Joan Baez / 5

by Joan Baez

Joan Baez / 5 cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: October 1964
  • Label: Vanguard
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 55:26
  • Community rating: 3.69/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Joan Baez expands her acoustic folk repertoire by incorporating an ensemble of cellos and interpreting Villa-Lobos's 'Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5'. The album marks a deliberate step toward contemporary songwriting, featuring covers of Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, and Richard Fari帽a.

Genres

Descriptors: forest, acoustic, folk, female-vocals, ballad, unadorned

Tracklist

  1. Silver Dagger (2:32)
  2. East Virginia (3:43)
  3. Fare Thee Well (3:21)
  4. House Of The Rising Sun (2:56)
  5. All My Trials (4:40)
  6. Wildwood Flower (2:37)
  7. Donna Donna (3:12)
  8. John Riley (3:53)
  9. Rake And Rambling Boy (1:59)
  10. Little Moses (3:31)
  11. Mary Hamilton (5:57)
  12. Henry Martin (4:15)
  13. El Preso Numero Nueve (2:50)
  14. Girl Of Constant Sorrow (1:45)
  15. I Know You Rider (3:46)
  16. John Riley (4:22)

Credits

  • Joan Baez - primary artist, guitar, vocals
  • Jules Halfant - design
  • Langston Hughes - liner notes
  • William Claxton - photography by
  • Phil Ochs - written-by
  • Bob Yellin - written-by
  • John Herald - written-by
  • Ralph Rinzler - written-by
  • Bob Dylan - written-by
  • Traditional - written-by
  • Heitor Villa-Lobos - composed by
  • Maurice Abravanel - conductor
  • Unknown Artist - ensemble
  • David Soyer - soloist [cello]
  • John Jacob Niles - written-by
  • Johnny Cash - written-by
  • Roy Cash Jr. - written-by
  • Gino Foreman - guitar
  • Richard Farina - written-by
  • Richard Dyer-Bennet - written-by
  • Alfredo Ricardo Do Nascimento - music by
  • John Turner - words by
  • Michael Carr - words by

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