Joan Baez
Joan Baez

POCM1524 / 4988005150578
(P) 2001 (2002) Universal Music Group [Umg] [83778]

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Long unavailable on vinyl, this quintessential edition includes Baez's
self-titled debut LP, Joan Baez. 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. Her delivery
is crystal clear and confident. The album was beguiling enough to
woo even conservative-leaning listeners. Accompanied by The
Weavers' Fred Hellerman on second guitar, Baez gives a fine
account of the most reserved and least confrontational aspects of the
folk revival (including a startling version of "House of the Rising Sun"). [...more...]

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