After two consecutive live albums, the
Mitchell Trio returned to the studio for their next collection of folk tunes. After losing the battle with
Peter, Paul & Mary to issue
Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind" as a single, the best Kapp Records could manage was to repackage subsequent issues of the In Action album as
Blowin' in the Wind to capitalize on the monstrously successful song (record labels continued to have In Action printed on them as the album title). It's easy to see why
PP&M's version was chosen; it is much more passionate than the
Mitchell Trio's, which is taken at a faster pace, highlighted by a folk banjo.