Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975) (Remastered) Joni Mitchell

• Graham Nash David Crosby Session:
• 1 Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire (Graham Nash David Crosby Session) 03:58
• 2 For the Roses (Graham Nash David Crosby Session) 04:03
• For the Roses Demos:
• 3 Banquet (For the Roses Demo) 03:13
• 4 Lesson in Survival (For the Roses Demo) 03:14
• 5 Like Veils Said Lorriane (For the Roses Demo) 02:15
• 6 See You Sometime (For the Roses Demo) 03:04
• Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, 2/23/1972:
• 7 This Flight Tonight (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, 2/23/1972) 03:30
• 8 Electricity (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, 2/23/1972) 03:25
• 9 Cold Blue and Sweet Fire (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, 2/23/1972) 05:21
• 10 Big Yellow Taxi (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, 2/23/1972) 03:15
• 11 Blue (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, 2/23/1972) 02:37
• 12 For Free (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, 2/23/1972) 04:36
• 13 Banquet (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, 2/23/1972) 03:19
• 14 All I Want (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, 2/23/1972) 03:37
• 15 Intro to A Case of You (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, 2/23/1972) 00:38
• 16 A Case of You (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, 2/23/1972) 04:40
• 17 Intro to Carey (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, 2/23/1972) 01:28
• 18 Carey (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, 2/23/1972) 03:18
• 19 Lesson in Survival (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, 2/23/1972) 03:17
• 20 Woodstock (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, 2/23/1972) 04:05
• 21 Intro to You Turn Me On I'm a Radio (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, 2/23/1972) 00:29
• 22 You Turn Me On I'm a Radio (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, 2/23/1972) 02:54
• 23 Intro to For the Roses (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, 2/23/1972) 00:37
• 24 For the Roses (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, 2/23/1972) 03:52
• 25 Both Sides Now (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, 2/23/1972) 05:41
• 26 My Old Man (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, 2/23/1972) 03:53
• 27 Intro to The Circle Game (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, 2/23/1972) 01:49
• 28 The Circle Game (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, 2/23/1972) 05:56
• For the Roses Early Sessions:
• 29 Medley: Bony Moronie/Summertime Blues/You Never Can Tell (with James Taylor) [For the Roses Early Sessions] 03:58
• 30 Electricity (with James Taylor) [For the Roses Early Sessions] 03:32
• 31 You Turn Me On I'm a Radio (with Neil Young & The Stray Gators) [For the Roses Early Sessions] 03:25
• 32 See You Sometime (Early Version with Bass and Drums) [For the Roses Early Sessions] 03:10
• 33 You Turn Me On I'm a Radio (Early Version with Bass and Drums) [For the Roses Early Sessions] 02:57
• Live at Royal Festival Hall, London, England, 5/5/1972:
• 34 Intro to Judgement of the Moon and Stars (Ludwig's Tune) [Live at Royal Festival Hall, London, England, 5/5/1972] 00:45
• 35 Judgement of the Moon and Stars (Ludwig's Tune) [Live at Royal Festival Hall, London, England, 5/5/1972] 05:48
• For the Roses Sessions:
• 36 Blonde in the Bleachers (Alternate Guitar Mix) [For the Roses Sessions] 02:42
• 37 Let the Wind Carry Me (Piano/Vocal Mix) [For the Roses Sessions] 03:59
• 38 Barangrill (Guitar/Vocal Mix) [For the Roses Sessions] 02:51
• 39 Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire (Sax Guide Vocal) [For the Roses Sessions] 04:17
• 40 Sunrise Raga (For the Roses Sessions) 03:41
• 41 Twisted (Early Alternate Version) [For the Roses Sessions] 02:00
• Live at Paul Sauvé Arena, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 4/15/1973:
• 42 Intro to Big Yellow Taxi (Live at Paul Sauvé Arena, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 4/15/1973) 00:58
• 43 Big Yellow Taxi (Live at Paul Sauvé Arena, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 4/15/1973) 02:40
• Court and Spark Demos:
• 44 Piano Suite: Down to You / Court and Spark / Car on a Hill / Down to You (Court and Spark Demo) 12:33
• 45 People's Parties (Court and Spark Demo) 03:02
• 46 Help Me (Court and Spark Demo) 03:31
• 47 Just Like This Train (Court and Spark Demo) 03:48
• 48 Raised on Robbery (Court and Spark Demo) 02:54
• 49 Trouble Child 03:53
• 50 Raised On Robbery (Early Working Version) [Wild Tales Session] 03:09
