Joan Baez Recently

180g Vinyl LP!
Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio from the Original Analog Tapes!
Pressed at QRP!
In 1987, the "Madonna of Folk" returned to U.S. record shops with a vengeance, delivering here interpretations of songs by Dire Straits, Johnny Clegg, U2 and Peter Gabriel — performers, writes AllMusic, whose political consciousness had been formed by listening to old Joan Baez albums.
Analogue Productions has taken a classic and kicked it up a notch. Several notches, in fact. This 180-gram stunner, pressed at Quality Record Pressings, was expertly remastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio. Lacquer plating was by QRP's master technician Gary Salstrom, topped off by a heavy cardboard tip-on jacket from Stoughton Printing with vibrantly reproduced original artwork. How does it get any better?
The title track from Recently is a stunning Joan Baez original, where she boldly answers ex-husband David Harris' downbeat memoir of the '60s, Dreams Die Hard, as well as other '80s revisionists.
The track "Asimbognagna" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Recording.
For "Recently", released in 1987, the American folk singer Joan Baez interpreted songs by contemporary colleagues. With her cover versions of titles by Dire Straits, U2 and Peter Gabriel, she reached her old fans as well as younger listeners, who became aware of her primarily through her performances at Live Aid or Amnesty International's "Conspiracy of Hope" tour.
Covering artists whose political awareness was shaped by the old Baez albums was a special coup. The title song is an amazing Baez original, Asimbognanga by Johnny Clegg in her version was nominated for a Grammy.
Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio, "Recently" will be released as a 180g vinyl pressing by Analogue Productions in a deluxe tip-on cover.

Features:

• 180g Vinyl
• Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio from the Original Analog Tapes
• Lacquer Plating by Gary Salstrom
• Pressed at Quality Record Pressings
• Deluxe Tip-On Jacket by Stoughton Printing

Selections:

Side A
1. Brothers In Arms
2. Recently
3. Asimbonanga
4. The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress
5. James & The Gang
Side B
1. Let Us Break Bread Together/Freedom
2. MLK
3. Do Right Woman, Do Right Man
4. Biko