Farewell, Angelina

Farewell, Angelina

Track Listings

1. Farewell, Angelina

2. Daddy You've Been on My Mind

3. It's All over Now, Baby Blue

4. Wild Mountain Thyme

5. Ranger's Command

6. Colours

7. Satisfied Mind

8. River in the Pines

9. Pauvre Ruteboeuf

10. Sagt Mir Wo Die Blumen Sind

11. Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

12. One Too Many Mornings [#]

13. Rock, Salt and Nails [#]

14. Water Is Wide [#]

Customer Reviews:

Joan Baez.......2007-03-16

Haunting voice, lots of Bob Dylan tunes. I miss folkand this reminds why.

One of her very best releases, even better now..........2007-01-26

I confess I tired of Joan about 20 years ago, and most of the albums I have sampled since she left Vanguard for A & M and other labels leave me cold. But this one is uniformly excellent, and the three added songs only make the original a better bargain. She was in excellent voice, had superb instrumental backing, and a wonderful variety of songs. I can recall playing this a couple of times a week throughout the 70's. "Farewell Angelina" is the one I sang along with more often than the others, but all the performances are great.

Even better remastered then I remembered.......2006-08-18

We had this one on LP and are so glad to have it now on CD.
We played it over and over, and the songs ran thru
my head for days.

Vintage Joan!.......2005-10-08

I have the LP of this album and it is almost worn thru! I decided that if it was available on CD I would get it as a birthday present to myself! I found this to be one of the best purchases I have made lately. The remastering of the original songs is perfect and the bonus tracks are great! Joan's voice is still clear and sweet and very easy to listen to. Her voice got a more raspy sound on later albums. The bonus tracks were the icing on the cake for me. She covers a wide range of folk songs, from Guthrie's "Ranger's Comand" to "Rock Salt and Nails" by Bruce 'Utah' Phillips. It is interesting to note that the people who made the labels for the album did not know that there is a substance known as Rock Salt that is often used in shotguns as a 'varment load' and therefore list it as "Rock, Salt and Nails!" No matter what you call it I found it to be one of the most haunting songs I have ever heard. All in all, if you like Joan Baez and/or folk music this is a must have. Her version of "One too many mornings" brings back vivid memories of the '60s!

Joan Baez again.......2005-08-22

This is still reasonably early Joan Baez. Her voice is strong and clear, the songs have a real folk quality. This is an "enjoyment" album. I am not belittling the compilation when I describe it as a great album for playing in the car. The miles just roll by.

Average customer rating:

A GLORIOUS RECORDING...
One of her best as she moved from "trad" to "rad"
CREAM OF EARLY BAEZ
Pauvre M. Nielsen
joan sings DYLAN well

Farewell, Angelina
Joan Baez
Manufacturer: Vanguard Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music

Singer-Songwriters | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music

General | Folk | Styles | Music

Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music

Revival | Folk | Styles | Music

Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music
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Joan Baez in Concert, Pt. 1
Joan Baez, Vol. 2

ASIN: B000000EIL
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

FAREWELL, ANGELINA
DADDY, YOU BEEN ON MY MIND
IT'S ALL OVER NOW, BABY BLUE
THE WILD MOUNTAIN THYME
RANGER'S COMMAND
COLOURS
SATISFIED MIND
THE RIVER IN THE PINES
PAUVRE RUTEBOEUF
SAGT MIR WO DIE BLUMEN SIND
A HARD RAIN'S A-GONNA FALL

Customer Reviews:

A GLORIOUS RECORDING..........2004-03-09

This is an absolutely beautiful recording. Of the eleven tracks, four are Bob Dylan covers, one is a Donovan (Leitch) cover, three are traditional Anglo-American ballads, two are more contemporary folk songs, one of which is Peter Seeger's "Where Have all the Flowers Gone" sung in German, and there even a lovely song that Ms. Baez sings in French.

The Dylan songs are set to great effect by the interpretation given them by Ms. Baez. Clearly, she has a healthy respect for Dylan's songwriting abilities, treating each one of his songs as if it were a jewel and her voice the precious setting into which it is being placed. She does likewise with Donovan's cover song.

The traditional folk ballads are, as always, exquisitely and simply sung by Ms. Baez in her sweet, true, clear soprano. The purists will be more than satisfied by her interpretation of these songs. This is the Joan Baez that first rose to fame and came to the attention of an adoring public.

My favorites on this CD are the Dylan covers, the traditional folk ballads, and the German version of "Where Have All the Flowers Gone". This is a must have recording for those who are fans of Ms. Baez and for those who simply love music that is a thing of beauty.

One of her best as she moved from "trad" to "rad".......2002-04-13

Several Dylan songs and a few suprises, all of them done well, although not being a linguist, I can't judge the quality of her German pronunciations as another reviewer has. All I know is I bought it when it first came out on vinyl, kept it for 25 years, and played it at least a couple times each of those years.

CREAM OF EARLY BAEZ.......2001-06-20

This is a great album! I've never been bothered by her German and French accents and I think the songs are superb and sensitively interpreted. It's very folky and Satisfied Mind even sounds a bit country-ish to me, but this album is still a sheer pleasure to listen to. My favourites include Farewell Angelina, Colours, Satisfied Mind, the German version of Where Have All The Flowers Gone? and A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall. In fact this album is more enjoyable than some of her later "art-song" excursions of the 1980s an early 1990s. If you're looking for good songs well-interpreted, you cannot go wrong with this album. It's a classic.

Pauvre M. Nielsen.......2001-05-02

I think it is shame that Mr. Nielsen gives more credence to Joan Baez's lack of accent than he does to her voice. I owned this album in 1966 and had the distinct pleasure of hearing Joan Baez sing in Monterrey. Her voice has never failed to thrill and it has always been a representive of the spirit of the time as well as being timeless in its purity. I own several of her albums but this is my favourite.

joan sings DYLAN well.......2000-09-18

Joan's Dylan covers are always great, but I actually bought the album to hear her versions of Pauvre Ruteboeuf and Sagt Mir Wo Die Blumen Sind. I really didn't care for either of them because her pronunciation and accent was off with the French and German, so it came off to me as a bit pretentious. However, Farewell, Angelina is still worth getting for the Dylan covers. I often prefer her versions over the originals.

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