
Joan Baez - Diamonds & Rust (2LP, 45 tours)
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Joan Baez – vocals (all tracks), acoustic guitar, Moog and ARP synthesisers [click here to see more vinyl featuring Joan Baez]
Joni Mitchell - vocals [click here to see more vinyl featuring Joni Mitchell]
Larry Carlton, Dean Parks – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Reinie Press , Wilton Felder, Max Bennett – bass
Jim Gordon (Mucho Gordo) – drums, percussion
John Guerin – drums
Cello – Jesse Erlich
Joe Sample – electric piano, Hammond organHampton Hawes – acoustic piano
David Paich – acoustic piano, electric harpsichord
Malcolm Cecil – Moog and ARP synthesisers (
Red Rhodes - Pedal Steel Guitar
Larry Knechtel - piano
Tom Scott – flute
Jim Horn – saxophone
Rick Lotempio – electric guitar
Ollie Mitchell, Buck Monari – trumpet
Carl La Magna, James Getzoff, Raymond Kelly, Robert Konrad, Robert Ostrowsky, Ronald Folsom, Sidney Sharp, Tibor Zelig, William Hymanson , William Kurasch - Violin
Arranged by Joan Baez & Larry Carlton
Written by Joan Baez (A1, B2, D1-2), Jackson Browne (A2), Stevie Wonder (B1), Syreeta Wright (B1), Bob Dylan (C1), John Prine (C2), Ianis Ian (C3), Stephen Foster (D3a), Frederic Weatherly (D3b)
2 LP, gatefold jacket
Limited to 2,000 numbered copies
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : Black
Speed : 45 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Quality Record Pressings (QRP)
Label : Analogue Productions Acoustic Sounds Series
Original Label : Universal
Recorded in January 1975 at A&M Studio, (Hollywood), Wally Heider's Studio 3 (Hollywood)
Engineered by Rick Ruggeri, Henry Lewy
Mixed by Rick Ruggieri
Produced by Joan Baez and David Kershenbaum
Mastered by Matthew Lutthans
Originally released in 1975
Reissued in 2025
Tracks:
Side A:
- Diamonds & Rust
- Fountain of Sorrow
Side B:
- Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer
- Children and All That Jazz
- Simple Twist of Fate
Side C:
- Blue Sky
- Hello in There
- Jesse
Side D:
- Winds of the Old Days
- Dida
- I Dream of Jeannie / Danny Boy (Medley)
Reviews :
“With the Vietnam War winding down, Joan Baez, who had devoted one side of her last album to her trip to Hanoi, delivered the kind of commercial album A&M Records must have wanted when it signed her three years earlier. But she did it on her own terms, putting together a session band of contemporary jazz veterans like Larry Carlton, Wilton Felder, and Joe Sample, and mixing a wise selection from the work of current singer-songwriters like Jackson Browne and John Prine with pop covers of Stevie Wonder and the Allman Brothers Band, and an unusually high complement of her own writing. A&M, no doubt recalling the success of her cover of the Band's "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," released her version of the Allmans' "Blue Sky" as a single, and it got halfway up the charts. But the real hit was the title track, a self-penned masterpiece on the singer's favorite subject, her relationship with Bob Dylan. Outdoing the current crop of confessional singer/songwriters at soul baring, Baez sang to Dylan, reminiscing about her '60s love affair with him intensely, affectionately, and unsentimentally. It was her finest moment as a songwriter and one of her finest performances, period, and when A&M finally released it on 45, it made the Top 40, propelling the album to gold status. But those who bought the disc for "Diamonds & Rust" also got to hear "Winds of the Old Days," in which Baez forgave Dylan for abandoning the protest movement, as well as the jazzy "Children and All That Jazz," a delightful song about motherhood, and the wordless vocals of "Dida," a duet with Joni Mitchell accompanied by Mitchell's backup band, Tom Scott and the L.A. Express. The cover songs were typically accomplished, making this the strongest album of Baez's post-folk career.” AllMusic Review by William Ruhlmann
Ratings :
AllMusic : 5 / 5 ; Discogs : 3.86 / 5