The Very Best of Ram Jam
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The Very Best of Ram Jam is a 1990 compilation album
by rock band Ram Jam
.
The album compiles the band's two studio albums, Ram Jam
and Portrait of the Artist as a Young Ram
, though the latter's track listing is slightly altered.
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
by rock band Ram Jam
Ram Jam
Ram Jam was an American 1970s rock band, best known for their 1977 hit single, "Black Betty".The band members were Bill Bartlett , Pete Charles , Myke Scavone , and Howie Arthur Blauvelt . Also, Jimmy Santoro, who toured with the band in support of their debut album, joined on guitar for the...
.
The album compiles the band's two studio albums, Ram Jam
Ram Jam (album)
Ram Jam is an album released by Ram Jam in 1977. The first track on the album, the single "Black Betty", is Ram Jam's best known song. It reached the #7 position in the UK singles chart in September 1977. The album reached #34 in the Billboard Pop Albums chart in the US...
and Portrait of the Artist as a Young Ram
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Ram
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Ram is the second and final album by the band Ram Jam in 1978.Re-released in 2006 on Rock Candy Records. The title is a play on James Joyce's semi-autobiographical novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man...
, though the latter's track listing is slightly altered.
Track listing
- "Black BettyBlack Betty"Black Betty" is a 20th century African-American work song often credited to Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter as the author, though the earliest recordings are not by him. Some sources claim it is one of Lead Belly's many adaptations of earlier folk material; in this case an 18th century marching...
" (3:57) (Ledbetter, arr.ArrangementThe American Federation of Musicians defines arranging as "the art of preparing and adapting an already written composition for presentation in other than its original form. An arrangement may include reharmonization, paraphrasing, and/or development of a composition, so that it fully represents...
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) - "Let It All Out" (4:00) (Barlett)
- "Keep Your Hands on the Wheel" (3:35) (Millius, Graves)
- "Right on the Money" (3:11) (Barlett)
- "All for the Love of Rock 'n' Roll" (3:11) (Salen, Butani, Tuff DartsTuff DartsTuff Darts is an American punk rock band. They were one of the first bands to establish an audience at CBGB. They reached their greatest fame in the mid-late 1970s with such songs as "Slash", " Nuclear Waste" and their biggest hit single, "All For The Love of Rock and Roll." The band appeared at...
) - "404" (3:44) (Kenny)
- "High Steppin'" (3:40) (Barlett)
- "Overloaded" (2:56) (LaPallo, Haberman)
- "Hey Boogie Woman" (3:10) (Bartlett)
- "Too Bad on Your Birthday" (3:10) (Resnick, Karp)
- "The Kid Next Door" (3:24) (Strange, Love)
- "Turnpike" (5:42) (Goldman, Santoro)
- "Wanna Find Love" (3:44) (Goldman, Santoro)
- "Just Like Me" (4:14) (Goldman, Santoro)
- "Hurricane Ride" (4:04) (Goldman, Santoro)
- "Saturday Night" (3:33) (Goldman, Santoro)
- "Runway Runaway" (4:49) (Goldman, Santoro)
- "Please, Please, Please (Please Me)" (2:58) (Goldman)
- "Gone Wild" (3:22) (Strange, Love)
- "Pretty Poison" (4:31) (Strange, Love)