Joan Baez, Vol. 2

by Joan Baez

Joan Baez, Vol. 2 cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: September 1961
  • Label: Vanguard
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 42:44
  • Community rating: 3.69/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Released on Vanguard Records, her highly successful sophomore effort included backing vocals by the Greenbriar Boys on select tracks. The incredibly pristine quality of her soprano voice tackling traditional ballads established Baez as the undisputed focal point of the early 1960s folk revival.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, acoustic, crime, death, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Wagoner's Lad
  2. The 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. The Cherry Tree Carol
  12. Old Blue
  13. Railroad Boy
  14. Plaisir d'Amour

Credits

  • Дмитро Гнатюк - primary artist
  • Микола Фокін - primary artist
  • Сергій Козак - primary artist
  • Государственный Украинский Народный Хор - primary artist
  • Хорова Капела "Трембіта" - primary artist
  • Андрій Малишко - lyrics by
  • Платон Майборода - music by
  • Микола Нагнибіда - lyrics by
  • Григорій Гурійович Верьовка - conductor, music by
  • Сергій Воскрекасенко - lyrics by
  • Хоровая Капелла Украинского Радио - choir
  • Константин Симеонов - conductor
  • National Radio Symphony Orchestra Of Ukraine - orchestra
  • Павло Муравський - conductor
  • Іван Кутень - lyrics by
  • Євген Козак - music by
  • Jules Halfant - design/illustration
  • Joan Baez - guitar, vocal
  • Nat Hentoff - liner notes
  • William Claxton - photography
  • Maynard Solomon - producer

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