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, released in late 1965. It peaked at #10 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart.

History

The album represented a further shift from the strictly traditional

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with which Baez had begun her career in that, for the first time, she included electric backup in the form of Bruce Langhorne's electric guitar. Additional musicians included

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(bass) and

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(mandolin). The album takes its name from a

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song, and includes a total of four Dylan songs, two of which were not officially released by Dylan until 1991. The album also features songs written by other folk singers such as

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and

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, as well a

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". The cover photo was taken by

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. In the UK the title song was issued as a single on Fontana Records. The 2002 reissue of the album by Vanguard features three previously unreleased additional tracks from the ''Farewell, Angelina'' sessions: "

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", "Rock, Salt, And Nails", and "The Water Is Wide".

Legacy

In a retrospective summary for

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, Bruce Eder commented on how Baez was expanding along with the folk-rock of the 60s. He felt that in addition to Baez, the album contained good work by Langhorne and Richard Romoff on string bass.

Track listing

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Farewell, Angelina ''Farewell, Angelina'' is the sixth studio album by American folk singer Joan Baez, released in late 1965. It peaked at #10 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart. History The album represented a further shift from the strictly traditional folk mu ...

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) – 3:13 # " Daddy, You Been on My Mind" (Bob Dylan) – 2:15 # "

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" (Bob Dylan) – 3:21 # " The Wild Mountain Thyme" (Traditional, arranged Francis McPeake Family) – 4:34 # "Ranger's Command" (

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" ( Donovan) – 3:02 # "

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" ( Joe "Red" Hayes,

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) – 3:22 # "The River in the Pines" (Traditional) – 3:33 # "Pauvre Ruteboeuf" ("Poor Ruteboeuf") ( Léo Ferré, Rutebeuf) – 3:28 # " Sagt Mir wo die Blumen sind" ("Where Have All the Flowers Gone?") (

) – 4:00 # "

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" (Bob Dylan) – 7:36 Reissue bonus tracks # "

" (Bob Dylan) – 2:45 # "Rock, Salt and Nails" ( Bruce Duncan "Utah" Phillips) – 3:43 # " The Water is Wide" (Traditional) ( Child No. 204) – 3:09

Personnel

*Joan Baez – vocals, guitar * Bruce Langhorne – electric guitar (2, 3, 6, 7, 11) *

– mandolin (7) *Richard Romoff – string bass (4, 10) *

– bass

Chart positions

References

External links

Lyrics of the title songFarewell Angelina musical group website
{{Authority control 1965 albums Joan Baez albums Albums produced by Maynard Solomon Vanguard Records albums