Dave Van Ronk - Inside Dave Van Ronk (1989)

Posted By: v3122

Dave Van Ronk - Inside Dave Van Ronk (1989)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & iPod M4A(Tracks) & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
Fantasy, FCD-24710-2 | ~ 384 or 389 or 185 Mb | Scans Included
Folk / Singer/Songwriter

Somewhat confusingly titled, this CD reissue includes both the 1962 album of the same name and the Dave Van Ronk, Folksinger LP (recorded around the same time), encompassing 25 tracks in all. Anyway, this is certainly Van Ronk's most enduring work, and indeed one of the few relics of the early-'60s traditional folk boom that holds up well today. With the possible exception of Bob Dylan (whom Van Ronk and his wife helped immensely when Dylan was a struggling unknown in New York), Dave was the finest interpreter of traditional folk tunes of that time, with a big bear of a voice that was both anguished and tender. One of the few white folkies who could sing acoustic blues without embarrassment, Van Ronk was also an accomplished acoustic guitar picker; instrumentally and vocally, he brought an intensity to his covers that made the songs his own. Of the two albums brought together on this CD, Inside has the edge because of its more varied instrumentation, including 12-string guitar, dulcimer, and autoharp (Folksinger only has Dave's vocals and guitar). Dominated by classics like "Motherless Child," "Silver Dagger," "Poor Lazarus," and "Fixin' to Die," this also has an arrangement of "He Was a Friend of Mine" that Van Ronk learned from Dylan, who apparently claimed the traditional song as his own at the time.

by Richie Unterberger



Dave Van Ronk Biography

Guitarist, singer, songwriter, and native New Yorker Dave Van Ronk inspired, aided, and promoted the careers of numerous singer/songwriters who came up in the blues tradition. Most notable of the many musicians he helped over the years was Bob Dylan, whom Van Ronk got to know shortly after Dylan moved to New York in 1961 to pursue a life as a folk/blues singer. Van Ronk's recorded output was healthy, but he was never as prolific a songwriter as some of his friends from that era, like Dylan or Tom Paxton. Instead, Van Ronk's genius was derived from his flawless execution and rearranging of classic acoustic blues tunes.

Born June 30, 1936, in Brooklyn and raised there, Van Ronk never completed high school, and left home for Greenwich Village, a few miles away, in his late teens. He took his inspiration from blues and folk singer Odetta, who encouraged the then merchant seaman to play the classic jazz music that he was so keenly interested in. Often regarded as the grand uncle of the Greenwich Village coffeehouse scene, the self-effacing Van Ronk, an engaging intellectual and voracious reader, would have been the first to tell you that there were others, like Odetta, who were around the Village before him. As the blues and folk boom bloomed into the '60s, Van Ronk became part of an inner circle of musicians who lived in the Village, including then up-and-coming performers like Dylan, Paxton, Phil Ochs, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, and Joni Mitchell. An expert fingerpicker, Van Ronk was influenced as a vocalist by Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong.

Van Ronk's recording career began in 1959 with Sings Ballads, Blues & a Spiritual on Moses Asch's Folkways label. His reputation wasn't solid, however, until he began recording for the Prestige label in the first half of the '60s. These recordings allowed him to tour throughout the U.S. and perform at major folk festivals like Newport. Although he had a short-lived folk rock band called the Hudson Dusters in the mid-'60s, the bulk of Van Ronk's recordings were solo acoustic affairs. Van Ronk's various recordings serve different purposes; to check out Van Ronk the songwriter, pick up Going Back to Brooklyn (Gazell Productions, 1985), which was his first all-original album, containing only his own songs; for students of Van Ronk's complex guitar technique, pick up Dave Van Ronk, a compact disc reissue of two earlier Prestige albums, Dave Van Ronk, Folksinger and Inside Dave Van Ronk. Another compilation, The Folkways Years (1959-1961), is available from Smithsonian Folkways. His 1967 album for Verve Forecast, Dave Van Ronk and the Hudson Dusters, is worthy of reissue on compact disc for its sound quality and for the statements it makes about American society in the '60s.

Van Ronk continued to record throughout the '90s and beyond, with the Alcazar Records label releasing From…Another Time and Place in 1995 and Justin Time issuing Sweet and Lowdown in 2001. He died unexpectedly while undergoing post-operative treatment for colon cancer on February 10, 2002. A CD of his last concert, from October 2001 in Takoma Park, Maryland, was released by Smithsonian Folkways in 2004 as …And the Tin Pan Bended and the Story Ended.

by Richard Skelly
Dave Van Ronk - Inside Dave Van Ronk (1989):


Tracklist:

