The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection

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Annotation

Gatefold digipak 3 CD

Annotation last modified on 2025-06-17 08:30 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Silver Dagger
producer:
Maynard Solomon
guitar:
Joan Baez (US folk singer)
vocals:
Joan Baez (US folk singer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Vanguard Recording Society, Inc. (not for release label use, for company relationships use only) (in 1970)
recording of:
Silver Dagger
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
42:34
2East Virginia
guitar:
Joan Baez (US folk singer)
vocals:
Joan Baez (US folk singer)
recording of:
East Virginia (Joan Baez arrangement)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Joan Baez (US folk singer)
arrangement of:
East Virginia
43:47
3Fare Thee Well (10,000 Miles)
guitar:
Joan Baez (US folk singer)
vocals:
Joan Baez (US folk singer)
recording of:
The Turtle Dove (aka Fare Thee Well / Ten Thousand Miles)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 422)
43:25
4House of the Rising Sun
vocals:
Joan Baez (US folk singer)
cover recording of:
House of the Rising Sun
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Beechwood Music Corp., Ole Cantaloupe Music and Sonet Publishing Ltd.
2:59
5All My Trials
guitar:
Joan Baez (US folk singer) and Fred Hellerman
vocals:
Joan Baez (US folk singer)
recording of:
All My Trials
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
34:43
6Wildwood Flower
vocals:
Joan Baez (US folk singer)
recording of:
Wildwood Flower (traditional song, no arrangement credits)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 757)
is based on:
I'll Twine 'mid the Ringlets (parlour song, source for Wildwood Flower)
2:42
7Donna Donna
guitar:
Joan Baez (US folk singer) and Fred Hellerman
vocals:
Joan Baez (US folk singer)
cover recording of:
דאָס קעלב (Donna Donna, Dos kelbl)
lyricist:
Aaron Zeitlin
composer:
Sholom Secunda
translator:
Arthur S. Kevess and Teddi Schwartz
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) and EMI Harmonies Ltd.
43:17
8John Riley
vocals:
Joan Baez (US folk singer)
recording of:
John Riley
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Ricky Neff
publisher:
Harvard Music
3:50
9Rake and Rambling Boy
guitar:
Joan Baez (US folk singer) and Fred Hellerman
vocals:
Joan Baez (US folk singer)
recording of:
Rake and a Rambling Boy
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
31:58
10Little Moses
vocals:
Joan Baez (US folk singer)
cover recording of:
Little Moses
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3546)
3:26
11Mary Hamilton
vocals:
Joan Baez (US folk singer)
recording of:
Mary Hamilton (child ballad 173)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 79) and Child Ballads (number: 173)
5:54
12Henry Martin
vocals:
Joan Baez (US folk singer)
recording of:
Henry Martin
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 104) and Child Ballads (number: 250)
4:12
13El preso numero nueve (The Ninth Prisoner)
guitar:
Joan Baez (US folk singer) and Fred Hellerman
vocals:
Joan Baez (US folk singer)
recording of:
El preso número nueve
lyricist and composer:
Hermanos Cantoral
42:47
14Wagoner’s Lad
vocals:
Joan Baez (US folk singer)
cover recording of:
Wagoner’s Lad
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 414)
32:14
15The Trees They Do Grow High
vocals:
Joan Baez (US folk singer)
recording of:
The Trees They Grow So High (Original folksong)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 31)
43:00
16The Lily of the West
vocals:
Joan Baez (US folk singer)
recording of:
The Lily of the West
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
version of:
Caroline of Edinburgh Town
version of:
Flora the Lily of the West
version of:
The Lakes of Pontchartrain (aka Creole Girl)
33:23
17Silkie
vocals:
Joan Baez (US folk singer)
recording of:
The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry (Jim Waters tune)
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Jim Waters (James Waters) (in 1954)
publisher:
Folk‐Legacy Records, Inc.
version of:
The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry (trad tune: if you don't know which tune, it's probably the Waters tune, not this one)
44:04
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Credits

Release

copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Big3 (UK, budget compilations) (in 2015)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/9164916 [info]
ASIN:UK: B00WT8ST1I [info]

Release group

part of:The Absolute Essential 3 CD Collection (order: 26)