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  • Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980) [6CD]
Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980) [6CD]
  • Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980) [6CD]
  • Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980) [6CD]
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    Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980) [6CD]

    SKU: #603497823680
    $79.98
    5 out of 5 Customer Rating

    Features Unreleased Studio Sessions, Alternate Versions, Live Recordings, Rarities, And 36-Page Book With New Photos & An Extensive Conversation Between Joni & Cameron Crowe

    Sourced From Original Stereo Reels, Nagra Film Recordings, Multi-track Tapes, Radio Airchecks & Cassette Tapes

    Throughout the latter half of the seventies, Joni continued to creatively break ground with her fearless and fluid exploration of jazz. Rather than tread the same path, she challenged and reinvented her style with a folk fusion like no other. Ascending to an unrivaled sonic peak, this innovative sound took shape across the gold-certified HEJIRA [1976], the gold-certified double-LP DON JUAN’S RECKLESS DAUGHTER [1977], her collaboration with Charles Mingus entitled MINGUS [1979], and live album SHADOWS AND LIGHT [1980]. Channeling the thrill and excitement of these records, she delves even further into this season on JONI MITCHELL ARCHIVES, VOL. 4: THE ASYLUM YEARS (1976-1980), due October 4th.

    Available as a 6CD, 4LP (featuring Joni's personal favorites from the 6CD set), and digitally, this comprehensive and essential set spans one of the most prolific periods of her storied career. It boasts powerful live tracks from her time in Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue during 1975 and 1976 Tour of the United States. It pulls back the curtain on the music by showcasing early recordings and alternate takes from the respective sessions for HEJIRA, DON JUAN’S RECKLESS DAUGHTER, and MINGUS. It covers the Bread & Roses Festival as well as the Anti-Nuclear Rally. Finally, VOL. 4 chronicles her 1979 tour, even showcasing two tracks from that year’s Tour Rehearsals. Not to mention, it showcases her versatility and adaptability, housing collaborations with everyone from Herbie Hancock and Jaco Pastorious to Wayne Shorter and Pat Metheny.

    Vol. 4 culls the previously-unissued material from original stereo reels, cassette tapes, CD-Rs, and even a radio broadcast. Newly mixed tracks came from multi-track tapes, while a handful of hi-res digital tracks have been sourced from the Bob Dylan Archives.

    Each version includes a book with never-before-seen photos and liner notes comprising a deep dive discussion between Mitchell and longtime friend Cameron Crowe. As part of their candid conversation, she shares intimate anecdotes, memories, and stories from that five-year creative run.

    Disc One:

    Rolling Thunder Revue

    Live In Niagara Falls 
    Convention Center, Niagara Falls, NY, November 15, 1975
    Recorded by L.A. Johnson & Petur Hliddal

    1.        Jericho

    Live at Harvard Square Theater
    Cambridge, MA, November 20, 1975
    Recording supervised by Don DeVito; Mixed by Sean Brennan

    2.        Introduction – Bob Neuwirth
    3.        Edith and the Kingpin
    4.        Don’t Interrupt The Sorrow

    Live at Music Hall
    Boston, MA, November 21, 1975
    Recording supervised by Don DeVito; Mixed by Patrick Milligan

    5.        Introduction – Bob Neuwirth
    6.        Harry’s House

    Live in Bangor
    Bangor, ME, November 27, 1975
    Recorded by L.A. Johnson & Petur Hliddal

    7.        A Case of You

    Gordon Lightfoot’s House
    Toronto, ON, Canada, November 30, 1975
    Recorded by L.A. Johnson & Petur Hliddal

    8.        Woman of Heart and Mind

    Live at Montreal Forum
    Montreal, QC, Canada, December 4, 1975
    Recording supervised by Don DeVito; Mixed by Sean Brennan

    9.        Introduction – Bob Neuwirth
    10.        Intro to Coyote
    11.        Coyote

    1976 Tour of the United States
    Recorded by Stanley Johnston from PA mixes by Brian Jonathan
    (Courtesy of the estate of Stanley Tajima Johnston)

    Live in Madison
    Dane County Coliseum, Madison, WI, February 29, 1976

    12.        Help Me

    Live at Music Hall
    Boston, MA, February 19, 1976

    13.        Love or Money
    14.        Free Man in Paris
    15.        For The Roses
    16.        Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire
    17.        Big Yellow Taxi
    18.        Shades of Scarlett Conquering

    Live at Nassau Coliseum
    Uniondale, NY, February 20, 1976

    19.        For Free

    Disc Two:

    Live at Music Hall
    Boston, MA, February 19, 1976

    1.        Intro to Coyote/Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter
    2.        Coyote/Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter

