Joan Baez in San Francisco

Joan Baez in San Francisco
Demo album by
ReleasedMay 1964 (1964)
RecordedJune 1958
StudioCoast Recorders, San Francisco
GenreFolk
LabelFantasy
ProducerDick Tognazzini

Joan Baez in San Francisco is a demonstration record by Joan Baez which was recorded in 1958, when Baez was seventeen years old. It was released as without permission by Fantasy Records in 1963 and reached # 45 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart, giving Baez 5 albums in the top 50 at the same time. Baez sued to block its distribution and it was withdrawn. It was released by Bear Family Records as "A Package of Joan Baez". Squire Records has also released the album in multiple formats under the title "The Best of Joan Baez."