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Seeking: Ramblin’ Jack Elliott Mp3’s (Or Torrent)



I recently discovered a fine fellow by the name of Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, who was sort of Woody Guthrie’s protege. Read more about him on Wikipedia. Curious if anyone has any or can point to any freely available Jack Elliott music available online. A torrent of his entire discography would be my preferred method of delivery - not that I condone illegal downloading of music though! Drop me a link…








6 Reader Responses

  1. nitro2k01 Says:
    March 9th, 2008 at 8:53 pm

    This is what I found from my sources:

    Jack takes the floor [1958]
    The Lost Topic Tapes Cowes Harbour 1957 [1957]
    The Ballad of Ramblin’ Jack [2000]
    The Essential [1970]
    Elliott Smith - Jackpot Studio Sessions [1997]
    Jack takes the floor [1958]
    I Stand Alone [2006]
    Cowes Harbour [1957]

    These are private torrent downloads. If you wish, I can download them for you and deliver them to you. Just send me a mail and I’ll send you a link when they’re downloaded.

  2. nitro2k01 Says:
    March 9th, 2008 at 8:55 pm

    Ooops, an Elliott Smith slipped in there too. ;)

  3. Big Elk Says:
    March 9th, 2008 at 9:08 pm

    That would be lovely! I would definitely appreciate a download from you. Will email you separately. Thanks!

  4. skip wiley Says:
    March 10th, 2008 at 3:56 pm

    Tim (and everyone else), I’d be curious to hear any other true folk gems you’ve come across in your searching… especially resource- and community-wise. This is a brand new realm for me to explore, and so far I’m finding most discoveries (ie, the newer stuff) seem entirely removed from what I’d consider the soul of true folk music. Just like with most other genres, its like someone hijacked the old costume and has filled it with crap.

    With the old stuff, I have no doubt the treasure is plentiful, but as for the new stuff… I’m not as much interested in this artist or that artist (as good as they may be), but rather groups/places/communities where all are encouraged to come together, create, and share songs/topics/ideas/etc without worry about the “this is mine, bitch!” mentality. Back in the day it was probably just called music, ’cause these things were simply assumed.

    Paying the bills of course has its place, but I don’t think it means this ideal I’m searching for cannot exist. I sort of came back to town in the midst of what you’ve been doing with this, but so far I’ve found no better place where the sharing & idea exchanged is encouraged.

  5. Big Elk Says:
    March 11th, 2008 at 10:17 am

    Yeah I completely understand, Skip!

    This is an amazing resource, free videos of old folk stuff:

    http://folkstreams.net/

    Smithsonian Folkways is excellent, and lets you listen to lots of free clips:

    http://www.folkways.si.edu/index.html

    Library of Congress runs the American Folklife center:

    http://www.loc.gov/folklife/index.html

    Would people be interested in me posting more about like “folk personalities”, music and histories that I come across? I haven’t had internet access at home for a week or two, so my ability to really dig in and share resources has been slightly dimmed.

  6. Julia Says:
    March 11th, 2008 at 7:10 pm

    Would people be interested in me posting more about like “folk personalities”, music and histories that I come across?

    I would be interested.



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