Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Joan Baez - BBC Sessions, Volume 2: In Concert, Hammersmith Odeon, London, Britain, 12-20-1977

Since I've posted one Joan Baez BBC concert already, she's on my list of artists to finish off before I get to posting BBC stuff of other artists. Here's a nice unreleased BBC concert from 1977.

Baez was one of the most popular folk singers of the 1960s, and kept her high popularity going well into the 1970s. She had her second biggest hit of her career in 1975 with the song "Diamonds and Rust." I must say I'm rather surprised that isn't included here. But she did play her biggest hit, a cover of the Band's classic "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down." Generally, she kept a good acoustic vibe going, and even sang acappella some.

It's so common for lead vocals to be low in the mix, I've noticed, even on BBC recordings sometimes. That was the case again here. So I fixed that in the usual way, using the UVR5 audio editing program.

By the way, I only have one more BBC concert from Baez after this that I've found, from 1999. But I'm pretty sure there are some other BBC concerts by her that I can't find. For instance, I've found mentions of them from 1973 and 1993. If you have any that I don't and want to share, please let me know.

This album is an hour and ten minutes long.

01 Help Me Make It through the Night (Joan Baez)
02 Farewell, Angelina (Joan Baez)
03 talk (Joan Baez)
04 Honey Love (Joan Baez)
05 talk (Joan Baez)
06 Scarlet Ribbons (Joan Baez)
07 talk (Joan Baez)
08 Virgin Mary (Joan Baez)
09 talk (Joan Baez)
10 Michael (Joan Baez)
11 talk (Joan Baez)
12 Honest Lullaby (Joan Baez)
13 talk (Joan Baez)
14 Gracias a la Vida (Joan Baez)
15 talk (Joan Baez)
16 Natalia (Joan Baez)
17 talk (Joan Baez)
18 Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (Joan Baez)
19 Blowin' in the Wind (Joan Baez)
20 Love Is Just a Four-Letter Word (Joan Baez)
21 talk (Joan Baez)
22 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (Joan Baez)
23 Sweet Sir Galahad (Joan Baez)
24 Kumbaya (Joan Baez)
25 Imagine (Joan Baez)
26 Let It Be (Joan Baez)
27 Joe Hill (Joan Baez)
28 talk (Joan Baez)
29 Amazing Grace (Joan Baez)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/BDkdP4fx

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/MCGup30nw9lsKSv/file

The cover photo shows Baez at a concert in Santa Barbara in 1977.

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