In April 1975, “A&M” label released “Diamonds & Rust”, the seventeenth Joan Baez album. It was recorded in January 1975, and was produced by Larry Carlton, David Kershenbaum and Joan Baez.

Personnel:

• Joan Baez – vocals, acoustic guitar, synthesizers, arrangements
• Joni Mitchell– vocal improvisation
• Larry Carlton– acoustic and electric guitar, arranger
• Dean Parks– electric guitar, acoustic guitar
• Red Rhodes– pedal steel guitar
• Rick Lo Tempio – electric guitar
• Larry Knechtel– piano
• Joe Sample– electric piano, Hammond organ
• Hampton Hawes– piano
• David Paich– piano, electric harpsichord
• Malcolm Cecil– synthesizers
• Wilton Felder– bass
• Reinie Press – bass
• Max Bennett– bass
• Jim Gordon– drums
• John Guerin– drums
• Jim Horn– saxophone
• Tom Scott– flute, saxophone, arranger
• Ollie Mitchell – trumpet
• Buck Monari – trumpet
• Rick Riggieri – engineer
• Henry Lewy – engineer
• Ellis Sorkin – engineer assistant
• Bob Cato – design

Track listing:

1. Diamonds & Rust – Joan Baez
2. Fountain of Sorrow – Jackson Browne
3. Never Dreamed You’d Leave in Summer – Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright
4. Children and All That Jazz – Joan Baez
5. Simple Twist of Fate – Bob Dylan
6. Blue Sky – Dickey Betts
7. Hello in There – John Prine
8. Jesse – Janis Ian
9. Winds of the Old Days – Joan Baez
10. Dida – Joan Baez – duet with Joni Mitchell
11. Medley: I Dream of Jeannie – Stephen Foster / Danny Boy – Frederick Weatherly