Joan - Original 1967 US Pressed Vanguard label 12-track Stereo LP

Original 1967 US Pressed Vanguard label 12-track Stereo LP - Staten Island, New York, born folk singer, songwriter, musician, and activists sixth album - and her excursion away from the standard voice/guitar folksong and into restrained orchestral accompaniments of two of her earliest-published songs - "North" and "Saigon Bride" - as well as then-current pop songs by Donovan, Tim Hardin, Paul Simon, and Richard Fariña a.o.

Vinyl has the bronze labels with black printed top curved company name, mid-label data and lower right label rim 'Stereo' text - 'Recording For The... Connoisseur' and mid-lower horseman logo are in white.

Vinyls has machine stamped matrix information:
Side 1: o XSV124305-1G V SD-79240 A
Side 2: P XSV124306-1G V SD-79240 B P
Suggesting that this album was manufactured by Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman, New Jersey - from metalparts supplied by Customatrix who produced masters, mothers and stampers fro Columbia's North American pressing plant operations.

Vinyl is held in company Joan Baez albums add inner sleeve - ultimately in back pasted picture cover.

Condition: VG++ (Vinyl and Labels)/VG++ (Cover):

Vinyl is bright and shiny - hardly any signs of handling or play - labels have a single or two simple and superficial spindletraces. Vinyl is easily graded near mint overall.

Cover is still in its original - opened - shrink wrapping - has a little opening edge and corners rubbing - cover is overall graded near mint as well.

Tracklisting:

Side 1:
1. Be Not Too Hard 2:49
2. Eleanor Rigby 2:18
3. Turquoise 3:14
4. La Colombe - The Dove 5:16
5. Dangling Conversation 2:43
6. The Lady Came From Baltimore 2:30
7. North 2:47

Side 2:
1. Children Of Darkness 3:52
2. The Greenwood Side 7:40
3. If You Were A Carpenter 2:10
4. Annabel Lee 4:38
5. Saigon Bride 3:12

Recorded at Vanguard Records 23rd Street Studio, New York

Credits:
Joan Baez - Vocals, Guitar
Peter Schickele - Arranger, Conductor

Technical Credits:
Maynard Solomon - Producer

Artwork:
Joan Baez, J. Diether, High Fidelity, Saturday Review - Liner Notes