{"product_id":"cat-power-sings-dylan-cd-copy","title":"Diamonds and Rust (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith the Vietnam War winding down, Joan Baez, who had devoted one side of her last album to her trip to Hanoi, delivered the kind of commercial album A\u0026amp;M Records must have wanted when it signed her three years earlier. But she did it on her own terms, putting together a session band of contemporary jazz veterans like Larry Carlton, Wilton Felder, and Joe Sample, and mixing a wise selection from the work of current singer-songwriters like Jackson Browne and John Prine with pop covers of Stevie Wonder and the Allman Brothers Band, and an unusually high complement of her own writing. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA\u0026amp;M, no doubt recalling the success of her cover of the Band's \"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down,\" released her version of the Allmans' \"Blue Sky\" as a single, and it got halfway up the charts. But the real hit was the title track, a self-penned masterpiece on the singer's favorite subject, her relationship with Bob Dylan. Outdoing the current crop of confessional singer\/songwriters at soul baring, Baez sang to Dylan, reminiscing about her '60s love affair with him intensely, affectionately, and unsentimentally. It was her finest moment as a songwriter and one of her finest performances, period, and when A\u0026amp;M finally released it on 45, it made the Top 40, propelling the album to gold status.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut those who bought the disc for \"Diamonds \u0026amp; Rust\" also got to hear \"Winds of the Old Days,\" in which Baez forgave Dylan for abandoning the protest movement, as well as the jazzy \"Children and All That Jazz,\" a delightful song about motherhood, and the wordless vocals of \"Dida,\" a duet with Joni Mitchell accompanied by Mitchell's backup band, Tom Scott and the L.A. Express. The cover songs were typically accomplished, making this the strongest album of Baez's post-folk career.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam Ruhlmann - Allmusic (5 Stars).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bertus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51086995620154,"sku":"082839323321","price":28.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0868\/6449\/4906\/files\/082839323321.jpg?v=1743485921","url":"https:\/\/titlemusicfilmbooks.com\/products\/cat-power-sings-dylan-cd-copy","provider":"TITLE ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}