01. Samson and Delilah – 2:35
02. Cocaine Blues – 4:16
03. You've Been a Good Old Wagon – 2:19
04. Fixin' to Die – 2:52
05. Hang Me, Oh Hang Me – 3:07
06. Long John – 2:08
07. Chicken Is Nice – 2:30
08. He Was a Friend of Mine – 3:29
09. Motherless Children – 3:48
10. Stackerlee – 3:35
11. Mr. Noah – 1:26
12. Come Back Baby – 3:49
13. Poor Lazarus – 5:08
14. House Carpenter – 3:30
15. The Cruel Ship's Captain – 1:55
16. Sprig Of Thyme – 2:35
17. Talking Cancer Blues – 1:45
18. I Buyed Me A Little Dog – 3:59
19. Lady Gay – 3:40
20. Fair And Tender Ladies – 5:40
21. Brian O'Lynne – 1:15
22. Shanty Man's Life – 3:20
23. Silver Dagger – 2:20
24. Kentucky Moonshiner – 2:35
25. He Never Came Back – 2:10

Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 5 from 4. May 2009

EAC extraction logfile from 18. November 2010, 15:44

Dave Van Ronk / Inside Dave Van Ronk

Used drive : TSSTcorpCD/DVDW SH-S182D Adapter: 0 ID: 1

Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No

Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Gap handling : Appended to previous track

Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 768 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\FLAC\FLAC.EXE
Additional command line options : -V -8 -T "artist=%a" -T "title=%t" -T "album=%g" -T "date=%y" -T "tracknumber=%n" -T "genre=%m" %s


TOC of the extracted CD

Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.00 | 2:39.12 | 0 | 11936
2 | 2:39.12 | 4:19.03 | 11937 | 31364
3 | 6:58.15 | 2:22.37 | 31365 | 42051
4 | 9:20.52 | 2:54.65 | 42052 | 55166
5 | 12:15.42 | 3:10.08 | 55167 | 69424
6 | 15:25.50 | 2:14.35 | 69425 | 79509
7 | 17:40.10 | 2:32.35 | 79510 | 90944
8 | 20:12.45 | 3:33.52 | 90945 | 106971
9 | 23:46.22 | 3:50.65 | 106972 | 124286
10 | 27:37.12 | 3:38.43 | 124287 | 140679
11 | 31:15.55 | 1:31.62 | 140680 | 147566
12 | 32:47.42 | 3:52.20 | 147567 | 164986
13 | 36:39.62 | 5:11.18 | 164987 | 188329
14 | 41:51.05 | 3:34.12 | 188330 | 204391
15 | 45:25.17 | 1:59.55 | 204392 | 213371
16 | 47:24.72 | 2:37.70 | 213372 | 225216
17 | 50:02.67 | 1:50.63 | 225217 | 233529
18 | 51:53.55 | 4:02.05 | 233530 | 251684
19 | 55:55.60 | 3:46.22 | 251685 | 268656
20 | 59:42.07 | 5:43.18 | 268657 | 294399
21 | 65:25.25 | 1:19.02 | 294400 | 300326
22 | 66:44.27 | 3:24.38 | 300327 | 315664
23 | 70:08.65 | 2:25.55 | 315665 | 326594
24 | 72:34.45 | 2:41.67 | 326595 | 338736
25 | 75:16.37 | 2:09.73 | 338737 | 348484


Track 1

Filename C:\Program Files\Downloads\Dave Van Ronk - Inside Dave Van Ronk - Flac\01 Samson And Delilah - Dave Van Ronk.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:02.00

Peak level 93.0 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 9C50301E
Copy CRC 9C50301E
Accurately ripped (confidence 8) [CACD73FC]
Copy OK

Track 2

Filename C:\Program Files\Downloads\Dave Van Ronk - Inside Dave Van Ronk - Flac\02 Cocaine Blues - Dave Van Ronk.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:02.80

Peak level 85.9 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC F2B01EA3
Copy CRC F2B01EA3
Accurately ripped (confidence 8) [96E23785]
Copy OK

Track 3

Filename C:\Program Files\Downloads\Dave Van Ronk - Inside Dave Van Ronk - Flac\03 You've Been A Good Old Wagon - Dave Van Ronk.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:02.86

Peak level 68.8 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 5503B6E8
Copy CRC 5503B6E8
Accurately ripped (confidence 8) [FC64012B]
Copy OK

Track 4

Filename C:\Program Files\Downloads\Dave Van Ronk - Inside Dave Van Ronk - Flac\04 Fixin' To Die - Dave Van Ronk.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:02.53

Peak level 89.6 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC E44E8C6E
Copy CRC E44E8C6E
Accurately ripped (confidence 8) [C80B10EE]
Copy OK

Track 5

Filename C:\Program Files\Downloads\Dave Van Ronk - Inside Dave Van Ronk - Flac\05 Hang Me, Oh Hang Me - Dave Van Ronk.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:01.73

Peak level 88.3 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC A9ECFA9C
Copy CRC A9ECFA9C
Accurately ripped (confidence 8) [1FDC1964]
Copy OK

