Diamonds & Rust

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Diamonds & Rust is the sixteenth studio album (and eighteenth overall) 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.<ref>Baez, Joan. 1987. And a Voice to Sing With: A Memoir. Century Hutchinson, London. Template:ISBN</ref>

An alternate recording of "Dida" had appeared on the previous year's Gracias a la Vida.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Diamonds & Rust" (Baez) – 4:47
2. "Fountain of Sorrow" (Jackson Browne) – 4:30
3. "Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer" (Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright) – 2:45
4. "Children and All That Jazz" (Baez) – 3:07
5. "Simple Twist of Fate" (Bob Dylan) – 4:44

Side two

1. "Blue Sky" (Dickey Betts) – 2:46
2. "Hello In There" (John Prine) – 3:05
3. "Jesse" (Janis Ian) – 4:28
4. "Winds of the Old Days" (Baez) – 3:55
5. "Dida" (Baez) duet with Joni Mitchell – 3:25
6. Medley: "I Dream of Jeannie" (Stephen Foster; arranged by Joan Baez) / "Danny Boy"<ref>An Irish song, on the album cover: Dedicated to my Grandmother, Barbara Bridge</ref> (Frederic Weatherly) – 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 (track 10)
• Wilton Felder – bass guitar
• Reinie Press – bass guitar
• Max Bennett – bass guitar (track 10)
• Jim Gordon – drums
• John Guerin – drums (track 10)
• Larry Knechtel – acoustic piano
• Hampton Hawes – acoustic piano (track 4)
• 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 (track 10)

Technical

• David Kershenbaum, Joan Baez, Larry Carlton – producer
• Bernard Gelb – executive producer
• Rick Ruggeri – engineer
• Henry Lewy – engineer (track 10)
• Ellis Sorkin – assistant engineer
• Bob Cato – design
• Irene Harris – photography

Charts

Weekly charts

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Chart (1975–1976)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)<ref name="Kent">Template:Cite book</ref>	62

Year-end charts

Chart (1975)	Position
US Billboard 200<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	45