Diamonds & Rust is a 1975 album by Joan Baez. Baez is often regarded as an interpreter of other people’s work, and on this album she covered songs by Stevie Wonder, The Allman Brothers, and Jackson Browne. But Diamonds & Rust also contained a number of her own compositions, including the title track, a haunting song written about Bob Dylan. In fact, she was covered herself as this song appeared on British heavy metal band Judas Priest’s 1977 album Sin After Sin.

Her cover of Dylan’s “Simple Twist of Fate” features Baez doing a very convincing impression of the song’s composer.

An alternate recording of “Dida” had appeared on the previous year’s Gracias A la Vida. The Diamonds & Rust recording of the song was more uptempo and featured duet vocals by Joni Mitchell.

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” (duet with Joni Mitchell) (Joan Baez)
11. Medley: “I Dream Of Jeannie” (Stephen Foster) / “Danny Boy” (Frederick Weatherly)