Track 6

Filename C:\Program Files\Downloads\Dave Van Ronk - Inside Dave Van Ronk - Flac\06 Long John - Dave Van Ronk.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:02.17

Peak level 91.4 %
Track quality 99.9 %
Test CRC F2BE162B
Copy CRC F2BE162B
Accurately ripped (confidence 7) [A6E69E70]
Copy OK

Track 7

Filename C:\Program Files\Downloads\Dave Van Ronk - Inside Dave Van Ronk - Flac\07 Chicken Is Nice - Dave Van Ronk.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:02.64

Peak level 74.6 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 50E9BF29
Copy CRC 50E9BF29
Accurately ripped (confidence 8) [2242B917]
Copy OK

Track 8

Filename C:\Program Files\Downloads\Dave Van Ronk - Inside Dave Van Ronk - Flac\08 He Was A Friend Of Mine - Dave Van Ronk.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:01.93

Peak level 88.4 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC C5C576F9
Copy CRC C5C576F9
Accurately ripped (confidence 7) [8952FBE4]
Copy OK

Track 9

Filename C:\Program Files\Downloads\Dave Van Ronk - Inside Dave Van Ronk - Flac\09 Motherless Children - Dave Van Ronk.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:02.36

Peak level 93.9 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 815BF624
Copy CRC 815BF624
Accurately ripped (confidence 8) [98E99508]
Copy OK

Track 10

Filename C:\Program Files\Downloads\Dave Van Ronk - Inside Dave Van Ronk - Flac\10 Stackerlee - Dave Van Ronk.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:02.60

Peak level 88.0 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC CC6BBEA1
Copy CRC CC6BBEA1
Accurately ripped (confidence 8) [68E1D5FE]
Copy OK

Track 11

Filename C:\Program Files\Downloads\Dave Van Ronk - Inside Dave Van Ronk - Flac\11 Mr. Noah - Dave Van Ronk.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:03.30

Peak level 73.2 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC C3537EC5
Copy CRC C3537EC5
Accurately ripped (confidence 8) [A56387E0]
Copy OK

Track 12

Filename C:\Program Files\Downloads\Dave Van Ronk - Inside Dave Van Ronk - Flac\12 Come Back Baby - Dave Van Ronk.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:02.82

Peak level 89.8 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC EF8E5776
Copy CRC EF8E5776
Accurately ripped (confidence 8) [73649414]
Copy OK

Track 13

Filename C:\Program Files\Downloads\Dave Van Ronk - Inside Dave Van Ronk - Flac\13 Poor Lazarus - Dave Van Ronk.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:01.86

Peak level 92.5 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 83B803A0
Copy CRC 83B803A0
Accurately ripped (confidence 8) [2A7A7EA9]
Copy OK

Track 14

Filename C:\Program Files\Downloads\Dave Van Ronk - Inside Dave Van Ronk - Flac\14 House Carpenter - Dave Van Ronk.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:03.04

Peak level 58.7 %
Track quality 99.9 %
Test CRC 0E9BAC97
Copy CRC 0E9BAC97
Accurately ripped (confidence 8) [6310D5D1]
Copy OK

Track 15

Filename C:\Program Files\Downloads\Dave Van Ronk - Inside Dave Van Ronk - Flac\15 The Cruel Ship's Captain - Dave Van Ronk.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:03.73

Peak level 58.2 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 9D0DC779
Copy CRC 9D0DC779
Accurately ripped (confidence 8) [12ABD035]
Copy OK

Track 16

Filename C:\Program Files\Downloads\Dave Van Ronk - Inside Dave Van Ronk - Flac\16 Sprig Of Thyme - Dave Van Ronk.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:03.22

Peak level 51.7 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 63C787C3
Copy CRC 63C787C3
Accurately ripped (confidence 8) [250E04B1]
Copy OK

Track 17

Filename C:\Program Files\Downloads\Dave Van Ronk - Inside Dave Van Ronk - Flac\17 Talking Cancer Blues - Dave Van Ronk.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:02.76

Peak level 68.3 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC BDE4AF9A
Copy CRC BDE4AF9A
Accurately ripped (confidence 8) [96FB1C81]
Copy OK

Track 18

Filename C:\Program Files\Downloads\Dave Van Ronk - Inside Dave Van Ronk - Flac\18 I Buyed Me A Little Dog - Dave Van Ronk.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:02.86

Peak level 65.9 %
Track quality 99.9 %
Test CRC 44836E87
Copy CRC 44836E87
Accurately ripped (confidence 8) [A7FDA9BB]
Copy OK

Track 19

Filename C:\Program Files\Downloads\Dave Van Ronk - Inside Dave Van Ronk - Flac\19 Lady Gay - Dave Van Ronk.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:03.26

