Audio CD review:
Joan Baez - Joan Baez, Vol. 2

Joan Baez - Joan Baez, Vol. 2

Band: Joan Baez Title: Joan Baez, Vol. 2 Rating: Release Date: 2001-08-14 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Wagoner's Lad 2: The Trees They Do Grow High 3: The Lily Of The West 4: Silkie 5: Engine 143 6: Once I Knew A Pretty Girl 7: Lonesome Road 8: Banks Of The Ohio 9: Pal Of Mine 10: Barbara Allen 11: The Cherry Tree Carol 12: Old Blue 13: Railroad Boy 14: Plaisir d'Amour 15: I Once Loved A Boy 16: Poor Boy 17: Longest Train I Ever Saw

The Best Her voice, her music brings you back to another time. This was the best thing I ordered (Ever). Thank you. Flashback To A Different Era Listening to it, I found myself back in my dorm room in college, singing along, remembering the words after all these years. All the great Joan Baez tunes are here. I found some of the energy of the era revive within me. What a great time to be young and what a scene to witness! If you loved her then, you'll love her again when you listen to this CD. Exquisite Her pure, powerful vocals can bring chills to the listener on songs like "Plaisir D'Amour", "Banks of the Ohio" and "Lily of the West". This early Joan Baez folk vocal and guitar CD is a gem from the past. These are not originals, but she takes over ownership of a number of them. I think this disc is the best of early Baez. Greenbriar Boys and Joan However, no one seems to have mentioned the inclusion of the Greenbriar Boys on Banks of the Ohio and Little Darling, Pal of Mine, with great guitar work by John Herald (who, sadly, recently died) and Ralph Rinzler, on mandolin and guitar. I love this album and have since it first came out. Those cuts have been played endlessly, both on my lp and the cd. It was Maynard Solomon who got Joan and the Boys to record together, and it was briliant. This is a great, great album by a superb artist and human being. Joan Baez at her best (again) The cool soprano voice and the clearly understood verse are evident here. This album and Volume 1 (JOAN BAEZ) are Joan Baez at her best. Great emotion is achieved with her ability to balance the timbre of her voice to the story of the ballad. (NOTE: In later albums she spends more time in the middle registers of her voice where the quality of her timbre and vibrato are not as appealing. ) The guitar and occasional back-up singers are an excellent accompaniment for her voice. The choice of the songs and the order of their presentation are perfect. The quality of the re-engineereing is very good considering that the original is over forty years old. All in all a masterpiece. You can see a complete list of all Joan Baez discography, or go back to the Joan Baez tabs