- Ring Them Bells
Infobox Album
Name = Ring Them Bells
Type =Live album
Artist =Joan Baez
Released = September 1995
Recorded =The Bottom Line (live),New York , April 1995
Genre = Folk
Length = ?:?
Label =Proper Records
Producer =Mark Spector
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:asl67ur080jj]
Last album = "Rare, Live & Classic "
(1993)
This album = "Ring Them Bells"
(1995)
Next album = "Joan Baez Greatest Hits "
(1996)"Ring Them Bells" was a
live album taken fromJoan Baez ' April 1995 shows at New York'sBottom Line . In addition to her own solo set, the album featured collaborations withMary Chapin Carpenter ,Mimi Farina ,Dar Williams , theIndigo Girls andMary Black . Though Baez and many of the collaborating artists were admirers of one another, this album marked the first time many of them had worked together. Baez' manager, Mark Spector, served as producer.In February 2007, Proper Records issued a 2 CD "Collectors' edition" with six additional tracks.
Track listing
#
Lily of the West (Traditional)
#Sweet Sir Galahad (Joan Baez )
#And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda (Eric Bogle )
# Willie Moore (Joan Baez ) (trio withKate & Anna McGarrigle )
#The Swallow Song (Richard Farina ) (duet withMimi Farina )
#Don't Make Promises (Tim Hardin )
#Jesse (Janis Ian ) (duet withJanis Ian )
#Ring Them Bells (Bob Dylan ) (duet withMary Black )
# Welcome Me (Amy Ray /Emily Saliers )
#Suzanne (Leonard Cohen )
# You're Aging Well (Dar Williams ) (duet withDar Williams )
# Pajarillo Barranqueño (Alfonso Esparza Oteo ) (duet withTish Hinojosa )
#Don't Think Twice, It's Alright (Bob Dylan (trio with theIndigo Girls ))
#Diamonds & Rust (Joan Baez ) (duet withMary Chapin Carpenter )
#The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (a cappella ; written byRobbie Robertson )Reissue 2007 (with bonus tracks)
#
Lily of the West (Traditional)
#Love Song To A Stranger ( [Joan Baez] )
#Sweet Sir Galahad (Joan Baez )
#And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda (Eric Bogle )
# Willie Moore (Joan Baez ) (trio w/Kate & Anna McGarrigle )
#The Swallow Song (Richard Farina ) (duet w/Mimi Farina )
#Don't Make Promises (Tim Hardin )
#Jesse (Janis Ian )(duet withJanis Ian )
#Ring Them Bells (Bob Dylan ) (duet withMary Black )
# Welcome Me (Amy Ray /Emily Saliers )
#Geordie (Traditional)
#You Ain't Goin' Nowhere ( [Bob Dylan] )
#Suzanne (Leonard Cohen )
# You're Aging Well (Dar Williams ) (duet withDar Williams )
# Pajarillo Barranqueño (duet withTish Hinojosa ; written byAlfonso Esparza Oteo )
# Gracias A La Vida (Violeta Parra)
# The Water Is Wide (Traditional)
#Don't Think Twice, It's Alright (Bob Dylan (trio with theIndigo Girls ))
# Stones In The Road ( [Mary Chapin Carpenter] )
#Diamonds & Rust (Joan Baez ) (duet withMary Chapin Carpenter )
#The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (a cappella ; written byRobbie Robertson )Personnel
In addition to the guest collaborators, backing musicians included:
*Paul Pesco - guitar, vocals
*Fernando Saunders - bass, vocals
*Carol Steele - percussion, vocalsExternal links
* [http://www.proper-records.co.uk/artists.php?action=alview&alid=2015 Proper Records review]
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