Joan Baez, one of the most accomplished folk singers of the sixties, played a vital role in the decade's civil rights movement. Possessing an operatic soprano voice with a strong vibrato, she moved from folk to rock and country while retaining a politically charged message. This edition contains her debut LP, originally issued on the Vanguard label, the self-titled Joan Baez (released in October 1960). Ten bonus tracks from the same period have been added.