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Daddy, You Been on My Mind

Bob Dylan (1964) → Joan Baez (1965)

1964 — The maturity of the urban folk revival
Original
Bob Dylan — 1964

Folk

Recorded by Bob Dylan in 1964 during the sessions for Another Side of Bob Dylan, the poignant acoustic outtake remained unreleased on his own studio albums for decades.

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Daddy, You Been on My Mind
Joan Baez — 1965

Folk

Released on Joan Baez's 1965 album Farewell, Angelina, Baez adapted the title to 'Daddy', framing Dylan's bittersweet lines with immaculate soprano phrasing and delicate fingerpicking.

Rescued an unreleased Dylan studio outtake and transmuted it into a pristine, timeless folk classic of universal heartbreak.

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Rescued an unreleased Dylan studio outtake and transmuted it into a pristine, timeless folk classic of universal heartbreak.

  • From Shelved Studio Demo to Folk Standard

    Rescued Dylan's unreleased composition and introduced it to international audiences as an essential 1960s folk centerpiece.

  • Gender Inversion and Crystalline Vocal Poise

    Shifted the lyric from 'Mama' to 'Daddy', infusing the raw conversational poem with crystalline soprano purity and graceful acoustic picking.

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