Joan Baez first album Folksingers 'Round Harvard Square

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Joan Baez first album Folksingers 'Round Harvard Square This is album number 1106 of a limited edition. This is the original Veritas album. This is not the Squire Records bootleg that Joan Baez had to sue to have taken off the market.
The condition of the vinyl appears to be very good. Although it is 50 years old, it looks bright and fresh. The record is in a plastic sleeve. The wax paper sleeve is still in the album. The bottom right edge of the jacket is split for about four inches. 
Those of us who were around the Boston Folk Scene in the early 60's will remember this as the album that got it all going. 
I am not qualified to put a grade on the record. For this reason, I have listed this album at a lower starting price than any I have seen. I choked when I looked it up on Amazon.

Folksingers 'Round Harvard Square is the first album featuring Joan Baez. Joan Baez recorded this album in a basement together with Bill Wood and Ted Alevizos. Only seven of the eighteen tracks on this album were solos by Baez. In 1963, an unauthorized reissue of the album was released on Squire Records as The Best of Joan Baez (with four tracks missing), but was withdrawn after it had made the Top 50, when Baez took legal action against it.

Track listing

1.     Banks of the Ohio (Joan Baez)

2.     O What a Beautiful City (Joan Baez)

3.     Sail Away Ladies (Joan Baez)

4.     Black Is The Color (Joan Baez)

5.     Lowlands (Joan Baez)

6.     What You Gonna Call Your Pretty Little Baby (Joan Baez)

7.     Kitty (duet Joan Baez/Bill Wood)

8.     So Soon In The Morning (duet Joan Baez/Bill Wood)

9.     Careless Love (duet Joan Baez/Bill Wood)

10.  Le Cheval Dans La Baignoire (The Horse in the Bathtub) (Bill Wood)

11.  John Henry (Bill Wood)

12.  Travelin' Shoes (Bill Wood)

13.  Bold Soldier (Bill Wood)

14.  Walie Walie (Ted Alevizos)

15.  Rejected Lover (Ted Alevizos)

16.  Astrapsen (The Sun Is Risen) (Ted Alevizos)

17.  Lass from the Low Country (Ted Alevizos)

18.  Don't Weep After Me (trio Joan Baez, Bill Wood, Ted Alevizos)

In the late '50s, prior to signing with Vanguard, Joan Baez recorded this album in a basement, sometimes performing with Bill Wood and Ted Alevizos. It wasn't wholly Baez' album, as only six of the 13 tracks were Baez solo performances. On two she performed with Wood, and on one she performed with Wood and Alevizos; two of the tracks featured Wood solo, and two Alevizos solo. Baez was already handling traditional material such as "Black Is the Color," and her voice was a little less strident than it would become when she rose to national visibility. It's a basic recording that is primarily of historical interest, although -- as those things go -- it has definite value. In 1963, it was issued by Squire Records as The Best of Joan Baez, but was withdrawn after it had made the Top 50, when Baez took legal action against it.

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