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| | Very Early Joan | | | Music Artist : | | Joan Baez | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Vanguard Records | | Release Date : | | 1991-09-16 | | Store Price : | | $17.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $13.99 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream
2. Willie Moore
3. She's a Trouble Maker
4. Tears in My Eyes
5. Somebody Got Lost in a Storm
6. Water Is Wide
7. Man of Constant Sorrow
8. Freight Train
9. Lady Gay (Child Ballad No. 79)
10. Johnny Cuckoo
11. Lonesome Valley
12. Riddle Song
13. Railroad Bill
14. Little Darlin'
15. In the Pines
16. Pilgrim of Sorrow
17. Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
18. Rambler Gambler
19. Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies
20. Hallowed Be Thy Name
21. O What a Beautiful City
22. Silver Dagger
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Good stuff, poor sound quality
Submitted on: 2008-09-23 |
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I have been a Joan Baez fan since I was a child. Her early works are especially appealing because her young voice was so perfectly sweet, high and clear.
HOWEVER, that said, this is not a great recording. The cuts are pretty much unedited. There is a lot of ambient noise, and maybe some people feel that adds a cool ambiance, but for me it is really distracting and annoying. A live performance doesn't have to sound bad. Also, there is no equalizing going on - sometimes the guitar playing just sounds like loud, hard, repetitive (and boring) strumming.
Anyway, it brought back a lot of good memories and made me appreciate the advances in recording technology that have come along since the 60s. |
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 I understand all the fuss over Joan Baez!
Submitted on: 2008-01-23 |
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| I knew very little of Joan's voice and talent. My husband selected and purchased this album. What a wonderful discovery I've made. The more I play this album, the more I enjoy it. Joan has her best known songs on this album but it is the heart she puts into all of the songs that show her voice to it's best advantage. Relax, and listen to this exceptional album. |
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Fresh Joan Baez
Submitted on: 2007-01-11 |
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| After so many years, listening to Joan Baez' early singing is refreshing. She sounds young, spontaneous, fun, original, yet mature. The ambience of protesting songs and 60's years, is well reflected in this work. Voice and guitar beautiful. Two tunes with Pete Seeger are two remarkable specimens. This is an album for any coleccionist. Long live to Joan! |
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classic Joan
Submitted on: 2005-12-26 |
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| I have the LP (a double set) not this CD. I have worn it out over the years because the performances are hauntingly good. My favorites are Tears In My Eyes, Man of Constant Sorrow, Railroad Bill and Silver Dagger. The unfortunate thing about the CD version is that they cut two tracks: Streets of Laredo and My Good Old Man, which was also a favorite of mine. It's hard to believe this album was recorded in 1963, because it could have been 2003 since the songs have and will stand the test of time. That's a testament to Joan's craft. What a talent! |
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A HISTORIC CD...
Submitted on: 2004-07-23 |
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This is a compilation of twenty-two songs culled from about fifteen of her early live concerts, which were recorded between November 1961 and August 1963. The original double album had twenty four tracks, but the back of the cd liner explains that, due to compact disc format time restrictions, some songs on the original album are not included on the cd. The notes in the cd liner itself were written by Ms. Baez's mother for the original album.
On this cd, the listener will, indeed, be treated to early Joan Baez, accompanying herself on the guitar. As the songs are culled from her live performances, the listener will note the discernible adulation of the audiences throughout. Whether Ms. Baez is singing a traditional folksong, a folksong with political overtones, a duet with Peter Seeger, or a rock-n-roll parody, it is clear that the slightly insouciant Ms. Baez is enjoying herself, and it is infectious.
The quality of the cd is what one may expect from such an early, live recording, as it suffers from occasional lack of clarity and uneven volume, with the clapping of the audience throughout being louder than the song tracks. Still, this is certainly a cd to which some historical significance has attached, and one that all devoted fans of Ms. Baez will want to include in their collection, if only for her beautiful rendition of Peter Seeger's "Where Have All the Flowers Gone".
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