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2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
A GLORIOUS RECORDING... Mar 09, 2004
This is an absolutely beautiful recording. Of the eleven tracks, four are Bob Dylan covers, one is a Donovan (Leitch) cover, three are traditional Anglo-American ballads, two are more contemporary folk songs, one of which is Peter Seeger's "Where Have all the Flowers Gone" sung in German, and there even a lovely song that Ms. Baez sings in French.
The Dylan songs are set to great effect by the interpretation given them by Ms. Baez. Clearly, she has a healthy respect for Dylan's songwriting abilities, treating each one of his songs as if it were a jewel and her voice the precious setting into which it is being placed. She does likewise with Donovan's cover song.
The traditional folk ballads are, as always, exquisitely and simply sung by Ms. Baez in her sweet, true, clear soprano. The purists will be more than satisfied by her interpretation of these songs. This is the Joan Baez that first rose to fame and came to the attention of an adoring public.
My favorites on this CD are the Dylan covers, the traditional folk ballads, and the German version of "Where Have All the Flowers Gone". This is a must have recording for those who are fans of Ms. Baez and for those who simply love music that is a thing of beauty.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
One of her best as she moved from "trad" to "rad" Apr 13, 2002
Several Dylan songs and a few suprises, all of them done well, although not being a linguist, I can't judge the quality of her German pronunciations as another reviewer has. All I know is I bought it when it first came out on vinyl, kept it for 25 years, and played it at least a couple times each of those years.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
CREAM OF EARLY BAEZ Jun 20, 2001
This is a great album! I've never been bothered by her German and French accents and I think the songs are superb and sensitively interpreted. It's very folky and Satisfied Mind even sounds a bit country-ish to me, but this album is still a sheer pleasure to listen to. My favourites include Farewell Angelina, Colours, Satisfied Mind, the German version of Where Have All The Flowers Gone? and A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall. In fact this album is more enjoyable than some of her later "art-song" excursions of the 1980s an early 1990s. If you're looking for good songs well-interpreted, you cannot go wrong with this album. It's a classic.
3 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Pauvre M. Nielsen May 02, 2001
I think it is shame that Mr. Nielsen gives more credence to Joan Baez's lack of accent than he does to her voice. I owned this album in 1966 and had the distinct pleasure of hearing Joan Baez sing in Monterrey. Her voice has never failed to thrill and it has always been a representive of the spirit of the time as well as being timeless in its purity. I own several of her albums but this is my favourite.
1 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 joan sings DYLAN well Sep 18, 2000
Joan's Dylan covers are always great, but I actually bought the album to hear her versions of Pauvre Ruteboeuf and Sagt Mir Wo Die Blumen Sind. I really didn't care for either of them because her pronunciation and accent was off with the French and German, so it came off to me as a bit pretentious. However, Farewell, Angelina is still worth getting for the Dylan covers. I often prefer her versions over the originals.
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