Richard Fariña and Eric von Schmidt
"Dick Fariña & Eric von Schmidt"
vinyl LP, Folklore F-LEUT/7 (UK)
AJ Remaster
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NOTES:
See http://www.searchingforagem.com/1964.htm (near the top of the page) for more
information about this wonderful, historically important, and long out of print album.
21 year-old Bob Dylan sits in as "Blind Boy Grunt" and contributes harmonica and backup
vocals. There is an extensive account of the recording sessions in "Positively 4th Street"
by David Hajdu.
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Source: LP to CD transfer (details unknown) > EAC v0.9 prebeta 7 win > WavTrim 2.0 win >
mkwACT v0.97 beta 1 win > shntool v1.01 win (fixed SBEs)
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REMASTERING (Oct 17, 2003):
SHN > WAV > SoundForge6.0:
- Vinyl clicks and crackles removed
- Slight noise reduction (turntable engine hum reduced)
- Channel leveling: Left up by 2dB, Right down by 0.5dB
- Clearnig gaps between tracks
- Six tracks with Dylan content inserted from a CD source
- Marker position correcting
> CDr > WAV (EAC v0.9 beta) > SHN (mkwACT 0.97 beta 1)
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Dick Fariña & Eric von Schmidt
with Ethan Signer
and occasionally Blind Boy Grunt (*)

1. Johnny Cuckoo (Adapted from a children's game song learned from Bessie Jones,
a Negro woman from St. Simon's Island, Georgia)
2. Jumping Judy (An Ox song, sometimes called DRIVE IT ON, from the unaccompanied
singing of convicts, Cummins State Farm, Arkansas, 1934. Played
in open G-tuning)
3. Glory, Glory (*) (Traditional Negro hymn, the tune relating closely to the
Southern white hymn, WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN?)
4. Old Joe's Dulcimer (A medley of dance tunes including OLD JOE CLARK,
SWING AND TURN, DARLIN' COREY, etc.)
5. Wobble Bird (A variation of THE CUCKOO, in 3/4 time)
6. Wildwood Flower (Instrumental on the well known Carter Family song)
7. Overseas Stomp (*) (In the spirit of the 1927 Memphis Jug Band)
8. Lonzo N'Howard (Learned from Tom Shoemaker of Harlan, Kentucky, who
heard it there from a mountain Fiddler called Blind Jim.
This is probably its first recording)
9. You Can Always Tell (*) (A tune based on Furry Lewis' DRY LAND BLUES with extra verses)
10. Xmas Island (*) (A twelve-bar written by Fariña)
11. Stick With Me Baby (Played in open G-tuning. Adapted from the 1928 Furry Lewis'
I WILL TURN YOUR MONEY GREEN)
12. Riddle Song (Traditional, with new answers to fit the old questions)
13. Cocaine (*) (Learned from Rev. Gary Davis at Indian Neck, 1960)
14. London Waltz (*) (A blues in 3/4 time, music by Fariña, words spontaneous)

Production: Tom Costner. Recording: Don Solash.
Sleeve design: Eric Von Schmidt. Recording supervision: Doug Dobell.
FOLKLORE RECORDS
77 Charing Cross Road, London WC 2 GERrard 4197
Recorded at Dobell's Jazz Record Shop, London, 14-15 Jan 1963.

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