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JOAN BAEZ - SAN FRANCISCO, CHRISTMAS 1978 [40 YEARS AGO, TODAY]

December 24, 2018 – 4:14 am

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JOAN BAEZ
San Francisco 1978 [no label, 1CD]
Steps of City Hall, San Francisco, CA; December 24, 1978. Fairly to very good soundboard.

Thanks to original uploader kingrue (The Traders’ Den); and to frogster for keeping the show alive at Dime.

kingrue noted:

Joan performs a free concert on the steps of San Francisco’s City Hall as her Christmas gift to the city. Joan is participating in the candlelight memorial march, following the November 27, 1978 assassinations of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk (killed by the former Supervisor Dan White). White was paroled in 1984 and committed suicide less than two years later.

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This recording seems like a really important piece of music history. I believe this was professionally filmed as well, because at the beginning of “Amazing Grace”, Joan says “The television part of this has to end exactly on the dot”. I was not able to find any film available or any reference on the net.

The tape played really slow, so I spent a few days working on this doing pitch tests. I believe I’ve adjusted it to near perfection. This sounds SO GOOD now !!! I’m sure many Baez fans haven’t heard this one. You’ll enjoy it. During this concert, Joan performs her first recorded song “Scarlet Ribbons” ~ recorded in 1958. After Joan performs “Blowin” in the Wind”, she is joined by a choir and they sing through a collection of Christmas songs. Unfortunately “Holy Night” fades out early, missing the very end of the show. Joan also thanks Bill Graham for the sound. Thanks to MR for another interesting rarity.

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Lineage:
Soundboard > low generation cassette (courtesy of MR archive)
Transfer: Zoom H4n (16 bit / 44.1 kHz) (transfer by MR)
Soundforge (pitch corrected) > Wav (Eac tested) > TLH (sector boundary aligned) Flac level 8

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Track 01. The Boxer 3:35
Track 02. Donna Donna 3:48
Track 03. Scarlet Ribbons 3:28
Track 04. Honest Lullaby 6:09
Track 05. For Sasha 6:08
Track 06. For All We Know 2:24
Track 07. The Cherry Tree Carol 3:28
Track 08. What You Gonna Do With A Baby 2:25
Track 09. Blowing In The Wind 4:48
Track 10. The Twelve Days After Christmas 3:08
Track 11. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 2:06
Track 12. Deck The Halls 2:10
Track 13. It Came Upon The Midnight Clear 3:17
Track 14. Amazing Grace 4:49
Track 15. Holy Night 1:10
53 mins

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