Joan Baez - The Best Of The Vanguard Years (2005 remaster) 


Review:
Fourteen songs may or may not represent the ideal introduction to Joan Baez's 12 years at the Vanguard label, but there is no arguing with their resonance. This is Baez 101, rounding up all her hits (bar, mercifully, "Little Drummer Boy" ), while showcasing the sheer versatility that she packed into the first decade-plus of her career. Who else, after all, could take "Let It Be" and "Help Me Make It Through the Night" and render something new and beautiful from either? Likewise, she remains the most evocative interpreter Bob Dylan ever had, and the opening "It's All Over Now Baby Blue" is a true tour de force. Of course, the album's brevity ensures it will be of little interest to any but the most casual listener, but within those limitations, it does its job with effortless grace.


   


Track List:
01 - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
02 - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
03 - Farewell Angelina
04 - The Dangling Conversation
05 - Help Me Make It Through The Night
06 - Pack Up Your Sorrows
07 - We Shall Overcome
08 - Heaven Help Us All
09 - Let It BE
10 - There But For Fortune
11 - Love Is Just A Four Letter Word
12 - I Pity The Poor Immigrant
13 - Blessed Are...
14 - Brand New Tennessee Waltz


Media Report:
Genre: folk rock
Country: USA
Format: FLAC
Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec, 16-bit PCM
Bit rate mode: Variable
Channel(s): 2 channels
Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz
Bit depth: 16 bits


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