Diamonds & Rust (Remastered) Joan Baez

• 1 Diamonds And Rust 04:44
• 2 Fountain Of Sorrow 04:31
• 3 Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer 02:45
• 4 Children And All That Jazz 03:07
• 5 Simple Twist Of Fate 04:45
• 6 Blue Sky 02:54
• 7 Hello In There 03:04
• 8 Jesse 04:28
• 9 Winds Of The Old Days 03:53
• 10 Dida 03:27
• 11 I Dream Of Jeannie / Danny Boy (Medley) 04:13
• Total Runtime 41:51

Info for Diamonds & Rust (Remastered)

"Diamonds & Rust" is a song written, composed, and performed by Joan Baez. It was written in November 1974 and released in 1975.

In the song, Baez recounts an out-of-the-blue phone call from an old lover, which sends her a decade back in time, to a "crummy" hotel in Greenwich Village in about 1964 or 1965; she recalls giving him a pair of cufflinks, and summarizes that memories bring "diamonds and rust". Baez has stated that the lyrics refer to her relationship with Bob Dylan.

The song, which was a top-40 hit for Baez on the U.S. pop singles chart, is regarded by a number of critics, as well as by Baez fans, as one of her best compositions. It served as the title song on Baez's gold-selling album Diamonds & Rust, which was released in 1975.

"With the Vietnam War winding down, Joan Baez, who had devoted one side of her last album to her trip to Hanoi, delivered the kind of commercial album A&M Records must have wanted when it signed her three years earlier. But she did it on her own terms, putting together a session band of contemporary jazz veterans like Larry Carlton, Wilton Felder, and Joe Sample, and mixing a wise selection from the work of current singer-songwriters like Jackson Browne and John Prine with pop covers of Stevie Wonder and the Allman Brothers Band, and an unusually high complement of her own writing. A&M, no doubt recalling the success of her cover of the Band's "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," released her version of the Allmans' "Blue Sky" as a single, and it got halfway up the charts. But the real hit was the title track, a self-penned masterpiece on the singer's favorite subject, her relationship with Bob Dylan. Outdoing the current crop of confessional singer/songwriters at soul baring, Baez sang to Dylan, reminiscing about her '60s love affair with him intensely, affectionately, and unsentimentally. It was her finest moment as a songwriter and one of her finest performances, period, and when A&M finally released it on 45, it made the Top 40, propelling the album to gold status. But those who bought the disc for "Diamonds & Rust" also got to hear "Winds of the Old Days," in which Baez forgave Dylan for abandoning the protest movement, as well as the jazzy "Children and All That Jazz," a delightful song about motherhood, and the wordless vocals of "Dida," a duet with Joni Mitchell accompanied by Mitchell's backup band, Tom Scott and the L.A. Express. The cover songs were typically accomplished, making this the strongest album of Baez's post-folk career."

Joan Baez, Vocals, Acoustic guitar, Synthesisers
Larry Carlton, Electric guitar, Acoustic guitar
Dean Parks, Electric guitar, Acoustic guitar
Wilton Felder, Bass
Reinie Press, Bass
Max Bennett, Bass (10)
Jim Gordon, Drums
John Guerin, Drums (10)
Larry Knechtel, Piano
Joe Sample, Electric piano, Hammond organ
Hampton Hawes, Piano (4)
David Paich, Piano, Electric harpsichord
Red Rhodes, Pedal steel guitar
Malcolm Cecil, Synthesisers
Tom Scott, Flute, Saxophone, Arranger
Jim Horn, Saxophone
Joni Mitchell, Vocal improvisation (10)
Rick Lo Tempio, Electric guitar (10)
Ollie Mitchell, Trumpet
Buck Monari, Trumpet

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