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

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

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    Free print with the purchase of JMA Vol. 4 on 6CD or 4LP. While supplies last.

    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.

    Side One:

    Rolling Thunder Revue

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


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

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

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

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

    6.        A Case of You

    Side Two:

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

    1.        Intro to Coyote
    2.        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 at Music Hall
    Boston, MA, February 19, 1976

    3.        Free Man In Paris
    4.        Shades of Scarlett Conquering

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

    5.        For Free

    Side Three:

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

    1.        Shadows and Light
    2.        In France They Kiss On Main Street
    3.        Intro to Furry Sings The Blues
    4.        Furry Sings The Blues

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

    5.        Traveling (Hejira)

    Side Four:

    1.        Black Crow
    2.        Amelia

    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

    3.        Intro to Song For Sharon
    4.        Song For Sharon

    Side Five:

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

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

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

    3.        Otis and Marlena (Early Rough Mix)

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

    4.        Sweet Sucker Dance (Vocals & Drums Version – Take 5)

    Side Six:

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

    1.        Introduction
    2.        The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines
    3.        Intro to Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
    4.        Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
    5.        Intro to The Wolf That Lives In Lindsey
    6.        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

        15.    God Must Be A Boogie Man

    Side Seven:

    1.        Sue and The Holy River

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

    2.        Jericho
    3.        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

    4.        Big Yellow Taxi
    5.        Just Like This Train
    6.        Raised On Robbery

    Side Eight:

    1.        The Last Time I Saw Richard

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

    2.        Intro to A Chair In The Sky
    3.        A Chair In The Sky