{"product_id":"diamonds-rust-vinyl-lp","title":"Diamonds \u0026 Rust: Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally issued on A\u0026amp;M Records in 1975, Diamonds \u0026amp; Rust marked a change in direction for Baez; it gave her songs of the heart and politics an unashamedly commercial veneer, returning her to the US Top 20 for the first time in four years - This re-issue, released to mark the album's 50th anniversary, faithfully replicates the original A\u0026amp;M UK release and is pressed on 180g vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf people were unaware of the significance of Joan Baez to western culture, her portrayal in the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown (played by Monica Barbaro) underlines how central she was to the popularization of folk music in the early 1960s. And it is her decade-previous relationship with Dylan that hovers joyously over Diamonds \u0026amp; Rust. The title track is about a thinly disguised ex-lover who calls up out of the blue; it remains one of her most loved songs in a 65-year-career. There's a playful cover of \"Simple Twist Of Fate\" from Dylan's then just released Blood On The Tracks, complete with impersonation in a later verse; and \"Winds Of The Old Days\", written in response to Dylan touring again after a lengthy hiatus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiamonds \u0026amp; Rust is a perfect, sunshine-drenched album of west-coast folk-tinged rock, full of star session players. It could almost have been a signal to all the recent comers on her patch – many of them friends and colleagues, Joni Mitchell, Carole King, Maria Muldaur – that Baez was here first and was sweetly reasserting her authority. Just listen to her mastery on \"Children \u0026amp; All That Jazz\", her cover of Stevie Wonder's \"Never Thought You'd Leave In Summer\" and the poignant closing medley of \"I Dream Of Jeannie\/Danny Boy\".\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Recordstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49974981689586,"sku":"UMCLP75","price":9.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0850\/1621\/5794\/files\/UMCLP075.jpg?v=1787632873","url":"https:\/\/recordstero.shop\/products\/diamonds-rust-vinyl-lp","provider":"recordstero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}