''Farewell, Angelina'' is the sixth studio album by American

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, released in late 1965. It peaked at #10 on the

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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 Russ Savakus (bass) and Ralph Rinzler (mandolin). The album takes its name from a

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song—which is also covered by Baez as the leading track—and includes a total of four Dylan songs, two of which were not officially released by him 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 as a German reading of "

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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

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. 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

# " Farewell, Angelina" (

) – 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" (

) – 3:13 # "

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" (

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) – 3:02 # " A Satisfied Mind" ( Joe "Red" Hayes,

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) – 3:22 # "The River in the Pines" (Traditional) – 3:33 # "Pauvre Ruteboeuf" ("Poor Ruteboeuf") (

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, 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) (

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No. 204) – 3:09

Personnel

*Joan Baez – vocals, guitar * Bruce Langhorne – electric guitar (2, 3, 6, 7, 11) * Ralph Rinzler – mandolin (7) *Richard Romoff – string bass (4, 10) * Russ Savakus – 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