• 51 Raised On Robbery (with Neil Young & The Santa Monica Flyers) [Tonight's the Night Session] 03:35
• 52 People's Parties (Early Alternate Take) [Court and Spark Sessions] 02:49
• 53 Trouble Child (Early Alternate Take) [Court and Spark Sessions] 03:40
• 54 Car on a Hill (Early Alternate Take) [Court and Spark Sessions] 02:37
• 55 Down to You (Early Alternate Take) [Court and Spark Sessions] 05:36
• 56 The Same Situation (Alt Vocal/Piano Mix) [Court and Spark Sessions] 03:08
• 57 Bonderia (Court and Spark Sessions) 03:20
• Live at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA, 3/3/1974:
• 58 Introduction (Live at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA, 3/3/1974) 00:38
• Live at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA, 3/3/1974:
• 59 This Flight Tonight (with Tom Scott & The L.A. Express) [Live at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA, 3/3/1974] 03:38
• 60 You Turn Me On I'm a Radio (with Tom Scott & The L.A. Express) [Live at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA, 3/3/1974] 04:23
• 61 Free Man in Paris (with Tom Scott & The L.A. Express) [Live at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA, 3/3/1974] 03:14
• 62 The Same Situation (with Tom Scott & The L.A. Express) [Live at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA, 3/3/1974] 03:35
• 63 Just Like This Train (with Tom Scott & The L.A. Express) [Live at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA, 3/3/1974] 04:17
• 64 Rainy Night House (with Tom Scott & The L.A. Express) [Live at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA, 3/3/1974] 04:16
• 65 Woodstock (with Tom Scott & The L.A. Express) [Live at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA, 3/3/1974] 05:04
• 66 Cactus Tree (Live at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA, 3/3/1974) 05:29
• 67 Big Yellow Taxi (Live at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA, 3/3/1974) 03:15
• 68 Intro to People's Parties (Live at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA, 3/3/1974) 06:06
• 69 People's Parties (Live at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA, 3/3/1974) 03:01
• 70 All I Want (Live at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA, 3/3/1974) 03:49
• 71 A Case of You (Live at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA, 3/3/1974) 05:03
• 72 Intro to For the Roses (Live at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA, 3/3/1974) 07:52
• 73 For the Roses (Live at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA, 3/3/1974) 04:14
• 74 Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire (feat. Tom Scott) [Live at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA, 3/3/1974] 05:30
• 75 Blue (Live at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA, 3/3/1974) 02:48
• 76 For Free (with Tom Scott) [Live at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA, 3/3/1974] 04:39
• 77 Trouble Child (with Tom Scott & The L.A. Express) [Live at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA, 3/3/1974] 04:10
• 78 Help Me (with Tom Scott & The L.A. Express) [Live at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA, 3/3/1974] 03:57
• 79 Car on a Hill (with Tom Scott & The L.A. Express) [Live at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA, 3/3/1974] 02:52
• Live at New Victoria Theatre, London, England, 4/22/1974:
• 80 Intro to Jericho (Live at New Victoria Theatre, London, England, 4/22/1974) 00:29
• 81 Jericho (Live at New Victoria Theatre, London, England, 4/22/1974) 03:16
• Live at Wembley Stadium, London, England, 9/14/1974:
• 82 Woman of Heart and Mind (Live at Wembley Stadium, London, England, 9/14/1974) 03:34
• Demos:
• 83 In France They Kiss On Main Street (Demo) 03:05
• 84 Edith and the Kingpin (Demo) 03:32
• 85 Don't Interrupt the Sorrow (Demo) 02:27
• 86 Shades of Scarlet Conquering (Demo) 04:52
• 87 The Boho Dance (Demo) 03:53
• 88 Harry's House (Demo) 04:01
• 89 Dreamland (Demo) 04:07
• The Hissing of Summer Lawns Sessions:
• 90 In France They Kiss On Main Street (Alternate Version) [The Hissing of Summer Lawns Sessions] 03:25
• 91 The Jungle Line (Guitar/Alternate Vocal) [The Hissing of Summer Lawns Sessions] 04:36
• 92 Edith and the Kingpin (Alternate Version) [The Hissing of Summer Lawns Sessions] 03:35
• 93 Don't Interrupt the Sorrow (Alternate Version) [The Hissing of Summer Lawns Sessions] 04:13
• 94 Shades of Scarlet Conquering (Alternate Version) [The Hissing of Summer Lawns Sessions] 05:41
• 95 The Boho Dance (Alternate Version) [The Hissing of Summer Lawns Sessions] 03:54
• 96 Dreamland (Early Alternate Band Version) [The Hissing of Summer Lawns Sessions] 04:43
• Total Runtime 05:51:35

