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Léo Ferré: Verlaine et Rimbaud

In December 1964, “Barclay” label released “Verlaine et Rimbaud”, the thirteenth Léo Ferré album. It was recorded in May 1964, at “Barclay Studio” in Paris. This was one of the first double albums in the history oi the modern music.

Personnel:

  • Léo Ferré – vocals, piano, liner notes
  • Barthélémy Rosso – guitar
  • Lionel Gali – violin
  • Janine de Waleyne – backing vocals
  • Orchestra of session musicians
  • Jean-Michel Defaye – arranger, orchestra conductor
  • Gerhard Lehner – engineer
  • Maurice Frot – artwork
  • Hubert Grooteclaes – photography
  • Jean Fernandez – executive producer

All music by Léo Ferré, all lyrics as noted.

  1. Écoutez la chanson bien douce – Paul Verlaine
  2. Chanson de la plus haute tour – Arthur Rimbaud
  3. Il patinait merveilleusement – Paul Verlaine
  4. Mon rêve familier – Paul Verlaine
  5. Soleils couchants – Paul Verlaine
  6. Les Assis – Arthur Rimbaud
  7. L’espoir luit comme un brin de paille dans l’étable – Paul Verlaine
  8. Art poétique – Paul Verlaine
  9. Pensionnaires – Paul Verlaine
  10. Âme, te souvient-il ? – Paul Verlaine
  11. Le Buffet – Arthur Rimbaud
  12. Les Poètes de sept ans – Arthur Rimbaud
  13. Chanson d’automne – Paul Verlaine
  14. Les Corbeaux – Arthur Eimbaud
  15. Green – Paul Verlaine
  16. Mes Petites Amoureuses – Arthur Rimbaud
  17. Je vous vois encor – Paul Verlaine
  18. L’étoile a pleuré rose – Arthur Rimbaud
  19. Ô triste, triste était mon âme – Paul Verlaine
  20. Rêvé pour l’hiver – Arthur Rimbaud
  21. Clair de lune – Paul Verlaine
  22. Les Chercheuses de poux – Arthur Rimbaud
  23. Ma Bohème – Arthur Rimbaud
  24. Sérénade – Paul Verlaine

Joan Baez: Baptism: A Journey Through Our Time

In June 1968, “Vanguard” label released “Baptism: A Journey Through Our Time”, the ninth Joan Baez album. It was recorded in 1968, at “Vanguard Studios” in New York, and was produced by Maynard Solomon. The album featured poetry spoken and sung by Joan Baez.

Personnel:

  • Joan Baez – vocals, guitar
  • Peter Schickele – conductor
  • Ed Friedner – recording
  • Jack Lothrop – engineer
  • Robert Peak – artwork
  • Jules Halfant – design

Track listing:

  1. Old Welsh Song – Henry Treece
  2. I Saw the Vision of Armies – Walt Whitman
  3. Minister of War – Arthur Waley
  4. Song In the Blood – Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Jacques Prévert
  5. Casida of the Lament – L. Gili, Federico García Lorca
  6. Of the Dark Past – James Joyce
  7. London – William Blake
  8. In Guernica – Norman Rosten
  9. Who Murdered the Minutes – Henry Treece
  10. Oh, Little Child – Henry Treece
  11. No Man Is an Island – John Donne
  12. Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man – James Joyce
  13. All the Pretty Little Horses – traditional
  14. Childhood III – Arthur Rimbaud, Louis Varese
  15. The Magic Wood – Henry Treece
  16. Poems from the Japanese – Kenneth Rexroth
  17. Colours – Peter Levi, Robin Milner-Gulland, Yevgeny Yevtushenko
  18. All in Green Went My Love Riding – E. Cummings
  19. Gacela of the Dark Deat – Federico García Lorca, Stephen Spender
  20. The Parable of the Old Man and the Young – Wilfred Owen
  21. Evil – Cameron, Arthur Rimbaud
  22. Epitaph for a Poet – Countee Cullen
  23. Mystic Numbers- 36
  24. When The Shy Star Goes Forth In Heaven – James Joyce
  25. The Angel – William Blake
  26. Old Welsh Song – Henry Treece