Joan Baez, Vol. 2

Joan Baez, Vol. 2

Track Listings

1. Wagoner's Lad

2. Trees They Do Grow High

3. Lily of the West

4. Silkie

5. Engine 143

6. Once I Knew a Pretty Girl

7. Lonesome Road

8. Banks of the Ohio

9. Pal of Mine

10. Barbara Allen

11. Cherry Tree Carol

12. Old Blue

13. Railroad Boy

14. Plaisir d'Amour

Tracks:

Wagoner's Lad
The Trees They Do Grow High
The Lily Of The West
Silkie
Engine 143
Once I Knew A Pretty Girl
Lonesome Road
Banks Of The Ohio
Pal Of Mine
Barbara Allen
The Cherry Tree Carol
Old Blue
Railroad Boy
Plaisir d'Amour
I Once Loved A Boy
Poor Boy
Longest Train I Ever Saw

Customer Reviews:

The Best.......2007-02-02

This was the best thing I ordered (Ever). Her voice, her music brings you back to another time. Thank you.

Flashback To A Different Era.......2007-01-05

All the great Joan Baez tunes are here. Listening to it, I found myself back in my dorm room in college, singing along, remembering the words after all these years. I found some of the energy of the era revive within me. What a great time to be young and what a scene to witness! If you loved her then, you'll love her again when you listen to this CD.

Exquisite.......2006-11-10

This early Joan Baez folk vocal and guitar CD is a gem from the past. Her pure, powerful vocals can bring chills to the listener on songs like "Plaisir D'Amour", "Banks of the Ohio" and "Lily of the West". These are not originals, but she takes over ownership of a number of them. I think this disc is the best of early Baez.

Greenbriar Boys and Joan.......2005-09-08

I love this album and have since it first came out. However, no one seems to have mentioned the inclusion of the Greenbriar Boys on Banks of the Ohio and Little Darling, Pal of Mine, with great guitar work by John Herald (who, sadly, recently died) and Ralph Rinzler, on mandolin and guitar. Those cuts have been played endlessly, both on my lp and the cd. It was Maynard Solomon who got Joan and the Boys to record together, and it was briliant. This is a great, great album by a superb artist and human being.

Joan Baez at her best (again).......2005-09-04

This album and Volume 1 (JOAN BAEZ) are Joan Baez at her best. The cool soprano voice and the clearly understood verse are evident here. Great emotion is achieved with her ability to balance the timbre of her voice to the story of the ballad. (NOTE: In later albums she spends more time in the middle registers of her voice where the quality of her timbre and vibrato are not as appealing.) The guitar and occasional back-up singers are an excellent accompaniment for her voice. The choice of the songs and the order of their presentation are perfect. The quality of the re-engineereing is very good considering that the original is over forty years old. All in all a masterpiece.

If I Had a Song: The Songs of Pete Seeger, Vol. 2

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The Working Class We Have With Us Always. . .

If I Had a Song: The Songs of Pete Seeger, Vol. 2
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Manufacturer: Appleseed Records
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ASIN: B00005Q6OF
Release Date: 2001-10-09

Tracks:

Guntanamera - Jackson Browne & Joan Baez
If I Had A Hammer - Billy Bragg with Eliza Carthy
Words, Words, Words - John Wesley Harding & The Minus 5
Walking Down Death Row - Steve Earle
Oh, I Had A Golden Thread - Dar Williams & Toshi Reagon
66 Highway Blues - Arlo Guthrie & Pete Seeger
Talking Union - John McCutcheon & Corey Harris
Maple Syrup Time - Moxy Fruvous
Snow, Snow - Eric Andersen
Little Boxes (Petites Boites) - Kate & Anna McGarrigle
Last Train To Nuremberg - Joel Rafael Band
You'll Sing To Me Too - Guardabarranco
This Old Car - Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie
Old Devil Time - Kim & Reggie Harris with Magpie
The Emperor Is Naked Today-O - Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer
Well May The World Go - Larry Long & Pete Seeger

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Political militancy so rarely results in more than topical art; thus it's amazing how well Pete Seeger's talking blues, kiddie jingles, angry anthems, and fragile adages to peace have aged. This single-disc successor to Appleseed's double disc Where Have All the Flowers Gone boasts a finer musical diversity, but is ultimately as uneven as the previous tribute. Even after 50 years, performers haven't begun to exhaust Seeger's catalog, and so it's puzzling that Moxy Früvous would waste tape on the forgettable "Maple Syrup Time," that Billy Bragg and Eliza Carthy would see any point to another version of "If I Had a Hammer," or that Kim and Reggie Harris (with Magpie) would push the sing-along folksiness of "Old Devil Time" to the point of parody. The better the song, however, the better the performance. John Wesley Harding (backed by Peter Buck and Scott McCaughey) rocks "Words, Words, Words" straight into the psychedelic garage, Jackson Browne and Joan Baez surround themselves with Cuban musicians for a memorable "Guantanamera," Steve Earle casts his bitter, bloodshot eye deep into the heart of "Walking Down Death Row," and Eric Andersen, his voice an icy whisper, turns the pure lyricism of "Snow Snow" into the album's most harrowing and memorable moment. --Roy Kasten

Customer Reviews:

The Working Class We Have With Us Always. . ........2001-12-30

Townes Van Zandt once said that there's two kinds of music: blues and zippety-doo-dah. Pete Seeger's music never was zippety-doo-dah.

