. | "Kentucky Moonshiner" | Traditional | 2:40 |
| 9. | "Fair and Tender Ladies" | Traditional | 5:42 |
| 10. | "Alley Oop" | Frazier, Kaverin | 3:39 |
| 11. | "Chelsea Morning" | Joni Mitchell | 2:37 |
| 12. | "Clouds" | Mitchell | 4:38 |
| 13. | "Swinging on a Star" | Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen | 2:37 |
| 14. | "Dink's Song" | Traditional | 3:34 |
| 15. | "Romping Through the Swamp" | Stampfel | 1:59 |
- Tracks 10-15 originally on The Hudson Dusters.
Disc 2
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "My Little Grass Shack" | Cogswell, Harrison, Nobel | 3:39 |
| 2. | "You's a Viper" | 2:35 | |
| 3. | "Temptation Rag" | Lodge | 3:10 |
| 4. | "Stealin'" | Shade | 3:15 |
| 5. | "John Hurt" | Paxton | 3:14 |
| 6. | "Sunday Street" | Van Ronk | 3:29 |
| 7. | "The Entertainer" | Scott Joplin | 4:57 |
| 8. | "Candy Man" | Davis | 3:05 |
| 9. | "Teddy Bear's Picnic" | Bratton, Kennedy | 3:07 |
| 10. | "Mack the Knife" | Brecht, Weill | 2:36 |
| 11. | "Tango Ballad" | Bratton, Kennedy | 4:44 |
| 12. | "Losers" | Van Ronk | 3:14 |
| 13. | "Garden State Stomp" | Van Ronk | 3:33 |
| 14. | "Two Sleepy People" | Carmichael, Frank Loesser | 3:38 |
| 15. | "The Fresno Shuffle" | Frandsen | 2:47 |
- Track 1 originally on Songs for Ageing Children
- Tracks 2-4 originally on the Ragtime Jug Stompers
- Track 9 originally on Peter and the Wolf
- Tracks 10-11 originally on Let No One Deceive You
References
- Ruhlman, William. "A Chrestomathy > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
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