The Joan Baez Ballad Book

~ Release by Joan Baez (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

Label: Vanguard - Catalog #: VSD-41/42 (stereo vinyl)
Label: Vanguard - Catalog #: J-41/42 (8-track tape)
Label: Vanguard - Catalog #: CVSD-41/42 (cassette tape)

Originally released as a two-record set. Later released as two separate albums, The Joan Baez Ballad Book, Volume 1 and Volume 2.

Tracklist

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1▼12" Vinyl
#TitleLength
A1East Virginia
recording of:
East Virginia (Joan Baez arrangement)
writer:
[traditional]
arranger:
Joan Baez
arrangement of:
East Virginia
?:??
A2Henry Martin
vocals:
Joan Baez
recording of:
Henry Martin
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 104) and Child Ballads (number: 250)
?:??
A3All My Trials
guitar:
Joan Baez and Fred Hellerman
vocals:
Joan Baez
recording of:
All My Trials
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
?:??
A4Old Blue
recording of:
Old Blue
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4313)
?:??
A5House of the Rising Sun
cover recording of:
House of the Rising Sun
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
publisher:
Beechwood Music Corp., Ole Cantaloupe Music and Sonet Publishing Ltd.
?:??
A6Wagoner's Lad
vocals:
Joan Baez
cover recording of:
Wagoner’s Lad
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 414)
?:??
B1Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair
recording of:
Black Is the Colour (of My True Love’s Hair)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3103)
?:??
B2Lily of the West
cover recording of:
Lily of the West
writer:
[traditional]
arranger:
Eileen Davies Mure and James N. Peterson
publisher:
Valentine Music Co
version of:
The Lily of the West
?:??
B3Silkie
recording of:
The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry (Jim Waters tune)
lyricist:
[traditional]
composer:
Jim Waters (in 1954)
publisher:
Folk‐Legacy Records, Inc.
version of:
The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry (trad tune: if you don't know which tune, it's probably the Waters tune, not this one)
?:??
B4The House Carpenter
vocals:
Joan Baez
cover recording of:
House Carpenter (Bob Dylan arrangement)
lyricist:
[traditional]
composer:
Bob Dylan
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing France and Special Rider Music
arrangement of:
The Daemon Lover (aka The House Carpenter)
?:??
B5The Trees They Do Grow High
vocals:
Joan Baez
recording of:
The Trees They Grow So High (Original folksong)
writer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 31)
?:??
B6Fare Thee Well (10,000 Miles)
?:??
2▼12" Vinyl
#TitleLength
C1Barbara Allen
recording of:
Barbara Allen
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 54) and Child Ballads (number: 84)
4:13
C2Jackaroe
cover recording of:
Jack-A-Roe
writer:
[traditional]
arranger:
Bob Dylan
publisher:
Special Rider Music
is based on:
Jack‐A‐Roe (aka There Was a Wealthy Merchant)
2:57
C3John Riley
vocals:
Joan Baez
recording of:
John Riley
lyricist:
[traditional]
composer:
Ricky Neff
publisher:
Harvard Music
3:50
C4Matty Groves
recording of:
Matty Groves (Joan Baez arrangement)
writer:
[traditional]
arranger:
Joan Baez
arrangement of:
Matty Groves
3:50
C5Queen of Hearts
recording of:
Queen of Hearts
writer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3195)
2:15
D1Fennario
recording of:
The Bonnie Lass o’ Fyvie (Scottish folk song)
writer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 545)
3:40
D2Go 'way From My Window
2:10
D3Railroad Boy
recording of:
Railroad Boy
writer:
C. Boettchner
2:36
D4Mary Hamilton
vocals:
Joan Baez
recording of:
Mary Hamilton (child ballad 173)
writer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 79) and Child Ballads (number: 173)
5:54
D5Once I Had a Sweetheart
2:57
D5Silver Dagger
producer:
Maynard Solomon
guitar:
Joan Baez
vocals:
Joan Baez
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Vanguard Recording Society, Inc. (in 1970)
recording of:
Silver Dagger
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
2:29