Joan Baez's A&M years?

[Metta]

Are you familiar with any of her work during this period? I see they've put out a box and I can pick it up at a reasonable price.

[graywarrior]

1. I am a moran, What is A&M

[mac56]

4. A&M Records

Probably one of the more adventurous major record labels in the mid 70s. It's since been absorbed by UMG, the conglomerate made up of the former MCA and Polygram companies.

[graywarrior]

9. Well thank you!

I also have Diamonds & Rust.

[Metta]

6. Her record label at the time. Partly owned by Herb Alpert.

nt.

[StellaBlue]

2. bwhahahaha

I am a Texan. At first I thought I had missed that whole period where Joan Baez studied at Texas A&M University. bwhahahahaha

[Metta]

7. That was shortly after Al Capp vilified her in his Li'l Abner comic strip.

:hi:

[mac56]

3. The only one of hers I have from that era is "Diamonds and Rust"

Ehh. A couple of really great songs intermixed with a bunch of filler.

I've heard a live A&M album from the same era, thought it was slightly better.

[Metta]

8. Thanks for the reply. Maybe the whole is less than the parts.

nt.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

5. Yes!

Come From the Shadows was recorded at Quadrophonic in Nashville and had some of the best studio musicians of the time. Diamonds and Rust is a masterpiece...her version of Jackson Browne's Fountain of Sorrow is better than his and her original tunes were good too...In The Quiet Morning (written by her late sister, Mimi Farina about Janis Joplin's passing) and Bangladesh ( a piercing tune written during the famine and cholera outbreak there during that time period) are intense. She also wrote Riders Passing By during this time which was about her experiences with bisexuality. Her voice was at its peak during that time and she was on a creative high having moved from strictly folk and war protest songs more into the mainstream.

Buy it!

[Metta]

10. I appreciate your in depth recommendation.

Thanks a bunch. I'm more likely to consider it now. Since you seem so informed about her music, are there artists/ records that you'd recommend as highly? I'm a folk maven who cut his teeth during the '60s and have been collecting and playing folk music since then. I'm always up for some tasty additions. I tend more towards folk than folk rock but I'm willing to listen to what you have to say. :)

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

13. If you like ethnic stuff

then the Klezmetics are good..Rory Block is also quite good

You can listen to some of Rory's stuff here:

http://www.rounder.com/index.php?id=groupSearch.php&browse=page&url_search_cursor=20

[Metta]

14. Thanks. I know them both and will follow the Rory Block link.

Who else do you like? Have you heard of a couple of guys from Canada called Bourne and MacLeod? They have a disc called Dance and Celebrate which I like. Also, have you heard of Betty Elders, from Austin? She has a great disc called Peaceful Existence, an update traditional folk album.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

18. Yes...I like her music

I also like a lot of "americana" type music..bluegrass, deep south, classic country, cajun, zydeco etc...that Rounder Records site I took you to is one of the best sites around for folk and classic Americana

Here's the main page...you can listen to hundreds of artists there:

http://www.rounder.com/

[Metta]

19. Thanks, n.

I'm also into roots music.

[DancingBear]

11. I'd still go with anything out on Vanguard vs. the A&M stuff

If you could get, let's say, two or three Vanguard recordings for the price of the A&M box I'd go that route.

Not that some of the A&M material isn't worthy, it's just that it pales in comparison to her work on Vanguard.

Come From The Shadows was her first A&M record, released in 1972.

[Metta]

12. Are you recommending Come From the Shadows?

I'm curious and looking to fill out my collecton.

[DancingBear]

15. On A&M, yes

But I would go with "Farewell, Angelina" or "Any Day Now" first. :)

(both on Vanguard)

[Metta]

16. Thanks. I'll check them out.

;) :hi:

[DainBramaged]

17. Her best years

If you lived back in the 70's, the release of these cd's is like finding a $100 bill in a pea-coat you bought at a yard sale. And the coat was amazing because it was from the Fourties, still had the buttons and fit you perfectly.

[Metta]

20. I like your analogy.

:) :hi:

[DainBramaged]

21. I thought it was perfect because we just picked up a 40's

pea coat for my Daughter (sans $100 bill) at a thrift shop and we knew instantly that it was original WWII Navy issue and had been in a cedar chest for decades. And just feeling that coat reminded me of my youth and bell-bottom pants and pea coats and all those things which made listening to Joan Baez like a nice red wine.

[Metta]

22. Mmm, pea coats and bell bottoms.

Long hair and beads and some nice relaxation. Mmmm, good times.

[DainBramaged]

23. I still have the long hair, but ditched the beads long ago

And my daughter inherited my hair, which to most of my generation, is just a memory.

[Metta]

24. Yeah, me too.

It's only recently that my wife said she likes me in anything other than short hair so I'll see where that goes. I was at a meditation reatreat recently and got some bead at the end. I word them in the airport, through security, and I'm glad no one said anything. I would have had to send them into bliss if they'd given me any crap. :toast: