Joan Baez - Philadelphia Folk Festival, Old Pool Farm, Schwenksville, PA, 8-25-1968

Here's the sixth and last album I'm posting from the 1968 Philadelphia Folk Festival. I'd like to post more, but this is everything that I've found. This is a set by Joan Baez.

In 1968, Baez hadn't really had any big hits yet. But she was one of the biggest names in folk music, and probably the biggest star of this festival. On two songs, she was joined on stage by the Charles River Valley Boys. Their most recent album at the time of this performance was "Beatle Country," and consisted of bluegrass versions of Beatles songs. That explains why one of the two songs they did with her was a Beatles song. Otherwise, Baez was in solo acoustic mode, as one can see from the cover image.

I'm pretty sure this is only part of her performance. The last song faded out, suggesting there was more. Plus, it seems uncharacteristic for her to end with a cover of "I've Just Seen a Face" by the Beatles, a song she never even put on record. And on the handbill for the show, she was the headliner act for the final day. She was allotted an hour of music in the schedule, a lot more that what's here. But this is what we have. If more of her set ever emerges, I'll be sure to add it in.

And speaking of lost music I'd like to add in, I definitely would like to post more albums of music from this festival, if that music can be found. According to a handbill from the festival I found at the jonimitchell.com website, there were over 30 musical acts who performed at the festival. Most of those were little known at the time, and even less well known now, so I don't think they would be interesting to many people. But there are some others I wound like to find, such as sets by Janis Ian, Dave Van Ronk, Odetta, Son House, Oscar Brand, and Jerry Jeff Walker. If anyone has any other music from the festival, please let me know so I can post that too.

This album is 36 minutes long. Like the rest of the music from this festival, the sound quality is excellent but it remains unreleased.

01 Carry It On (Joan Baez)
02 talk (Joan Baez)
03 Turquoise (Joan Baez)
04 Gentle on My Mind (Joan Baez)
05 talk (Joan Baez)
06 C'era un Ragazzo Che Come Me Amava i Beatles e i Rolling Stones (Joan Baez)
07 talk (Joan Baez)
08 What Have They Done to the Rain (Joan Baez)
09 talk (Joan Baez)
10 Suzanne (Joan Baez)
11 talk (Joan Baez)
12 Kumbaya (Joan Baez)
13 talk (Joan Baez)
14 Green, Green Grass of Home (Joan Baez with the Charles River Valley Boys)
15 talk (Joan Baez with the Charles River Valley Boys)
16 I've Just Seen a Face (Joan Baez with the Charles River Valley Boys)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/AZrgZx8D

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/ZCy2XdPOjVDQbHh/file

The cover photo is from this exact concert.