Diamonds

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Album: Diamonds
#	Song Title		Time
	Disc 1
1)	Prison Trilogy (Billy Rose) Album Version	More Info...	4:23
2)	Rainbow Road	More Info...	3:01
3)	Love Song To A Stranger Album Version	More Info...	3:50
4)	Myths Album Version	More Info...	3:17
5)	In The Quiet Morning Album Version	More Info...	2:54
6)	To Bobby Album Version	More Info...	4:00
7)	Song Of Bangladesh Album Version	More Info...	4:49
8)	Tumbleweed Album Version	More Info...	3:29
9)	Imagine Album Version	More Info...	3:25
10)	Diamonds And Rust Album Version	More Info...	4:44
11)	Fountain Of Sorrow Album Version	More Info...	4:29
12)	Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer Album Version	More Info...	2:44
13)	Children And All That Jazz Album Version	More Info...	3:08
14)	Simple Twist Of Fate Album Version	More Info...	4:44
15)	Blue Sky Album Version	More Info...	2:45
16)	Hello In There Album Version	More Info...	3:04
17)	Jesse Album Version	More Info...	4:31
	Disc 2
1)	(Ain't Gonna Let Nobody) Turn Me Around Live	More Info...	2:46
2)	Suzanne Live (1975)	More Info...	4:23
3)	I Shall Be Released Live	More Info...	2:15
4)	Blowin' In The Wind Live	More Info...	2:36
5)	Stewball Live	More Info...	4:32
6)	The Ballad Of Sacco & Vanzetti Live /1975	More Info...	4:26
7)	Joe Hill Live	More Info...	3:06
8)	Love Is Just A Four Letter Word Live	More Info...	3:28
9)	Forever Young Live /1975	More Info...	3:26
10)	Boulder To Birmingham Live	More Info...	4:05
11)	Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Live	More Info...	3:55
12)	Oh Happy Day Live /1975	More Info...	3:25
13)	Please Come To Boston Live/1975	More Info...	4:16
14)	Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts Live	More Info...	8:48
15)	The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Live (1975)	More Info...	3:54
16)	Amazing Grace Live/1975	More Info...	4:27
3)	Love Song To A Stranger	More Info...	0:04
4)	Myths	More Info...	0:03
5)	In the Quiet Morning	More Info...	0:03
6)	To Bobby	More Info...	0:04
7)	Song Of Bangladesh	More Info...	0:05
8)	Tumbleweed	More Info...	0:03
9)	Imagine	More Info...	0:03
10)	Diamonds and Rust	More Info...	0:04
11)	Fountain of Sorrow	More Info...	0:04
12)	Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer	More Info...	0:02
13)	Children And All That Jazz	More Info...	0:03
14)	Simple Twist of Fate	More Info...	0:04
15)	Blue Sky	More Info...	0:02
16)	Hello in There	More Info...	0:03
17)	Jesse	More Info...	0:04