Info for Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975) (Remastered)

Joni Mitchell continues the journey through her previously unmined archives. The set includes sessions with Graham Nash, James Taylor, Neil Young and the Santa Monica Flyers, & Tom Scott and the L.A. Express. It features never-before-heard demos, early and alternate versions of classic songs, and historical performances.

Come 1972, Joni Mitchell’s singular songwriting talent and poetic gifts were undeniable. Fresh off the back-to-back Platinum-certified releases of 1970’s Ladies of the Canyon and 1971’s Blue — totemic albums whose artfulness and ubiquity would influence generations of songwriters — Mitchell had grown wary of mounting media scrutiny. Everything from her style choices to romantic partners became the subject of far more gossip column inches than were ever dedicated to the lifestyle minutiae of her male counterparts.

In response, she had pulled back, announcing an early retirement from the stage in 1970 and moving to the quiet expanses of British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast. It was a fruitful change of scenery. Inspired by her proximity to nature and refreshed by the peaceful seclusion, she began constructing the songs that would become For The Roses. This respite thrust Mitchell into a remarkably fertile creative period, yielding a run of albums — 1972’s For The Roses, 1974’s Court And Spark, and 1975’s The Hissing Of Summer Lawns — that would simultaneously expand and refine the scope of her music. Her adventurous, intricate arrangements and growing formidability as a bandleader injected these songs with a clarity of purpose, a potent muscularity, and a sense of possibility — it is among the most exciting eras of a near peerless career.

This era comes into even greater focus on Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975), out October 6, 2023 on Rhino Records. It’s the latest entry in Rhino’s ongoing, GRAMMY-winning series exploring the vast untapped archives of rare Joni Mitchell recordings — a project guided intimately by Mitchell’s own vision and personal touch.

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Joni Mitchell began as the archetype of the folkie female singer-songwriter, an heir to Joan Baez. But she quickly moved forward, incorporating influences from jazz and the blues. 'Joni Mitchell heard Billie Holiday sing 'Solitude' when she was about nine years old — and she hasn't been the same since,' says Herbie Hancock. Those lessons of emotional vulnerability are evident in her delicate soprano trill, as well as in the undisguised wear of the sultry voice of her later work, punctuated by her jazzy syncopation. 'Joni's got a strange sense of rhythm that's all her own,' Bob Dylan told Rolling Stone. Above all, Mitchell won't be boxed in. 'The way she phrases always serves the lyrics perfectly, and yet her phrasing can be different every time,' Hancock says. 'She's a fighter for freedom.' (Source: Rolling Stone Magazine)

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