Diamonds & Rust

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Diamonds & Rust
Studio album by Joan Baez
Released	April 1975
Recorded	January 1975
Genre	Folk
Length	39:45
Label	A&M
Producer	David Kirshenbaum
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Joan Baez chronology
Gracias A la Vida (1974) Diamonds & Rust (1975) From Every Stage (1976)

Diamonds & Rust is a 1975 album by Joan Baez. Baez is often regarded as an interpreter of other people's work, and on this album she covered songs by Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, The Allman Brothers, and Jackson Browne. But Diamonds & Rust also contained a number of her own compositions, including the acclaimed title track, a haunting song written rumored to be about Bob Dylan^[1].

The title track was covered by British heavy metal band Judas Priest on their 1977 album Sin After Sin, and has since been one of their concert staple songs.

On her cover of Dylan's "Simple Twist of Fate", one verse features Baez attempting a good-humoured impersonation of the song's composer.

An alternate recording of "Dida" had appeared on the previous year's Gracias A la Vida. The Diamonds & Rust recording of the song was more uptempo and featured duet vocals by Joni Mitchell.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Diamonds & Rust" (Joan Baez)
2. "Fountain of Sorrow" (Jackson Browne)
3. "Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer" (Stevie Wonder/Syreeta Wright)
4. "Children and All That Jazz" (Joan Baez)
5. "Simple Twist of Fate" (Bob Dylan)
6. "Blue Sky" (Dickey Betts)
7. "Hello in There" (John Prine)
8. "Jesse" (Janis Ian)
9. "Winds of the Old Days" (Joan Baez)
10. "Dida" (duet with Joni Mitchell) (Joan Baez)
11. Medley: "I Dream of Jeannie" (Stephen Foster) / "Danny Boy" (Frederick Weatherly)

[edit] References

1. ^ Judas Priest Info Pages - Sin After Sin