A&M Records publish Joan Baez’ ‘Diamonds & Rust’ (1975)
Joan Baez‘ ‘Diamonds & Rust’ is an album featuring the title track, a song about Bob Dylan and released in April 1975 by A&M.
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1 . Diamonds And Rust (2014)
2 . Diamonds And Rust (w/ Judy Collins, “75th Birthday Celebration,” 2016)
3 . I Never Dreamed You Leave In Summer (Piano & Vocal)
4 . Children / All That Jazz (1975, w/ Hampton Hawes)
5 . Winds Of The Old Days (“Return To The Stage”)
Track Listing : 1.Diamonds & Rust (Joan Baez) – 04:47 . 2.Fountain Of Sorrow (Jackson Browne) – 04:30 . 3.Never Dreamed You’D Leave In Summer (Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright) – 02:45 . 4.Children And All That Jazz (Joan Baez) – 03:07 . 5.Simple Twist Of Fate (Bob Dylan) – 04:44 . 6.Blue Sky (Dickey Betts) – 02:46 . 7.Hello In There (John Prine) – 03:05 . 8.Jesse (Janis Ian) – 04:28 . 9.Winds Of The Old Days (Joan Baez) – 03:55 . 10.Dida (Joan Baez) – 03:25 . 11.Medley: I Dream Of Jeannie (Stephen Foster) / Danny Boy (Frederick Weatherly) – 04:13
Musicians : Joan Baez – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Synthesisers . Larry Carlton – Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar . Dean Parks – Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar . Wilton Felder – Bass . Reinie Press – Bass . Jim Gordon – Drums . Larry Knechtel – Piano . Joe Sample – Electric Piano, Hammond Organ . Hampton Hawes – Piano On (4) . David Paich – Piano, Electric Harpsichord . Red Rhodes – Pedal Steel Guitar . Malcolm Cecil – Synthesisers . Tom Scott – Flute, Saxophone, Arranger . Jim Horn – Saxophone . Joni Mitchell – Vocal Improvisation On (10) . Rick Lo Tempio – Electric Guitar On (10) . Max Bennett – Bass On(10) . John Guerin – Drums On(10) . Ollie Mitchell – Trumpet . Buck Monari – Trumpet
Production : Produced By David Kershenbaum . Rick Riggieri – Engineer . Henry Lewy – Engineer. Ellis Sorkin – Assistant Engineer
Arrangements : Larry Carlton
Package : Bob Cato – Design
Recorded In January 1975.
Released In April 1975 By A&M.
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Blogcritics
Diamonds & Rust is not only the best album in her vast catalogue but remains one of the better folk-oriented releases of the decade. Its beauty and intimacy makes it an album I still play with a degree of regularity. […]
The Hackskeptic’s View
The lyrics fly from barbed to yearning in an instant as she recalls the man who obviously even 10 years later has a profound effect on her everyday life, her thoughts and her actions. It quite possibly is one of the best songs Joan Baez has ever written. […]
allmusic
With the Vietnam War winding down, Joan Baez, who had devoted one side of her last album to her trip to Hanoi, delivered the kind of commercial album A&M Records must have wanted when it signed her three years earlier […]
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