Joan Baez - Live In Düsseldorf, November 30, 1977

With the exception of Bob Dylan, Joan Baez was the most important artist to rise from the folk music movement that first blossomed in the late 1950s and early '60s. Baez was also the finest and most influential interpretive singer in contemporary folk; blessed with a soprano voice of uncommon clarity, her performances were emotionally compelling without resorting to histrionics. Early on, she recorded striking renditions of classic folk standards, as on her 1960 debut album Joan Baez, while later she would help popularize the work of songwriters such as Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, and Richard Fariña; songs by all three appeared on 1964's "Joan Baez 5". 

Her early recordings were austere acoustic sessions, but in time she would learn to work effectively with a band, as well as adding her own songs to her repertoire, and the title track to 1975's "Diamonds & Rust", a biographical recollection of her relationship with Dylan, would prove to be one of her most enduring hits. Baez would become nearly as well-known for her political activism as her music, lending her talent and media profile to a long list of progressive causes from the early stages of her career to her farewell concert tour in 2019.

This is a radio broadcast of the Rockpalast concert in November 1977 in Düsseldorf.


Tracklist:

1. Radio Announcement
2. Blowin In The Wind
3. Earth Angel
4. The Partisan
5. Plasier d'Amour
6. Gracias A La Vida
7. Natalie (Gorbaneskaja)
8. Love Is Just A Four Letter Word
9. Kumbaya
10. Swing Low Sweet Chariot
11. Oh Happy Day
12. Farewell Angelina
13. Michael
14. The Altar Boy & The Thief
15. Suzanne
16. Sag Mir Wo Die Blumen Sind
17. Imagine
18. Love Song To A Stranger II
19. Let It Be
20. Joe Hill
21. We Shall Overcome


Joan Baez - Live In Düsseldorf, November 30, 1977

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