The Contemporary Ballad Book

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.

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)