Album
Blessed Are...
1971 · Rock, Folk, World, & Country
9 collectors on Gatefold own this
Blessed Are... is a Rock album by Joan Baez, originally released in 1971. On Gatefold: 83 pressings tracked, owned by 9 collectors.
About
Though Joan Baez is best known as a landmark folk singer, many of her albums in the late '60s and early '70s were made in Nashville and have a deliberate country flavor. This final studio album with her original label, Vanguard Records, would also feature her first sizable hit single: a cover of The Band's "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," which landed at No. 11 on the pop charts. Baez wrote a good chunk of originals and filled the remainder of the album with songs from The Rolling Stones ("Salt of the Earth"), Mickey Newbury ("San Francisco Mabel Joy," "The 33rd of August," "Angeline"), The Beatles ("Let It Be"), and Kris Kristofferson ("Help Me Make It Through the Night"). Her backing band includes Norman Blake, Kenny Buttrey, David Briggs, producer Norbert Putnam, and Charlie McCoy among the blessed few. This album was released as a double LP with a bonus single that ran at 33 1/3 and featured "Maria Dolores" and Woody Guthrie's "Deportee." This reissue adds a live version of Percy Sledge's "Warm and Tender Love."
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Blessed Are...3:03
- A2The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down3:22
- A3The Salt Of The Earth3:22
- A4Three Horses7:03
- A5The Brand New Tennessee Waltz3:07
Side B
- B1Last, Lonely And Wretched3:42
- B2Lincoln Freed Me Today3:21
- B3Outside The Nashville City Limits3:20
- B4San Francisco Mabel Joy4:23
- B5When Time Is Stolen2:58
Side C
- C1Heaven Help Us All3:32
- C2Angeline3:37
- C3Help Me Make It Through The Night2:58
- C4Let It Be3:48
- C5Put Your Hand In The Hand3:20
Side D
- D1Gabriel And Me3:27
- D2Milanese Waltz - Marie Flore5:55
- D3The Hitchhikers' Song4:19
- D4The 33rd Of August3:42
- D5Fifteen Months4:30
Side E
- E1Maria Dolores3:25
Side F
- F1Plane Wreck At Los Gatos (Deportee)5:15
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Folk Rock
- warm
- earnest
- political
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Buddy SpicherMUSICIAN, VIOLIN VIOLIN
- Charlie McCoyHARMONICA MUSICIAN, HARMONICA
- David BriggsKEYBOARDS MUSICIAN, KEYBOARDS
- Joan BaezVOCALS
- Kenny ButtreyDRUMS MUSICIAN, DRUMS
- Norbert PutnamBASS
- Norman BlakeGUITAR GUITAR, DOBRO MUSICIAN, GUITAR, DOBRO
- Pete WadeGUITAR MUSICIAN, GUITAR
- The Holladay SingersVOCALS
- The Memphis HornsHORNS
- The Nashville StringsSTRINGS
- The Town And Country SingersVOCALS
9 collectors on Gatefold own this · 83 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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