Peak level 61.1 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC C763E2AD
Copy CRC C763E2AD
Accurately ripped (confidence 8) [64BC72C2]
Copy OK

Track 20

Filename C:\Program Files\Downloads\Dave Van Ronk - Inside Dave Van Ronk - Flac\20 Fair And Tender Ladies - Dave Van Ronk.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:01.80

Peak level 68.3 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 207B00A1
Copy CRC 207B00A1
Accurately ripped (confidence 7) [09BC9748]
Copy OK

Track 21

Filename C:\Program Files\Downloads\Dave Van Ronk - Inside Dave Van Ronk - Flac\21 Brian O'Lynne - Dave Van Ronk.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:03.64

Peak level 67.6 %
Track quality 99.8 %
Test CRC FCFBC90B
Copy CRC FCFBC90B
Accurately ripped (confidence 7) [48310486]
Copy OK

Track 22

Filename C:\Program Files\Downloads\Dave Van Ronk - Inside Dave Van Ronk - Flac\22 Shanty Man's Life - Dave Van Ronk.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:04.36

Peak level 67.9 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 2209D30B
Copy CRC 2209D30B
Accurately ripped (confidence 8) [48C50331]
Copy OK

Track 23

Filename C:\Program Files\Downloads\Dave Van Ronk - Inside Dave Van Ronk - Flac\23 Silver Dagger - Dave Van Ronk.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:03.37

Peak level 60.7 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 58169644
Copy CRC 58169644
Accurately ripped (confidence 8) [20C8281F]
Copy OK

Track 24

Filename C:\Program Files\Downloads\Dave Van Ronk - Inside Dave Van Ronk - Flac\24 Kentucky Moonshiner - Dave Van Ronk.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:03.30

Peak level 72.3 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 7BBF046E
Copy CRC 7BBF046E
Accurately ripped (confidence 7) [BE8E0AC7]
Copy OK

Track 25

Filename C:\Program Files\Downloads\Dave Van Ronk - Inside Dave Van Ronk - Flac\25 He Never Came Back - Dave Van Ronk.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:03.42

Peak level 64.0 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 06C88D9E
Copy CRC 06C88D9E
Accurately ripped (confidence 8) [018BF426]
Copy OK


All tracks accurately ripped

No errors occurred

End of status report

foobar2000 1.1.18 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2013-03-28 19:16:17

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Analyzed: Dave Van Ronk / Inside Dave Van Ronk
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

DR Peak RMS Duration Track
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
DR13 -0.62 dB -18.80 dB 2:39 01-Samson And Delilah
DR14 -1.32 dB -21.61 dB 4:19 02-Cocaine Blues
DR13 -3.25 dB -22.43 dB 2:22 03-You've Been A Good Old Wagon
DR14 -0.95 dB -19.85 dB 2:55 04-Fixin' To Die
DR13 -1.08 dB -21.58 dB 3:10 05-Hang Me, Oh Hang Me
DR12 -0.78 dB -17.88 dB 2:14 06-Long John
DR13 -2.54 dB -21.63 dB 2:32 07-Chicken Is Nice
DR13 -1.06 dB -20.11 dB 3:34 08-He Was A Friend Of Mine
DR14 -0.54 dB -18.18 dB 3:51 09-Motherless Children
DR13 -1.10 dB -17.33 dB 3:39 10-Stackerlee
DR13 -2.70 dB -21.62 dB 1:32 11-Mr. Noah
DR14 -0.93 dB -20.97 dB 3:52 12-Come Back Baby
DR13 -0.68 dB -18.84 dB 5:11 13-Poor Lazarus
DR10 -4.62 dB -18.21 dB 3:34 14-House Carpenter
DR11 -4.69 dB -20.83 dB 2:00 15-The Cruel Ship's Captain
DR13 -5.72 dB -23.88 dB 2:38 16-Sprig Of Thyme
DR13 -3.31 dB -20.85 dB 1:51 17-Talking Cancer Blues
DR12 -3.62 dB -21.37 dB 4:02 18-I Buyed Me A Little Dog
DR10 -4.27 dB -18.11 dB 3:46 19-Lady Gay
DR14 -3.31 dB -23.23 dB 5:43 20-Fair And Tender Ladies
DR13 -3.39 dB -20.16 dB 1:19 21-Brian O'Lynne
DR12 -3.35 dB -20.85 dB 3:25 22-Shanty Man's Life
DR10 -4.33 dB -17.09 dB 2:26 23-Silver Dagger
DR12 -2.82 dB -20.29 dB 2:42 24-Kentucky Moonshiner
DR11 -3.87 dB -18.70 dB 2:10 25-He Never Came Back
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Number of tracks: 25
Official DR value: DR13

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 670 kbps
Codec: FLAC


All thanks go to Tloluvin1

Download Dave Van Ronk - Inside Dave Van Ronk (1989):