When I've thought about Baez, I've generally considered her a folk singer in her 1960s and 1970s heyday. But after listening to this, plus another BBC concert I've found from the 1990s, I'm more impressed with her later material. She didn't start out a songwriter, but she eventually grew into being a pretty good one. For instance, her big 1975 hit "Diamonds and Rust" was written by her. And she had good taste in cover versions. So although I wasn't familiar with most of these songs, I thought they were pretty good.
This remains officially unreleased. The sound quality is solid, although this was sourced from relatively low quality mp3s. I edited them a bit, but I couldn't improve things much.
This album is 53 minutes long.
01 Love Is Just a Four-Letter Word (Joan Baez)
02 talk (Joan Baez)
03 Isaac and Abraham (Joan Baez)
04 talk (Joan Baez)
05 Amsterdam (Joan Baez)
06 talk (Joan Baez)
07 Play Me Backwards (Joan Baez)
08 talk (Joan Baez)
09 Strange Rivers (Joan Baez)
10 talk (Joan Baez)
11 Welcome Me (Joan Baez)
12 There but for Fortune (Joan Baez)
13 talk (Joan Baez)
14 Edge of Glory (Joan Baez)
15 Diamonds and Rust (Joan Baez)
16 talk (Joan Baez)
17 I'm with You (Joan Baez)
18 talk (Joan Baez)
19 Forever Young (Joan Baez)
https://pixeldrain.com/u/hVYyh7Nj
alternate:
https://bestfile.io/en/40ohxEKXgAYFDJ0/file
The cover photo is from the Central Park Summerstage concert in New York City in August 1993.
Thanks for this show, never knew it had been recorded. I was lucky enough to be there (the 1st time I ever saw Joan). I remember her playing “Honest Lullaby” as a request from someone who had shouted out for it the night before. (and was attending both shows). Also recall that at the end of the show she came to the front of the stage and did an acappella song without the mic. But can’t for life of me remember if it was “Amazing Grace” or “SwingLow”
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