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Joan Baez A&M Library 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!

Come from the Shadows is very rare on CD. Much of this material is on the European Diamonds collection. This collection is also sometimes referred to as Chronicles and appears to be the same. Here are places to find the cuts from Come From The Shadows.

Prison Trilogy (Billy Rose) (J. Baez) Reissued on:
- The Best Of Joan C. Baez
- A&M Classics, Volume 8/Imagine
- Diamonds
- Greatest Hits
Rainbow Road (D. Fritts, D. Penn) Reissued on:
- Diamonds
Love Song To A Stranger (J. Baez) Reissued on:
- The Best Of Joan C. Baez
- A&M Classics, Volume 8/Imagine
- Diamonds
- Rare, Live & Classic
- Greatest Hits
Myths (J. Baez) Reissued on:
- Diamonds
In The Quiet Morning (M. Farina) Reissued on:
- A&M Classics, Volume 8/Imagine
- Diamonds
- Rare, Live & Classic
- Greatest Hits
All The Weary Mothers Of The Earth (People's Union #1) (J. Baez)
To Bobby (J. Baez) Reissued on:
- Diamonds
Song Of Bangladesh (J. Baez) Reissued on:
- Diamonds
A Stranger In My Place (K. Rogers, K. Vassy)
Tumbleweed (D. Van Arsdale) Reissued on:
- Diamonds
The Partisan (A. Marly, H. Zaret)
Imagine (J. Lennon) Reissued on:
- The Best Of Joan C. Baez
- A&M Classics, Volume 8/Imagine
- Diamonds
- Greatest Hits

Where Are You Now, My Son? has never been released on CD. The Pickwick vinyl re-release of this omits the instrumental "Windrose." This album is worth getting on LP in this writer's opinion. Here is the track list and places to find the few songs that have been re-released:

Only Heaven Knows (J. Baez)
Less Than The Song (H. Axton) Reissued on:
- Greatest Hits
A Young Gypsy (J. Baez)
Mary Call (M. Farina)
Rider, Pass By (J. Baez)
Best Of Friends (M. Farina) Reissued on:
- Greatest Hits
- Classics Vol 8/Imagine
Windrose (J. Baez)
Where Are You Now, My Son? (a full side of the LP)

Gulf Winds was only released on CD in Europe and is extremely rare in the US. Here are the songs from Gulf Winds and where else you can find one of them:

Sweeter For Me (J. Baez) Reissued on:
- The Best Of Joan C. Baez
- A&M Classics, Volume 8/Imagine
- Greatest Hits
Seabirds (J. Baez)
Caruso (J. Baez)
Still Waters At Night (J. Baez)
Kingdom Of Childhood (J. Baez)
O Brother! (J. Baez)
Time Is Passing Us By (J. Baez)
Stephanie's Room (J. Baez)
Gulf Winds (J. Baez)

Essential Joan Baez, The: From the Heart - Live - A&M Records/Polydor K.K., Japan POCM-1524; 1976 A&M Records/Karussell Ltd., Spectrum Music 550 129-2 Germany; 1976 include the same tracks as From Every Stage (75021 6506 2) which was released on A&M in the USA in 1976 as well. The Essential disc's program order starts off with "The Electric Tracks" which is all of Disc Two of the From Every Stage set. The order is 9-10-4-5-6-1-2-3-8-7. The Essential disc continues with "The Acoustic Tracks" and these are included on From Every Stage's Disc One. The included ones are (in order): 3-5-6-9-4. Missing from the Essential disc are: "(Ain't Gonna Let Nobody) Turn Me Around," "Blessed Are," "Stewball," "Natalia," and "Joe Hill."

A&M Classics, Volume 8 and Imagine are two identical compilation releases. They are a subset of A&M's Greatest Hits (31454 0510-2) which was digitally remastered. The only reason to get one of the two earlier releases is that "Forever Young" is the single version with a nicer string accompaniment. Fuss's book does not indicate this, but it is in fact the case. The last three cuts are added for Greatest Hits: "Ballad of Sacco and Vanzetti," "Oh Happy Day," and "Less Than The Song."