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

1▼12" Vinyl
#TitleLength
A1East Virginia
recording of:
East Virginia (Joan Baez arrangement)
writer:
[traditional]
arranger:
Joan Baez
arrangement of:
East Virginia
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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)
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A3All My Trials
guitar:
Joan Baez and Fred Hellerman
vocals:
Joan Baez
recording of:
All My Trials
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
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A4Old Blue
recording of:
Old Blue
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4313)
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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.
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A6Wagoner's Lad
vocals:
Joan Baez
cover recording of:
Wagoner’s Lad
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 414)
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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)
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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
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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)
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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)
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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)
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B6Fare Thee Well (10,000 Miles)
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2▶12" Vinyl