Diamonds & Rust
Diamonds & Rust is the sixteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Joan Baez, released in 1975. The album covered songs written or played by Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, The Allman Brothers, Jackson Browne, and John Prine. Diamonds & Rust, however, also contains a number of her own compositions, including the title track, a distinctive song written probably about Bob Dylan, which has been covered by various other artists.
An alternate recording of "Dida" had appeared on the previous year's Gracias a la Vida.
Track listing
Side one- "Diamonds & Rust" – 4:47
- "Fountain of Sorrow" – 4:30
- "Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer" – 2:45
- "Children and All That Jazz" – 3:07
- "Simple Twist of Fate" – 4:44
- "Blue Sky" – 2:46
- "Hello In There" – 3:05
- "Jesse" – 4:28
- "Winds of the Old Days" – 3:55
- "Dida" duet with Joni Mitchell – 3:25
- Medley: "I Dream of Jeannie" / "Danny Boy" – 4:13
Personnel
- Joan Baez – vocals, acoustic guitar, Moog and ARP synthesisers, arranger
- Larry Carlton – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, arranger
- Dean Parks – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
- Rick Lotempio – electric guitar
- Wilton Felder – bass guitar
- Reinie Press – bass guitar
- Max Bennett – bass guitar
- Jim Gordon – drums
- John Guerin – drums
- Larry Knechtel – acoustic piano
- Hampton Hawes – acoustic piano
- David Paich – acoustic piano, electric harpsichord
- Joe Sample – electric piano, Hammond organ
- Red Rhodes – pedal steel guitar
- Malcolm Cecil – Moog and ARP synthesisers, synthesizer programming
- Robert Margouleff – synthesizer programming
- Tom Scott – flute, saxophone, arranger
- Jim Horn – saxophone
- Ollie Mitchell – trumpet
- Buck Monari – trumpet
- Jesse Ehrlich – cello
- Carl LaMagna, James Getzoff, Ray Kelley, Robert Konrad, Robert Ostrowsky, Ronald Folsom, Sidney Sharp, Tibor Zelig, William Hymanson, William Kurasch – violin
- Isabelle Daskoff – viola
- Joni Mitchell – vocal improvisation
- David Kershenbaum, Joan Baez, Larry Carlton – producer
- Bernard Gelb – executive producer
- Rick Ruggeri – engineer
- Henry Lewy – engineer
- Ellis Sorkin – assistant engineer
- Bob Cato – design
- Irene Harris – photography
Charts
Weekly charts
| Chart | Peak position |
| Greek Albums | 92 |