Album: Diamonds
#	Song Title		Time
	Disc 1
1)	Prison Trilogy (Billy Rose) Album Version	More Info...	4:23
2)	Rainbow Road	More Info...	3:01
3)	Love Song To A Stranger Album Version	More Info...	3:50
4)	Myths Album Version	More Info...	3:17
5)	In The Quiet Morning Album Version	More Info...	2:54
6)	To Bobby Album Version	More Info...	4:00
7)	Song Of Bangladesh Album Version	More Info...	4:49
8)	Tumbleweed Album Version	More Info...	3:29
9)	Imagine Album Version	More Info...	3:25
10)	Diamonds And Rust Album Version	More Info...	4:44
11)	Fountain Of Sorrow Album Version	More Info...	4:29
12)	Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer Album Version	More Info...	2:44
13)	Children And All That Jazz Album Version	More Info...	3:08
14)	Simple Twist Of Fate Album Version	More Info...	4:44
15)	Blue Sky Album Version	More Info...	2:45
16)	Hello In There Album Version	More Info...	3:04
17)	Jesse Album Version	More Info...	4:31
	Disc 2
1)	(Ain't Gonna Let Nobody) Turn Me Around Live	More Info...	2:46
2)	Suzanne Live (1975)	More Info...	4:23
3)	I Shall Be Released Live	More Info...	2:15
4)	Blowin' In The Wind Live	More Info...	2:36
5)	Stewball Live	More Info...	4:32
6)	The Ballad Of Sacco & Vanzetti Live /1975	More Info...	4:26
7)	Joe Hill Live	More Info...	3:06
8)	Love Is Just A Four Letter Word Live	More Info...	3:28
9)	Forever Young Live /1975	More Info...	3:26
10)	Boulder To Birmingham Live	More Info...	4:05
11)	Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Live	More Info...	3:55
12)	Oh Happy Day Live /1975	More Info...	3:25
13)	Please Come To Boston Live/1975	More Info...	4:16
14)	Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts Live	More Info...	8:48
15)	The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Live (1975)	More Info...	3:54
16)	Amazing Grace Live/1975	More Info...	4:27
3)	Love Song To A Stranger	More Info...	0:04
4)	Myths	More Info...	0:03
5)	In the Quiet Morning	More Info...	0:03
6)	To Bobby	More Info...	0:04
7)	Song Of Bangladesh	More Info...	0:05
8)	Tumbleweed	More Info...	0:03
9)	Imagine	More Info...	0:03
10)	Diamonds and Rust	More Info...	0:04
11)	Fountain of Sorrow	More Info...	0:04
12)	Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer	More Info...	0:02
13)	Children And All That Jazz	More Info...	0:03
14)	Simple Twist of Fate	More Info...	0:04
15)	Blue Sky	More Info...	0:02
16)	Hello in There	More Info...	0:03
17)	Jesse	More Info...	0:04

Performer Notes

Joan Baez's 1970s tenure at A&M Records found the folk singer exploring more pop-oriented singer/songwriter material than her early traditional and protest material; this two-disc, 33-track anthology is a good overview of those years, featuring her hit single "Diamonds and Rust."
The same year that A&M U.S. released the single-disc, 20-track Greatest Hits, A&M U.K. released this double-disc, 33-track compilation from the same period of Joan Baez's career, i.e., her five-year, five-album sojourn at the label from 1972 to 1976. You'd figure that this one would get the nod over the shorter American disc, right? Wrong. Compiler John Tobler, who also wrote the perfunctory liner notes, devotes the first disc to abbreviated versions of Baez's first A&M album, Come from the Shadows (nine of 12 tracks), and her third, Diamonds & Rust (eight of 11), and the second disc to an abbreviated version of her fourth, the live double-LP From Every Stage (16 of 20). He makes a point of not using anything from her second A&M album, Where Are You Now, My Son?, which he calls "misguided" for containing documentary sounds from the Vietnam War. Is it necessary to point out that anyone who fails to appreciate Baez's stand on Vietnam has no business choosing a compilation of her music? (And, of course, the war sounds are only on one side of the record. If Tobler had bothered to flip the LP over, he'd have found such excellent tracks as "Best of Friends" and "Less Than a Song," both of which are on Greatest Hits, as well as "Mary Call" and "Young Gypsy.") And he doesn't even mention her fifth A&M album, Gulf Winds, which means he misses such songs as "Sweeter for Me," which three U.S. compilations have correctly chosen as one of her best A&M songs. While there is nevertheless much that is valuable on Diamonds, the trouble is that, despite Tobler's opinion, the A&M period was less "a commercially and artistically profitable" one than a transitional and uneven one for Baez, so that selectivity is the key to a good compilation, and she is not best represented by her covers of songs better known in the versions recorded by their authors (John Lennon's "Imagine," John Prine's "Hello In There") or by the umpteenth performances of songs from her Vanguard period ("Love Is Just a Four Letter Word"). Rather, this was a period when Baez was emerging as a writer. But Tobler has excluded many of her originals in favor of retreads. So, don't waste your money: if you want a good sampler, get the Greatest Hits; if you want more, go ahead and buy the full-length albums that have been oddly truncated here. ~ William Ruhlmann

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