Seeger's finely-tuned sensibilities for the endless complications of the lives of the poor and near-poor, as well as for the trades- and craftspeople of America, has given us some of the most lyrically powerful music of our time. If this album contained certain different songs it would be an easy five star work.

It's still very good. Steve Earle's version of "Walking Down Death Row", Dar Williams' and Toshi Reagon's rendering of "Oh Had I a Golden Thread", Eric Andersen's "Snow, Snow", the McGarrigle Sisters' "Little Boxes", and "You Sing It to Me Too" by Guardabarranco are all outstanding interpretations of Seeger's work.

For 45 years I've loaded a lunch bucket and hauled myself off to work at one job or another. Most of that time I've had a Pete Seeger song or two running around my brain, helping me remember who the good guys are. Pete Seeger somehow knows what that's like.

Tracks:

Wagoner's Lad
The Trees They Do Grow High
The Lily Of The West
Silkie
Engine 143
Once I Knew A Pretty Girl
Lonesome Road
On the Banks Of The Ohio
Pal Of Mine
Barbara Allen
The Cherry Tree Carol
Old Blue
Railroad Boy
Plaisir D'Amour

Customer Reviews:

Music History for the Taking. Buy It!.......2005-06-24

`Joan Baez Vol. 1 and Vol. 2' are incredibly evocative of a particular time and Zeitgeist in American popular music. Listening to them now, it is humbling to think that it has been over forty years since I first bought these Vanguard albums which, according to a `Time' magazine article of the time, turned the very small folkie recording company into a pretty important recording company, just in time to be in on the 1960's music explosion. The buzz at the same time was that in spite of her success, Vanguard could not convince Baez to do more than one album a year. She and the folk music scene in the early sixties were still a major topic of conversation in sophisticated circles. One of the most prescient statements I ever heard was from my German professor's opinion, expressed in the Fall of 1963 that the American folk music interest would not survive the arrival of The Beatles. In most ways, I think he was very, very right in that Baez' versions of old English ballads and material from Folkways did not survive the British invasion. Instead, this musical revolution plus the target rich landscape of the mid 1960s spawned a great generation built on the legacy of Woody Guthrie instead of `Childe's Ballads. This was lead by Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs (the much missed Phil Ochs), Tom Paxton, Richard Farina and many more. Ms. Baez jumped on this bandwagon, primarily as a consort to Mr. Dylan, but not until she left us with these really remarkable renditions of historical music.

Contrary to what you may believe from the title, these two albums were first published about a year apart, with titles even more modest that Ms. Baez' contemporary, Barbara Streisand. As I am not an expert on old English folk music, my best comparisons for Ms. Baez performances are, in fact Ms. Streisand on the one hand and the English Jacqui McShee (female vocalist for The Pentangle and The John Renbourn group) on the other. While Ms. McShee does a great job when she does the same material, I think Miss Joan sets the standard with her crystal clear, vibrato free voice. Baez also does better on this material than her principle competitor (on Elektra), Judy Collins. On the other hand, when I compare Joan to Barbra, I feel there is just something missing in Joanie's interpretation. Aside from having a great set of pipes, this, of course, is one of Streisand's strong points as she gives dramatically different takes on some old chestnuts such as `Happy Days are Here Again'. And yet, Ms. Baez justly famous crystal clear voice gives performances of these songs you will find nowhere else.

It is highly unlikely that the contemporary music audience will again support an act doing this material. And, I don't think it's because of a `been there, done that' reaction. So, dig into these old albums with both arms and enjoy them, for they are both great and an important part of popular music history.

A VOICE LIKE NO OTHER..........2001-01-02

Ms. Baez has a pure, crystalline voice that is an instrument unto itself. You will know what I mean when you hear her sing "Waggoner's Lad" without accompaniment. This is quickly followed up by some achingly beautiful folk songs, such as "The Trees They Do Grow High", "The Lily of the West", and "Silkie". Wham Bam... before you know it, you are hooked!

This extraordinary CD ends on a very high note with "Plaisir D'Amour" which is a beautiful love song and, sung by Ms. Baez, one which will not be easily forgotten. This is an exquisitely wonderful CD, and if you are not already a fan of Ms. Baez, it will quickly make you into one. She is, undoubtedly, a national treasure.

She's the best.......2000-06-23

In my opionin Joan Baez was always at her best singing traditional folk songs either from England or the Appalachians. I have owned this as a vinyl LP since the early 1960's and am glad to see it is now available on CD because my record player died. Long live early Joan!

outstanding album.......1999-11-25

I believe this is one of Joans best Albums it has such beauty with every word she sings she becomes more and more enchanting. I love her work and I believe she is one of the best folk artists our nation has ever know.

A lovely voice unfettered.......1999-07-10

Here is a young woman's voice so strong and lovely that it can take the simplicity and lasting melody of folk songs and give the songs the honor they deserve. You can clearly hear the words and stories of these age old-songs. Her voice has the range and purity to make you ache with its beauty.

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