1975 Joan Baez – Diamonds & Rust
Diamonds & Rust is a 1975 album by Joan Baez. Baez is often regarded as an interpreter of other people’s work, and on this album she covered songs written or played by Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, The Allman Brothers, and Jackson Browne. But Diamonds & Rust also contained a number of her own compositions, including the acclaimed title track, a distinctive song written about Bob Dylan.
The title track was covered by British heavy metal band Judas Priest on their 1977 album Sin After Sin, and has since been one of their staples in live performance. American folk duo The Smith Sisters featured the song on their 1986 album Mockingbird. Anglo-American Renaissance rock band Blackmore’s Night covered the song on their 2003 album Ghost of a Rose. Finnish power metal band Thunderstone covered the song on their 2004 album The Burning.
On her cover of Dylan’s “Simple Twist of Fate”, one verse features Baez attempting a good-humoured impersonation of the song’s composer.
An alternate recording of “Dida” had appeared on the previous year’s Gracias A la Vida. The Diamonds & Rust recording of the song was more uptempo and featured duet vocals by Joni Mitchell.
Tracks
1 Diamonds And Rust (Joan Baez) 4:30
2 Fountain Of Sorrow (Jackson Browne) 4:16
3 Never Dreamed You’d Leave In Summer (Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright) 2:36
4 Children And All That Jazz (Joan Baez) 2:58
5 Simple Twist Of Fate (Bob Dylan) 4:30
6 Blue Sky (Dickey Betts) 2:37
7 Hello In There (John Prine) 2:54
8 Jesse (Janis Ian) 4:13
9 Winds Of The Old Days (Joan Baez) 3:42
10 Di Da (Joan Baez) 3:15
11 I Dream Of Jeannie Danny Boy Medley (Fred Weatherly, Stephen Foster) 3:58
Musicians
1 Diamonds And Rust
Bass | Wilton Felder |
Drums | Jim Gordon |
Guitar | Dean Parks |
Guitar | Larry Carlton |
Acoustic Guitar | Joan Baez |
Harpsichord | David Paich |
Synthesizer | Joan Baez |
Piano | Joe Sample |
2 Fountain Of Sorrow
Bass | Reinie Press |
Drums | Jim Gordon |
Guitar | Larry Carlton |
Pedal Steel Guitar | Red Rhodes |
Acoustic Guitar | Larry Carlton |
Acoustic Guitar | Dean Parks |
Piano | Joe Sample |
Piano | Larry Knechtel |
Percussion | Jim Gordon |
3 Never Dreamed You’d Leave In Summer
Bass | Reinie Press |
Drums | Jim Gordon |
Guitar | Larry Carlton |
Acoustic Guitar | Dean Parks |
Acoustic Guitar | Joan Baez |
Piano | Joe Sample |
Piano | Larry Knechtel |
Synthesizer | Malcolm Cecil |
4 Children And All That Jazz
Bass | Wilton Felder |
Drums | Jim Gordon |
Guitar | Dean Parks |
Guitar | Larry Carlton |
Piano | Joe Sample |
Piano | Hampton Hawes |
Flute | Tom Scott |
Percussion | Jim Gordon |
5 Simple Twist Of Fate
Bass | Reinie Press |
Drums | Jim Gordon |
Guitar | Dean Parks |
Guitar | Larry Carlton |
Acoustic Guitar | Joan Baez |
Piano | Joe Sample |
Piano | Larry Knechtel |
Percussion | Jim Gordon |
6 Blue Sky
Bass | Wilton Felder |
Drums | Jim Gordon |
Guitar | Dean Parks |
Guitar | Larry Carlton |
Pedal Steel Guitar | Red Rhodes |
Acoustic Guitar | Larry Carlton |
Acoustic Guitar | Joan Baez |
Hammond Organ | Joe Sample |
Piano | David Paich |
Percussion | Jim Gordon |
7 Hello In There
Bass | Reinie Press |
Bass | Wilton Felder |
Drums | Jim Gordon |
Acoustic Guitar | Dean Parks |
Pedal Steel Guitar | Red Rhodes |
Acoustic Guitar | Joan Baez |
Hammond Organ | Joe Sample |
Percussion | Jim Gordon |
8 Jesse
Bass | Wilton Felder |
Drums | Jim Gordon |
Guitar | Larry Carlton |
Acoustic Guitar | Joan Baez |
Piano | David Paich |
Synthesizer | Joan Baez |
9 Winds Of The Old Days
Bass | Reinie Press |
Drums | Jim Gordon |
Guitar | Dean Parks |
Guitar | Larry Carlton |
Pedal Steel Guitar | Red Rhodes |
Acoustic Guitar | Joan Baez |
10 Di Da
Bass | Max Bennett |
Drums | John Guerin |
Guitar | Rick Lotempio |
Acoustic Guitar | Joan Baez |
Piano | Joe Sample |
Flute | Tom Scott |
Sax | Jim Horn |
Sax | Tom Scott |
Trumpet | Buck Monari |
Trumpet | Ollie Mitchell |
Vocals | Joni Mitchell |
11 I Dream Of Jeannie Danny Boy Medley
Piano | Larry Knechtel |
Liner Notes
Producer – David Kershenbaum, Joan Baez
Executive-Producer – Bernard Gelb
Arranged By – Joan Baez, Larry Carlton
Arranged By (Strings Arranged), Conductor (Conducted By) – Larry Carlton (Tracks 3, 4, 5)
Engineer (Assistant Engineer) – Ellis Sorkin
Engineer (Recording & Mix Engineer) – Rick Ruggieri (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 7, 8, 10)
Leader (String Section Lead By) – Sidney Sharp (Tracks 3, 4, 5)
Mastered By (Mastering Engineer) – Mike Reese
Design (Designer) – Bob Cato
Liner Notes – Bernard Gelb
Photography By – Irene Harris
Phonographic Copyright (p) – A&M Records, Inc.
Recorded At – A&M Studios
Recorded At – Cecil & Margouleff
Remixed At – Sound Labs, Hollywood
Remixed At – Producers Workshop
Mastered At – The Mastering Lab
Pressed By – Monarch Record Mfg. Co.
Recorded At – Wally Heider Studios
Produced For – JCB Productions