• 180 GRAM COLORED RED VINYL

• INCLUDES 2 BONUS TRACKS

One of the most accomplished folksingers of the Sixties, Joan Baez was an instrumental figure in the decade’s civil rights movement. Possessing an operatic soprano voice with a strong vibrato, she crossed over from folk to rock and country while maintaining a politically charged message.

Presented here is Baez’s self-titled debut LP, originally released in October 1960 by the Vanguard label. The album went gold and stayed in the bestseller charts for over two years. It contains the definitive versions of 13 traditional songs, some of them children’s ballads.

PERSONNEL:

• JOAN BAEZ - (vocals and guitar), plus:

• Fred Hellerman (second guitar on “All My Trials”, “Wildwood Flower”, “Donna Donna”, “Rake and Rambling Boy”, “Little Moses”, and “El Preso Número Nueve”).

Recorded at Manhattan Towers Hotel Ballroom, New York, July 1960.

• (*) BONUS TRACKS (A8 & B7):
• Joan Baez (vocals and guitar). Recorded in Boston, May 1959.

TRACKS:

• SIDE A:
• A1. SILVER DAGGER
• A2. EAST VIRGINIA
• A3. FARE THEE WELL (TEN THOUSAND MILES)
• A4. HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN
• A5. ALL MY TRIALS
• A6. WILDWOOD FLOWER
• A7. DONNA DONNA
• A8. O WHAT A BEAUTIFUL CITY (*)

• SIDE B:
• B1. JOHN RILEY
• B2. RAKE AND RAMBLING BOY
• B3. LITTLE MOSES
• B4. MARY HAMILTON
• B5. HENRY MARTIN
• B6. EL PRESO NÚMERO NUEVE
• B7. BLACK IS THE COLOR OF MY TRUE LOVE’S HAIR (*)