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Joan Baez – Baptism (VG/VG) – LP, US 1968
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Baptism is an LP by Joan Baez from 1968 released on the Vanguard label.
About this album
Baptism is one of Joan Baez’s most ambitious 1960s albums, stretching her voice across folk ballads, spoken poetry and classical settings with striking confidence. Released in 1968, it reflects Baez’s growing interest in literature and protest, pairing traditional material with poems by Federico García Lorca, James Joyce and others. The record highlights her clear, unforced soprano and her ability to make sparse arrangements feel dramatic without losing intimacy. As a bridge between protest folk and art-song, Baptism stands as a distinctive and often overlooked part of Baez’s catalogue.
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Part One
A1 Old Welsh Song
A2 I Saw The Vision Of Armies
A3 Minister Of War
A4 Song In The Blood
A5 Casida Of The Lament
A6 Of The Dark Past [Ecce Puer]
A7 London
A8 In Guernica
A9 Who Murdered The Minutes
A10 Oh, Little Child
A11 No Man Is An Iland
Part Two
B1 From Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man
B2 All The Pretty Little Horses
B3 Childhood Iii
B4 The Magic Wood
B5 Poems From The Japanese
B6 Colours
B7 All In Green Went My Love Riding
B8 Gacela Of The Dark Death
B9 The Parable Of The Old Man And The Young
B10 Evil
B11 Epitaph For A Poet
B12 Old Welsh Song