Joan Baez in San Francisco

Joan Baez in San Francisco
Demo album by Joan Baez
Released	May 1964 (1964)
Recorded	June 1958
Studio	Coast Recorders, San Francisco
Genre	Folk
Label	Fantasy
Producer	Dick Tognazzini

Joan Baez in San Francisco is a demonstration record by Joan Baez which was recorded in 1958, when Baez was seventeen years old. It was released as without permission by Fantasy Records in 1963 and reached # 45 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart, giving Baez 5 albums in the top 50 at the same time. Baez sued to block its distribution and it was withdrawn.[1] It was released by Bear Family Records as "A Package of Joan Baez". Squire Records has also released the album in multiple formats under the title "The Best of Joan Baez."

Tracking list

Side A

1. "Island in the Sun" (Harry Belafonte, Irving Burgie)
2. "Water Boy" (Traditional)
3. "Annie Had a Baby" (Henry Glover, Lois Mann)
4. "Oh Freedom" (Traditional)
5. "Man Smart, Woman Smarter" (Norman Span, D. L. Miller, F. Kuhn, and Charles Harris)
6. "Scarlet Ribbons" (Evelyn Danzig, Jack Segal)

Side B

1. "Dark as a Dungeon" (Merle Travis)
2. "Told My Captain" (Traditional)
3. "Young Blood" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Doc Pomus)
4. "I Gave My Love a Cherry" (Traditional)
5. "La Bamba" (Traditional)
6. "Every Night" (Traditional)

Personnel

• Joan Baez - acoustic guitar, vocals
• Eirik Wangberg - mixing

References

1. "Chronology". The Joan Baez Web Pages. Joan C. Baez/Diamonds & Rust Productions. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2013. Fantasy Records releases Joan Baez In San Francisco, an unauthorized release of the demonstration album she recorded as a teenager in 1958, and she files for an injunction to block distribution.