    Live in Madison
    Dane County Coliseum, Madison, WI, February 29, 1976

    3.        Just Like This Train

    Live at Music Hall
    Boston, MA, February 19, 1976

    4.        Shadows and Light
    5.        In France They Kiss on Main Street

    Live at Duke University
    Cameron Stadium, Durham, NC, February 7, 1976

    6.        Traveling (Hejira)

    Live at Music Hall
    Boston, MA, February 19, 1976

    7.        Edith and the Kingpin
    8.        Talk To Me
    9.        Harry’s House/Centerpiece
    10.        Intro to Furry Sings the Blues
    11.        Furry Sings The Blues
    12.        Trouble Child
    13.        Rainy Night House

    Live at Duke University
    Cameron Stadium, Durham, NC, February 7, 1976

    14.        Don’t Interrupt The Sorrow

    Live at Music Hall
    Boston, MA, February 19, 1976

    15.        Raised on Robbery
    16.        The Jungle Line
    17.        Twisted

    Disc Three:

    Hejira Demos
    A&M Studios, Hollywood, CA, March 1976
    Recorded by Henry Lewy; Mixed by Patrick Milligan

    1.        Furry Sings The Blues
    2.        Traveling (Hejira)
    3.        Dreamland
    4.        Talk To Me
    5.        Coyote/Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter
    6.        Black Crow
    7.        Amelia
    8.        Blue Motel Room
    9.        A Strange Boy

    Rolling Thunder Revue
    Tarrant County Convention Center, Fort Worth, TX, May 16, 1976
    Recording supervised by Don DeVito; Engineered by
    Don Meehan; Mixed by Patrick Milligan

    10.        Black Cow
    11.        Intro to Song For Sharon
    12.        Song For Sharon

    Hejira Sessions
    A&M Studios, Hollywood, CA, Summer 1976
    Recorded & Mixed by Henry Lewy

    13.        Refuge of the Roads (Early Mix with Horns)
    14.        Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter (Early Rough Mix)

    Disc Four:

    Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter Sessions
    A&M Studios, Hollywood, CA
    Recorded & Mixed by Henry Lewy

    1.        “Save Magic” (Paprika Plains Embryonic Version)
    2.        Otis and Marlena (Early Rough Mix)

    Mingus Sessions
    Electric Lady Studios, New York, NY
    Recorded & Mixed by Henry Lewy & Jerry Solomon

    3.        Sweet Sucker Dance (Vocals & Drums Version – Take 5)
    4.        A Chair in the Sky (Early Alternate Version – Take 6)
    5.        Sweet Sucker Dance (Early Alternate Version)

    Live at Bread & Roses Festival 
    Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA, September 2 & 3, 1978
    Recorded & Mixed by Henry Lewy

    6.        Introduction
    7.        The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines
    8.        Intro to A Chair In The Sky
    9.        A Chair In The Sky
    10.        Intro to Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
    11.        Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
    12.        Intro to The Wolf That Lives In Lindsey
    13.        The Wolf That Lives In Lindsey

    Mingus Early Alternate Version
    Electric Lady Studios, New York, NY and A&M Studios,
    Hollywood, CA, 1978 & 1979
    Recorded & Mixed by Henry Lewy & Jerry Solomon

    14.        A Good Suit and A Good Haircut
    15.        God Must Be A Boogie Man
    16.        Solo for Old Fat Girl’s Soul
    17.        The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines

    Disc Five:

    1.        Sue and the Holy River

    Mingus Sessions
    A&M Studios, Hollywood, CA, 1979
    Recorded & Mixed by Henry Lewy

    2.        The Wolf That Lives In Lindsey

    Live at May 6 Coalition Rally Against Nuclear Power
    National Mall, Washington, D.C., May 6, 1979

    3.        Introduction – Graham Nash
    4.        Big Yellow Taxi

    1979 Tour Rehearsals
    SIR Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA
    Recorded by Joel Bernstein

    5.        Jericho
    6.        Help Me

    1979 Tour of the United States

    Live at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium
    Queens, NY, August 25, 1979
    Recorded by Joel Bernstein from PA mix by Ed Wynne

    7.        Big Yellow Taxi
    8.        Just Like This Train
    9.        In France They Kiss On Main Street
    10.        Coyote
    11.        Edith and The Kingpin
    12.        Free Man In Paris
    13.        Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
    14.        Jaco’s Solo/ Third Stone From The Sun
    15.        The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines

    Disc Six:

    1.        Amelia 
    2.        Pat’s Solo
    3.        Hejira
    4.        Don’s Solo
    5.        Dreamland
    6.        Black Crow
    7.        Furry Sings The Blues
    8.        Intro to God Must Be A Boogie Man
    9.        God Must Be A Boogie Man
    10.        Raised On Robbery
    11.        Shadows and Light
    12.        The Last Time I Saw Richard
    13.        Why Do Fools Fall In Love

    Live in Philadelphia
    Robin Hood Dell West, Philadelphia, PA, August 28, 1979
    Recorded by Joel Bernstein from PA mix by Ed Wynne

    14.        Woodstock

    Live at Greek Theatre
    Los Angeles, CA, September 13, 1979
    Recorded by Andy Johns & Henry Lewy; Mixed by Patrick Milligan

    15.        Intro to A Chair In The Sky
    16.        A Chair In The Sky