--- product_id: 57807515 title: "Joan Baez" brand: "joan baez" price: "SAR 91" currency: SAR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.com.sa/products/57807515-joan-baez store_origin: SA region: Saudi Arabia --- # Joan Baez **Brand:** joan baez **Price:** SAR 91 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Joan Baez by joan baez - **How much does it cost?** SAR 91 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.sa](https://www.desertcart.com.sa/products/57807515-joan-baez) ## Best For - joan baez enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted joan baez brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Product Description Her watershed 1960 debut! This reissue adds two previously unreleased tracks- Girl of Constant Sorrow and I Know You Rider -and an unreleased verse on John Riley ! .com History's ear hasn't been kind to Joan Baez: in retrospect, set against the traditional voices whose material she interpreted, her own versions seem painfully pretty, her soprano icy and removed. But it's hard to gauge now the force of her first record, a folk-revival landmark. Released in 1960 after a triumphant Newport Festival appearance, the record had deep material and emotion that few of her urban folk contemporaries possessed. Her version of "John Riley" is compelling, "East Virginia" glowing, and "Silver Dagger" concentrated, while "Preso Numero Nueve" showed her future political turn. (This 2001 reissue offers two previously unreleased tracks plus an expanded version of "John Riley.") --Roy Kasten ## Images ![Joan Baez - Image 1](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/613%2BsCusJNL.jpg) ![Joan Baez - Image 2](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71h5KN1A73L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Where did all the time pass by... *by A***I on Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2013* Every time I think of Joan Baez I see the beautiful young girl who was all over the news in the 60s...I graduated from high school in 1967 so you see where I am coming from here. Joan has the guts to sing the songs she wants still till today. But what happened? She got old and has grey hair? How could this have happened? What, you say it is over 40 years since the 60s ended? That can't be. Joan has to still be a young rebellious kid with a lot of opinions, most of which I agreed with, some of which I didn't, but so what? No one exemplifies the turmoil and promise of that era like Joan does. Some phenomenal things have happened in the meantime, and some atrocious things. but overall I am really hopeful.I saw the Beach Boys in concert last summer (they were great by the way) and they looked just like I expected them to, senior citizens who can still play and sing. But Joan Baez needs to be about 28 years old forever.I know I am not writing a review of this album, trust me it is beautiful. This woman has a gorgeous voice and sings like an angel. Who else sings these songs that isn't obscure? I love this woman and her artistic integrity. Do yourself and buy this. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Joan Baez's First *by M***N on Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2010* I came to listen to Joan Baez somewhat later than this first ablum, I had a double vinyl titled "The Ballad Book" that included some of the songs from this album. I still listen to and love her interpretations of Bob Dylan's songs(Any Day Now)and really didn't care much for Dylan's early stylizing, but Joan brought "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" and others to become lifelong favorites. Here in this first album are songs that still find there way into my AOR MP3 compilations. Her recordings of "Silver Dagger", "East Virginia","All my Trials", "John Riley", "Mary Hamilton" and "Henry Martin" are standards in folk music that I've never heard equaled. Her voice both beautiful and powerful. I had transferred the vinyl to CD, filtering with noise reduction, but here were crystal clear recordings of songs I have never tired of and couldn't resist... ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great ballads, beautifully sung *by E***T on Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2003* The original release date for this album was October, 1960, but no-one has since surpassed Joan Baez as a singer of Anglo-American ballads, most especially (in my opinion) those collected by Francis J. Child in his five volume work, "The English and Scottish Popular Ballads"(1882-1898). If you've never heard her sing, this album would be a good place to start. "Joan Baez Vol. 2" and "Joan Baez 5" also have some great ballads.Joan Baez is a very admirable person. Her life and voice have been inseparable from the public events that have shaped the last four decades. However, I wish she could have sung more ballads and less soft pop (is that anything like soft porn?) and political ephemera. That's why I can't recommend any of her other, more recent albums (except "Noel"). She was gifted with a lyrical soprano that pierces like a flute and trembles like moonlit water. It is the perfect instrument to express the pathos and unrequited love of the minor keys. When she attempts a more robust C Major or G Major, she sounds jokey rather than robust--like someone in the manic phase of her bipolar disorder. I tend to disagree with the liner notes that suggest Joan has an effective snarl in her lower register in the song "Silver Dagger". She sings this Appalachian ballad in a way that will haunt you for decades, until you break down and purchase a CD remastering of the old vinyl recording that got loved to death. No snarl, though.This CD contains two new songs that weren't on the original issue: "Girl of Constant Sorrow"; and "I know You Rider." You also get to hear Joan singing "John Riley" on two different tracks, the second time with an added verse. Note to Vanguard: that's a rather clunky way to fill an extra track.My favorite song is from Child, "Vol. 6, Border Minstrelsy (Ballad #173)," more commonly known as "Mary Hamilton" or "The Four Marys." This ballad has almost the largest number of variants on record, an indication of its antiquity. Joan's arrangement is mercifully purged of most of the original Gaelic, and tells the story of Mary Hamilton, a lady-in-waiting at the Queen's court, who dies on the gallows because she killed her 'own wee babe' nine months after a tryst with the King.Child relates the tune to the execution of Mary Hamilton in Russia on March 14, 1719. She was a maid of honor to Empress Catherine and was hung for the murder of her child. However, according to the "Viking Book of Folk Ballads," the song existed before the tragedy in Russia and therefore could not be related to it.Another possibility for the scandal occurred in Mary Stewart's court in Scotland (which is the location mentioned in Joan's version of the song). A French maid had an affair with the Queen's apothecary and was hung for the murder of her child. There is speculation that the "apothecary" was actually Lord Darnley (the Queen's husband) in disguise. Legend has it that David Rizzio, the Queen's Chamberlain and close confidante found out about the affair and composed the tune and wrote the words. Lord Darnley's anger at Rizzio over the tune then contributed to his decision to murder Rizzio.In Joan's rendition, the King attempts to rescue Mary Hamilton from the gallows, but she will have none of his belated sympathy. And so "Yestreen the queen had four Maries/, The night she'll hae but three/; There was Marie Seaton, and Marie Beaten/, And Marie Carmichael, and me." (the text from Scott's edition of 1833).This is a great ballad, beautifully sung, and well worth the price of this CD even if it didn't also have "Silver Dagger," "East Virginia," "House of the Rising Sun (Joan recorded this lament before Bob Dylan)," and "All My Trials." --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.com.sa/products/57807515-joan-baez](https://www.desertcart.com.sa/products/57807515-joan-baez) --- *Product available on Desertcart Saudi Arabia* *Store origin: SA* *Last updated: 2026-04-29*