Complete A&M Recordings

Joan Baez - Complete A&M Recordings

Complete A&M Recordings
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Artist: Joan Baez
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2003-09-23
Music Label: A&M
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  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
Music CD 2
  1. Rider Pass By
  2. Best Of Friends
  3. Windrose
  4. Gracias A La Vida
  5. Llego Con Tres Heridas
  6. La Llorona
  7. El Preso Numero Nueve
  8. Guantanamera
  9. Te Recuerdo Amanda
  10. Dida
  11. Cucurrucucu Paloma
  12. Paso Rio
  13. El Rossinyol
  14. De Colores
  15. Las Madres Cansadas
  16. No Nos Moveran
  17. Esquinazo Del Guerrillero
  18. Johnny, I Hardly Knew Yeh
  19. Where's My Apple Pie?
  20. Forever Young
  21. Diamonds & Rust
  22. Fountain Of Sorrow
  23. Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer
Music CD 3
  1. Children And All That Jazz
  2. Simple Twist Of Fate
  3. Blue Sky
  4. Hello In There
  5. Jessie
  6. Winds Of The Old Days
  7. Dida
  8. I Dream Of Jeannie/Danny Boy
  9. Sweeter For Me
  10. Seabirds
  11. Caruso
  12. Still Waters At Night
  13. Kingdom Of Childhood
  14. O Brother!
  15. Time Is Passing Us By
  16. Stephanie's Room
  17. Gulf Winds
Music CD 4
  1. (Ain't Gonna Let Nobody) Turn Me Around
  2. Blessed Are
  3. Suzanne
  4. Love Song To A Stranger/Part II
  5. I Shall Be Released
  6. Blowin' In The Wind
  7. Stewball
  8. Natalia
  9. The Ballad Of Sacco & Vanzetti
  10. Joe Hill
  11. Love Is Just A Four-Letter Word
  12. Forever Young
  13. Diamonds & Rust
  14. Boulder To Birmingham
  15. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
  16. Oh, Happy Day
  17. Please Come To Boston
  18. Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts
  19. The Night They Drove From Old Dixie Down
  20. Amazing Grace

Music reviews of Complete A&M Recordings

Music Review: Never mind the depth, feel the quantity!
Rating: 4 Stars

This box set gives you the complete A&M Recordings (1972 -- 1976) containing Come From The Shadows (1972), Where Are You Now My Son? (1973), Gracias A La Vida (Here's To Life) (1974), Diamonds And Rust (1975), Gulf Winds (1976) and From Every Stage (1976). Also are a trio of 45-rpm b-sides making their digital debut on this compendium, including a cover of Bob Dylan's "Forever Young", and Baez originals "Where's My Apple Pie" and "Johnny I Hardly Knew Yeh".

After a dozen years on Vanguard Records, her first effort for A&M was the politically-charged Come In From The Shadows. The album became notable not only for its' heavy Nashville influence, but also for the bold "Song Of Bangladesh," her open letter to Dylan on "Bobby," as well as the cover of John Lennon's "Imagine".


This was followed by Where Are You Now My Son?, which quickly became controversial due to her strident viewpoints on the continuing conflicts in Southeast Asia. The title track is a 26-minute semi-biographical epic, with ambient sounds documented by Baez in Hanoi, Vietnam during the final weeks of 1972. Its' brutal honesty did not sit well with many, although it re-established her as a key political and musical conduit.


This was followed by Gracias A La Vida (Here's To Life) which took an artistic detour as it was recorded in Spanish. It became no less of a controversial statement, containing a version of the Pablo Neruda poem "No Nos Moveran (We Shall Not Be Moved)". The government of Spain banned the work and it was deleted from subsequent pressings.

The brilliant and mostly non-political Diamonds & Rust became not only a touchstone for Baez, but was also considered essential listening in the mid 1970s. It remains resonant with the Dylan-influenced title composition, and the covers of Janis Ian's "Jessie," Jackson Browne's "Fountain Of Sorrow," the Allman Brothers' "Blue Sky" and John Prine's "Hello In There."


Her last studio offering for A&M was Gulf Wind. It yielded considerably lighter fare, reflecting much of the same escapism and ennui America was concurrently enduring. One of the most outstanding elements is the plethora of strong originals. Chief among them are "Oh Brother!" -- an admitted response to Dylan's "Oh Sister" -- and the picturesque title song, which Baez claims as having been influenced by an experience during Dylan's all-star Rolling Thunder Review tour.


Although technically From Every Stage was issued before Gulf Winds, for the sake of continuity the double-LP live collection concludes The Complete A&M Recordings (1972 -- 1976). Baez is spotlighted in both acoustic as well as band settings. Her repertoire at the time included tunes dating back to her days on Vanguard -- such as "Stewball" and "Blessed Are .." as well as a few that had yet to be recorded by Baez before. Among them were the civil rights anthem "(Ain't Gonna Let Nobody) Turn Me Around," and a reading of "Blowin' In The Wind" which would be used in the film Forrest Gump during the March On Washington scene.


The sound is spectacular as all 80 tracks have been thoroughly remastered. The accompanying 32-page booklet is replete with rarely publish photos, as well as reminiscences from the artist herself and faithful reproductions of the LP liner notes.

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