Ry Cooder (album)
Ry Cooder is the debut album by roots rock musician Ry Cooder, released in 1970.
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| Released | December 1970 | |||
| Recorded | 1970 | |||
| Genre | Roots rock, blues, country blues, folk, Americana | |||
| Length | 33:28 | |||
| Label | Reprise | |||
| Producer | Van Dyke Parks, Lenny Waronker | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   link |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B[1] |
Track listing
Side 1
- "Alimony" (Brenda Lee Jones, Welton Young, Robert Higginbotham) - 2:55
- "France Chance" (Joe Callicott) - 2:45
- "One Meat Ball" (Louis C. Singer, Hy Zaret; arranged by Van Dyke Parks) - 2:27
- "Do Re Mi" (Woody Guthrie) - 3:03
- "My Old Kentucky Home (Turpentine & Dandelion Wine)" (Randy Newman) - 1:45
- "How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?" (Alfred Reed) - 2:45
Side 2
- "Available Space" (instrumental) (Ry Cooder) - 2:11
- "Pigmeat" (Huddie Ledbetter) - 3:07
- "Police Dog Blues" (Arthur Blake; adapted by Ry Cooder) - 2:43
- "Goin' to Brownsville" (John Estes; adapted by Ry Cooder) - 3:24
- "Dark Is the Night" (instrumental) (Blind Willie Johnson; adapted by Ry Cooder) - 2:48
Personnel
- Ry Cooder - guitars, vocals, mandolin, bass guitar
- Van Dyke Parks - piano
- Chris Ethridge (contribution not specified in sleeve notes) - bass guitar
- Richie Hayward (contribution not specified in sleeve notes) - drums
- Roy Estrada (contribution not specified in sleeve notes) - bass guitar
- Milt Holland (contribution not specified in sleeve notes) - drums, percussion
- John Barbata (contribution not specified in sleeve notes) - drums
- Max Bennett (contribution not specified in sleeve notes) - bass guitar
- Bobby Bruce (contribution not specified in sleeve notes) - violin
- Gloria Jones & Co. - backing vocals
- Kirby Johnson - orchestration and conductor on "One Meat Ball", "Do Re Mi", "Old Kentucky Home" and "How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?"
Production
- Van Dyke Parks - producer, arrangement on "One Meat Ball"
- Lenny Waronker - producer
- Judy Betz - production assistant
- Lee Herschberg - engineer, mix-down
- Doug Botnick - engineer
- Thaddeus James Lowe - engineer
- Rudy Hill - engineer
- Bob Kovach - engineer
Other credits
- Airstream - for the 1937 trailer pictured on the front of the album sleeve
- Frank Bez - for the photo of the Airstream trailer (photographed at dry lake El Mirage)
- Susan Titelman - for the photo of Cooder on the back of the album sleeve
- Ed Thrasher - for art direction
- John Uomoto - for the title neon lettering
References
- Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: C". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 23, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- LP Sleeve Notes
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