The Contemporary Ballad Book
Compilation album by Joan Baez
Released	1974
Label	Vanguard

The Contemporary Ballad Book was a 1974 Joan Baez compilation, released by Vanguard after the success of the Joan Baez Ballad Book. Unlike the first Ballad Book, this one focused on singer-songwriter material, rather than traditional folk. This new compilation contained one previously unreleased track, the Italian song, C'era un ragazzo che come me amava i Beatles e i Rolling Stones ('There was this guy who, just like me, loved the Beatles and the Rolling Stones'), taken from Baez' performance at the Isle of Wight Festival. ^[1]

Track listing

1. " North Country Blues" ( Bob Dylan)
2. " It Ain't Me, Babe" (Bob Dylan)
3. "Children of Darkness" ( Richard Fariña)
4. "C'era Un Ragazzo Che Come Me Amava i Beatles e i Rolling Stones" (M. Lusini, F. Migliacci)
5. " Poor Wayfaring Stranger" (traditional)
6. " Birmingham Sunday" (Richard Fariña)
7. "San Francisco Mabel Joy" ( Mickey Newbury)
8. "Be Not Too Hard" ( Donovan)
9. " Restless Farewell" (Bob Dylan)
10. "Ranger's Command" ( Woody Guthrie)
11. " Long Black Veil" ( Marijohn Wilkin)
12. " Hickory Wind" ( Gram Parsons)
13. " The Lady Came from Baltimore" ( Tim Hardin)
14. " I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine" (Bob Dylan)
15. "The Tramp on the Street" (traditional)
16. "Saigon Bride" ( Joan Baez, Nina Duschek)
17. " Donna Donna" ( Sholom Secunda, Aaron Zeitlin, A. Kevess, T. Schwartz)
18. "Song in the Blood" ( Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Jacques Prévert)
19. "The Magic Wood" ( Henry Treece)
20. "Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You" (A. Bredon)

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