Audio CD review:
Joan Baez - The Complete A&M Recordings

Joan Baez - The Complete A&M Recordings

Band: Joan Baez Title: The Complete A&M Recordings Rating: Release Date: 23 September, 2003 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Prison Trilogy (Billy Rose) 2: Rainbow Road 3: Love Song To A Stranger 4: Myths 5: In The Quiet Morning 6: Weary Mothers (People's Union No.1) 7: To Bobby 8: Song Of Bangladesh 9: A Stranger In My Place 10: Tumbleweed 11: The Partisan 12: Imagine 13: Where Are You Now My Son? 14: Only Heaven Knows (Ah, The Sad Wind Blows) 15: Less Than The Song 16: A Young Gypsy 17: Mary Call 18: Rider Pass By 19: Best Of Friends 20: Windrose 21: Gracias A La Vida 22: Llego Con Tres Heridas 23: La Llorona 24: El Preso Numero Nueve 25: Guantanamera 26: Te Recuerdo Amanda 27: Dida 28: Cucurrucucu Paloma 29: Paso Rio 30: El Rossinyol 31: De Colores 32: Las Madres Cansadas 33: No Nos Moveran 34: Esquinazo Del Guerrillero 35: Johnny, I Hardly Knew Yeh 36: Where's My Apple Pie? 37: Forever Young 38: Diamonds & Rust 39: Fountain Of Sorrow 40: Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer 41: Children And All That Jazz 42: Simple Twist Of Fate 43: Blue Sky 44: Hello In There 45: Jessie 46: Winds Of The Old Days 47: Dida 48: I Dream Of Jeannie/Danny Boy 49: Sweeter For Me 50: Seabirds 51: Caruso 52: Still Waters At Night 53: Kingdom Of Childhood 54: O Brother! 55: Time Is Passing Us By 56: Stephanie's Room 57: Gulf Winds 58: (Ain't Gonna Let Nobody) Turn Me Around 59: Blessed Are 60: Suzanne 61: Love Song To A Stranger/Part II 62: I Shall Be Released 63: Blowin' In The Wind 64: Stewball 65: Natalia 66: The Ballad Of Sacco & Vanzetti 67: Joe Hill 68: Love Is Just A Four-Letter Word 69: Forever Young 70: Diamonds & Rust 71: Boulder To Birmingham 72: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot 73: Oh, Happy Day 74: Please Come To Boston 75: Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts 76: The Night They Drove From Old Dixie Down 77: Amazing Grace

Customer Reviews Recovering the past. It was refreshing to hear again one of the great voices of the protest era! The recordings were of excellent quality. The best of the best of Baez Her most politically sound and vigorous recordings were during this turbulent time in US history. After pleading and cajoling with A&M records for years, they finally remastered the recordings Joan Baez made while with their label and released them in one package. "Where Are You Now, My Son?" contains an audio recording of Baez' visit to Hanoi during Christmas of 1972 which included some of the worst of the US bombing raids. The plaintive voices of parents whose children have been killed by American bombs dropped from the sky is heartbreaking all these decades later. The A&M collection also includes "Gulf Winds", of which the autobiographical song of the same name is worth the price of the entire set. It is Baez, a guitar and her voice telling her childhood in her own words. It is hauntingly beautiful as it explores concerns that are still of interest as she describes what it was like to grow up a brown-skinned girl in a world that values only white. "From Every Stage" is a live recording featuring Joan acoustically and with a band. One of the show stoppers on this album is her rendering of "Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts" from the recently released "Tangled up in Blue" by Bob Dylan. This CD includes two pieces never released before to sweeten the deal. This really is a wealthy of goodies for Joan's fans. Joan's best Record on this great CD set On this great collection of Joan Baez recordings is the complete album. For years I have been looking to replace my lost, "Come from the Shadows LP". Come from the Shadows contains memorable tracks such as Prison Trilogy,Imagine,and To Bobby. This disc is worth the money of the set on its own however the other recordings contain some classic Joan. Highly recommended for all Joan Baez fans. . You can see a complete list of all Joan Baez discography, or go back to the Joan Baez tabs