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Joan Baez Soundtracks Page

Questions
While I enjoy getting email about Joan,
I find that I don't have the answers
to many of the really hard questions you ask.
Since I will end up forwarding them to Jim Stewart anyway,
you might as well ask him directly at jamesrstewartaz@comcast.net!

Over the years, Joan has teamed with several major film composers to produce excellent sountracks. This is not a complete list of soundtracks but rather the ones that I'd like to say something about. There are more soundtracks that I may add information about in the future, but these are the primary ones as far as I can discern.

Silent Running

Joan teamed with Peter Shickele and sings three songs:
- Rejoice in the Sun
- Silent Running
- Rejoice in the Sun (reprise)
There are three versions (at least) of the LP available
- The original Decca (US) release (DL 7-9188) This is considered very rare.
- The Varese Sarabande re-release on green vinyl (this may carry the same number as below)
- The Varese Sarabande re-release on black vinyl (STV 81072)
There is a Silent Running Home Page

Sacco and Vanzetti

This is available on Omega (founded by the original founders of Vanguard records, as I understand it) as OCD 3015.
The lyrics to "The Ballad of Saaco and Vanzetti" are based on the letters of Bartolomea Vanzetti to his father.
Joan teamed with Ennio Morricone, wrote the songs, and sings on half of the cuts (marked *). Here is the complete track list::
- Hope For Freedom
- *The Ballad of Sacco and Vanzetti: Introduction
- *The Ballad of Sacco and Vanzetti: Part 1 Lyrics from The Web Pages
- In Prison
- *The Ballad of Sacco and Vanzetti: Part 2 Lyrics from The Web Pages
- Sacco and His Son
- *The Ballad of Sacco and Vanzetti: Part 3 Lyrics from The Web Pages
- Freedom From Ho[e
- Sentenced To Death
- The Electric Chair
- *Here's To You: Introduction
- *Here's To You
Thanks to Neil E. Bomberg who informed us that this was available on Italian RCA label (black vinyl) #nl33206 about 1972. He even provided us with the track list in Italian:
- Lato (Side) 1 includes:
- Speranze di liberta
  - La ballata di sacco e vanzetti (I parte)
  - Nel carcere
  - La ballata di sacco e vanzetti (II parte)
  - Sacco e il figlio
- Lato (Side) 2 includes:
  - La ballata di sacco e vanzetti (III parte)
  - Liberta nella speranza
  - E dover morire
  - La sedia elettrica
  - Here's to you
This was one of the darker moments of US history. It is covered well at several sites on the web:

To Kill A Priest

This was released for a very short time in the US on Gold Castle Records just as they were going out of business. It was released in Europe on Virgin Records under the name "Le Complot." It is that version that is referred to, below. It is on Virgin CD 30639. It is considered very rare.
For this release, Joan teamed with Georges Delerue. There are only two cuts that Joan wrote and sings on:
- The Crimes of Cain (générique début) Lyrics from The Web Pages
- The Crimes of Cain (générique fin) Lyrics from The Web Pages
The lyrics speak of The Black Madonna. I was curious about that, so I searched the web and found: