Vinyl Me Please Country

[Nee Lewman]

I don't see this on Spotify, anyone know where I can stream it?

Second half of this starting with Sadie Brown:

 

[Jeff Lerner]

Interesting to me that this is the Country pick while Dave Van Ronk was in Classics. This is not country, that was not blues. Both are folk. I guess this got slotted in Country bc Ramblin Jack wears a cowboy hat?

 

[Twentytwo]

Interesting to me that this is the Country pick while Dave Van Ronk was in Classics. This is not country, that was not blues. Both are folk. I guess this got slotted in Country bc Ramblin Jack wears a cowboy hat?

And pretty boring folk at that if you ask me? Who would have thunk we would have got Ramblin Jack Elliott in Country before George Jones and Charley Pride.

 

[jfitzy]

And pretty boring folk at that if you ask me? Who would have thunk we would have got Ramblin Jack Elliott in Country before George Jones and Charley Pride.

I thought it was kinda boring too. I've gotten almost every single record in the Country track so far, but this is one I'll be skipping.

 

[Twentytwo]

I thought it was kinda boring too. I've gotten almost every single record in the Country track so far, but this is one I'll be skipping.

I'm all in for Chalino in September, but I'll be swapping Ramblin Jack as well.

 

[Nee Lewman]

I listened to enough to know I won’t swap. I also think it belongs in country more than Van Ronk belonged in classics. It’s also fucking weird to hit us with this instead of about a million things they haven’t done yet.

 

[Ghost]

I don't dislike this Ramblin' Jack record, but I dislike it at this price point.

Going to wait for this to end up in one of the sales for $20

 

[serotonein]

Overall, I get the frustration, but performances like this (not just due to his partner) explains it to me; intro and outro provide some solid context, too. I feel like when they launched it, they were upfront that it would be a rather broad umbrella including Americana and some folk.

 

[keylime_5]

Interesting to me that this is the Country pick while Dave Van Ronk was in Classics. This is not country, that was not blues. Both are folk. I guess this got slotted in Country bc Ramblin Jack wears a cowboy hat?

like Ginger Baker says, can't put music in a box. Ramblin Jack sounds just as country as some country guys, but he wore a folk label all those years. If you listen to the record it fits under the country moniker.....a lot moreso than Van Tonk fits under the blues moniker. Either way, they are all excellent albums and I think they appeal to the people who sub to their respective tracks well enough.

 

[keylime_5]

It is kinda crazy that there is only 1 genuine "country" album in the Country track this quarter.....but the artists all wear cowboy hats at least lol

 

[Twentytwo]

like Ginger Baker says, can't put music in a box. Ramblin Jack sounds just as country as some country guys, but he wore a folk label all those years. If you listen to the record it fits under the country moniker.....a lot moreso than Van Tonk fits under the blues moniker. Either way, they are all excellent albums and I think they appeal to the people who sub to their respective tracks well enough.

I'd be more ok with this if they were 5 years in and had already hit all the major players. So many artists they could have picked before Ramblin Jack.

 

[Nee Lewman]

Finally got shipping notice today. Now to see when it actually ships. (I don't know why I posted this here except that this is technically my main sub, I swapped for Aretha - Spirit in the Dark.)

 

[hlaveta]

Finally got shipping notice today. Now to see when it actually ships. (I don't know why I posted this here except that this is technically my main sub, I swapped for Aretha - Spirit in the Dark.)

One of the best records I've ever gotten from VMP!

 

[Twentytwo]

Think I am swappin Ramblin Jack for Willie and Family Live. Trying to maximize my swap.

 

[duke86fan]

 

[mitchwagz]

If they’re going to broaden the scope a bit on the country track, I’d love to see some more modern bluegrass stuff. Bela Fleck and the Flecktones stuff should really see a good reissue or something like the Telluride Sessions from Strength in Numbers would be awesome. I’d also love to see some older stuff like Merle Travis. Folk Songs (or the Back Home comp) and Coal Mines would go over well.

 

[bdrummond]

Wait...so VMP's Sturgill has the same barcode as the version that hit stores today? So....is it the same?

 

[Nee Lewman]

Wait...so VMP's Sturgill has the same barcode as the version that hit stores today? So....is it the same?

Just a different variant.

I swapped because I didn’t need a new fancy version of the album I listen to the least by him:

 

[NewsFedora]

Finally got around to grabbing Patsy Cline's Showcase and listening to it now has got me all

 

[TCell]

I got Patsy as one of my bonus records and it’s great, nice mastering and pressing, but…is the tip on sleeve backwards to most tip ons? Like the front is the pasted on part? Anyone else’s like that?

Edit: Nevermind. The VMP site lists it as a “reverse tip-on”. Still seems weird to me.