From Every Stage

From Every Stage
Live album by Joan Baez
Released January 1976[1]
Recorded U.S. concert tour, 1975
Genre Folk
Length 75:07
Label A&M
Producer David Kershenbaum
Joan Baez chronology

Diamonds & Rust
(1975)
From Every Stage
(1976)
Gulf Winds
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]
Rolling Stone (mixed)[3]

From Every Stage is a live double album recorded by Joan Baez on tour in the summer of 1975.[4] The first half of the album was acoustic, with Baez accompanying herself on her guitar, and the second half features electric backup. Baez' recording of "Blowin' in the Wind" from this album was later included in the Forrest Gump soundtrack album. The song "Natalya" was dedicated to Russian poet and human rights activist Natalya Gorbanevskaya,

Track listing

  1. "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around" (traditional)
  2. "Blessed Are..." (Joan Baez)
  3. "Suzanne" (Leonard Cohen)
  4. "Love Song to a Stranger, Part Two" (Joan Baez)
  5. "I Shall Be Released" (Bob Dylan)
  6. "Blowin' in the Wind" (Bob Dylan)
  7. "Stewball" (traditional)
  8. "Natalya" (R. Apps, G. Moore, Shusha Guppy)
  9. "The Ballad of Sacco and Vanzetti" (Joan Baez, Ennio Morricone)
  10. "Joe Hill" (Alfred Hayes, Earl Robinson)
  11. "Love Is Just a Four-Letter Word" (Bob Dylan)
  12. "Forever Young" (Bob Dylan)
  13. "Diamonds & Rust" (Joan Baez)
  14. "Boulder to Birmingham" (Emmylou Harris)
  15. "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" (traditional)
  16. "Oh Happy Day" (Edwin Hawkins)
  17. "Please Come to Boston" (Dave Loggins)
  18. "Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts" (Bob Dylan)
  19. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" (Robbie Robertson)
  20. "Amazing Grace" (traditional)

Personnel

Chart positions

Year Chart Position
1976 The Billboard 200 34

References

  1. "From Every Stage". joanbaez.com. Retrieved April 21, 2011.
  2. Allmusic review
  3. Rolling Stone review
  4. "From Every Stage (Advertisement)". Rolling Stone (Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc.) (207): 18. February 26, 1976.