This solo acoustic recording from Ry Cooder, in a radio studio and without an audience, illustrates perfectly where this maverick musician and consummate performer was at in 1972. The “Radio Ranch,” Cleveland, OH
With the educational and informative introductions given by Ry before many of the numbers – for the benefit of those listening at home and radio station personnel equally – alongside some of the very finest guitar playing you’re ever likely to hear, this release is a near perfect artifact of this era of Ry Cooder’s career.
SIDE A
1.Interview (Live)
2.Police Dog Blues (Live)
3.Ry Cooder Introduction (Live)
4.Comin’ in on a Wing and a Prayer (Live)
5.Song Intro (Live)
6.Great Dream from Heaven (Live)
SIDE B
7.Sleepy John Estes Introduction (Live)
8.Clean up at Home (Live)
9.Dedication to Radio Ranch Personnel (Live)
10.Tattler (Live)
11.You’re Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond (Live)
SIDE C
12.Radio Announcement (Live)
13.F.D.R. In Trinidad (Live)
14.More Sleepy John Estes Stories (Live)
15.Floating Bridge (Live)
16.Billy the Kid (Live)
SIDE D
17.Ditty Wah Ditty (Live)
18.Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground (Live)
19.Jesus Is on the Mainline (Live)
20.Going to Brownsville (Live)
The Fat Angel Sings 