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Consisting mostly of traditional blues covers, this early acoustic effort has a weaker selection of material than the Got a Mind to Ramble LP, which was cut at the same May 1963 sessions. Both Got a Mind to Ramble and the original Blues, Songs and Ballads album have been combined onto one disc for Fantasy's expanded CD reissue of Blues, Songs and Ballads, which is the recommended alternative to the original LP. ~ Richie Unterberger
A 23-song collection combining two albums that Tom Rush recorded in 1963 (Got a Mind to Ramble and Blues, Songs and Ballads) onto a single CD. Rush plays acoustic guitar, accompanied only by Fritz Richmond on washtub bass, for a selection of almost exclusively traditional material; the only track penned by Rush himself is the opener, "Duncan and Brady." This anthology is definitive early-'60s Cambridge coffeehouse music, which means that it's a bit quaintly dated, and also that it's Sunday-morning listening in the good sense of the term. Rush plays accomplished acoustic guitar and sings with calm authority, though he's no one's ideal bluesman (or even ideal white bluesman). The traditional blues covers, which dominated the original Blues, Songs and Ballads LP (now the second part of this CD), can sound pretty callow; the folkier ones work better, one highlight being the instrumental "Mole's Moan," penned by a young Maria Muldaur. ~ Richie Unterberger
2 LPs on 1 CD.
Personnel: Tom Rush, Fritz Richmond. Blues, Songs And Ballads Music Tom Rush Blues, Songs And Ballads Songs | 1. | Duncan and Brady | |
| 2. | I Don't Want Your Millions Mister | |
| 3. | San Francisco Bay Blues | |
| 4. | Mole's Moan | |
| 5. | Rye Whiskey | |
| 6. | Big Fat Woman | |
| 7. | Nine Pound Hammer | |
| 8. | Diamond Joe | |
| 9. | Mobile-Texas Line | |
| 10. | Joe Turner | |
| 11. | Every Day in the Week | |
| 12. | Alabama Bound | |
| 13. | More Pretty Girls | |
| 14. | Sister Kate | |
| 15. | Original Talking Blues | |
| 16. | Pallet on the Floor | |
| 17. | Drop Down Mama | $0.99 | |
| 18. | Rag Mama | |
| 19. | Barb'ry Allen | |
| 20. | Cocaine | |
| 21. | Come Back Baby | |
| 22. | Stackerlee | |
| 23. | Baby Please Don't Go | |
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