Album
Baptism
1968 · Blues, Non-Music
3 collectors on Gatefold own this
Baptism is a Spoken Word album by Joan Baez, originally released in 1968. On Gatefold: 34 pressings tracked, owned by 3 collectors.
About
Concept albums were gaining popularity in the late '60s, as the album format itself was becoming more popular than the vinyl single (though folk music rarely had singles). Joan Baez had already struck on a strong working relationship with classical music composer and arranger Peter Schickele on her two previous albums: the seasonal <i>Noel</i> and the singularly beautiful <i>Joan</i>. For <i>Baptism</i>, she opted to read and sing famous poetry over orchestration provided by Schickele, addressing the violence of 1968 in an unusual and artistically novel way. Walt Whitman's "I Saw the Vision of Armies," Arthur Waley's "Minister of War," and Norman Rosten's "In Guernica" take on added weight. Her vocals are soothing even when the sentiments clearly aren't, and her singing voice brings out James Joyce's "Of the Dark Past," e.e. cummings' "all in green went my love riding," and Henry Treece's "Old Welsh Song," "Who Murdered the Minutes," "Oh, Little Child," and "The Magic Wood" to great effect. The album is a beautiful collaboration between two musical artists and words that have lasted for decades.
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Tracklist
- Part One
- Part Two
Side A
- A1Old Welsh Song1:16
- A2I Saw The Vision Of Armies1:17
- A3Minister Of War1:09
- A4Song In The Blood4:25
- A5Casida Of The Lament1:58
- A6Of The Dark Past [Ecce Puer]1:58
- A7London1:17
- A8In Guernica1:00
- A9Who Murdered The Minutes3:20
- A10Oh, Little Child1:25
- A11No Man Is An Island0:55
Side B
- B1From Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man2:12
- B2All The Pretty Little Horses1:13
- B3Childhood III1:08
- B4The Magic Wood2:24
- B5Poems From The Japanese2:18
- B6Colours1:11
- B7All In Green Went My Love Riding3:21
- B8Gacela Of The Dark Death2:04
- B9The Parable Of The Old Man And The Young0:50
- B10Evil1:31
- B11Epitaph For A Poet1:12
- B12Old Welsh Song1:16
Sound DNA
- Spoken Word
- Poetry
- sparse
- meditative
- bohemian
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Joan BaezVOCALS, VOICE VOCALS, VOICE, EDITED BY, OTHER
- Peter SchickeleCOMPOSED BY, CONDUCTOR
3 collectors on Gatefold own this · 34 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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