Farewell Angelina: Remastered

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Customer reviews

review by: date: 2009-04-21 rating:
Back to the 60s
The tracks on this CD seem like old friends and the sound of Joan Baez conjures up so many memories of events at the time that that I first heard them as a student.

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review by: date: 2008-09-30 rating:
Just buy it!
I've only had this CD for about two weeks and all I can say is that it's simply amazing. It is the first Joan Baez album I've bought and it certainly won't be the last! Baez's voice, in my opinion, is pretty much flawless on all the tracks on this - she hits high notes with ease, her phrasing is wonderful and her vibrato is stunning. Her expression is excellent too, even if she does miss the sarcasm that Bob Dylan intended on songs like, "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" (which, by the way, is actually one of my favourites on the album so far). She also covers Dylan's "Farewell, Angelina", "Satisfied Mind", "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" and "One Too Many Mornings" extremely effectively. br / br /Apart from the Dylan covers, there are also Woody Guthrie, Donovan and Pete Seeger covers, as well as some more traditional folk songs. A particular highlight on the album is a German rendition of "Where Have All The Flowers Gone?" - "Sagt Mir Wo Die Blumen Sind", which is wonderful in every sense of the word. Another of my favourites so far is, "Rock, Salt and Nails", which is sung with breathtaking expression and which has a superb instrumental backing. The other tracks on the album are by no means lacking either... actually, I'd describe them all as being at least very good, if not, excellent.

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review by: Athas date: 2007-02-22 rating:
Got to rank as her best ever Album
I have had this album since its original release and never got tired of its variations of themes and melodies. Some are classics by other song writers. br /Listen to 'Hard Rain's are Gonna Fall'. Then listen to Dylan's original. She took an original and made it better. Not many people can do that. br /The new cd is better yet. I can program the cd player to play depending mood. br /Its got to rank as her best ever album but another favourite is the album 'Joan' if you are in such a protest mood; listen to Saigon Bride!

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review by: Toypom date: 2005-03-04 rating:
A folk masterpiece
This is a great album. The songs are superb and sensitively interpreted, including the French (Pauvre Ruteboeuf) and German (Sagt Mir Wo Die Blumen Sind) ones. The music is archetypal 1960s folk, whilst Satisfied Mind has a bit of a country feel with its lovely mandolin. There are songs by Dylan, Donovan, Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger, plus traditionals such as The Wild Mountain Thyme and The River In The Pines. pIt is interesting that this kind of music flourished alongside the fast permutations of rock in that innovative decade. This album has always been a sheer pleasure to listen to, and now even more so with the addition of three tracks, of which I like One Too Many Mornings the most. pMy other favourites include the magnificent Farewell Angelina, Colours, Satisfied Mind, the German version of Where Have All The Flowers Gone? and A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall. In fact this album is more varied and enjoyable than some of her later "art-song" excursions of the 1980s and early 1990s. If you're looking for great songs well-interpreted, you cannot go wrong with this album. It's a folk classic.


review by: date: 2003-11-17 rating:
A remastered masterpiece!
A very welcome reissue of the brilliant 1965 album with three 'bonus tracks' - one of which is a real stunner.pThere is little I can add to reviews of the original CD - it is of such high and consistent quality that it is actually difficult to pick favourite tracks - the variety of sources (Dylan/Trad./Guthrie/Donovan among others) is a particlur strength.pOne of the 3 extra tracks (all recorded at the 'Farewell, Angelina' sessions) is an oustanding early version of Bruce Phillips' 'Rock, Salt and Nails' (a later version appeared on David's Album). Joan's voice is beautifully complemented by superb instrumentals - Langhorne on electric guitar and Rinzler on mandolin.pIf you are thinking of replacing some of your old vinyls, or just fancy a fairly early Baez CD, then you can't go wrong with this one.

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