JONI MITCHELL - Archives, Vol. 4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980) [Highlights] - 4LP - Vinyl Box Set [OCT 4]

4LP - Limited Edition Black Vinyl Box Set featuring highlights from the Complete 6CD Box Set Edition. Venture further into the world of the reckless daughter with these rare gems from the Joni Mitchell Archives.  

Continuing the musical exploration into Joni Mitchell's jazz-inflected sounds, this set will feature unreleased studio sessions and alt versions of hit tracks from the groundbreaking albums Hejira, Don Juan's Reckless Daughter, Mingus and Shadows and Light, coupled with rare photos from the era. Packaged in a similar vein to previous sets in the series, Vol. 4 will also include notes taken from Joni in conversation with friend and confidante, Cameron Crowe.

4LP Track listing:

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