Joni Mitchell - Archives, Volume 4 Highlights: The Asylum Years (1976 - 1980) - Boxed Set LP

180g 4LP Box Set, 40 Unreleased Recordings

Throughout the latter half of the 1970s, Joni Mitchell fearlessly explored jazz, reinventing her style with a folk fusion like no other across Hejira, Don Juan's Reckless Daughter, Mingus, and the live Shadows and Light. Archives, Vol. 4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980) channels the thrill of that prolific run, gathering newly unearthed demos, studio outtakes, alternate takes, and powerful live recordings, including collaborations with Charles Mingus, Herbie Hancock, Jaco Pastorius, Wayne Shorter, and Pat Metheny. This 4LP edition features Joni's personal favorites from the 6CD set and includes a book with never-before-seen photos and an extensive conversation between Mitchell and Cameron Crowe.

Features

• 4LP Box Set on 180g vinyl
• Joni's personal favorites from the 6CD box set
• 40 unreleased recordings: newly unearthed demos, studio outtakes, alternate versions, rarities & live tour recordings (1976 & 1979)
• Sourced from original stereo reels, multi-track tapes, radio airchecks, cassettes, CD-Rs & high-res digital tracks from the Bob Dylan Archives
• Collaborations with Charles Mingus, Herbie Hancock, Jaco Pastorius, Wayne Shorter & Pat Metheny
• 36-page book with new photos & an extensive Joni Mitchell / Cameron Crowe conversation
• Label: Rhino

Track Listing

Side One:

1. Introduction - Bob Neuwirth
2. Edith and the Kingpin
3. Don't Interrupt the Sorrow
4. Introduction - Bob Neuwirth
5. Harry's House
6. A Case of You

Side Two:

1. Intro to Coyote
2. Coyote
3. Free Man in Paris
4. Shades of Scarlett Conquering
5. For Free

Side Three:

1. Shadows and Light
2. In France They Kiss on Main Street
3. Intro to Furry Sings the Blues
4. Furry Sings the Blues
5. Traveling (Hejira)

Side Four:

1. Black Crow
2. Amelia
3. Intro to Song for Sharon
4. Song for Sharon

Side Five:

1. Refuge of the Roads (Early Mix with Horns)
2. Don Juan's Reckless Daughter (Early Rough Mix)
3. Otis and Marlena (Early Rough Mix)
4. Sweet Sucker Dance (Vocals & Drums Version - Take 5)

Side Six:

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
7. God Must Be a Boogie Man

Side Seven:

1. Sue and the Holy River
2. Jericho
3. Help Me
4. Big Yellow Taxi
5. Just Like This Train
6. Raised on Robbery

Side Eight:

1. Last Time I Saw Richard
2. Intro to A Chair in the Sky
3. A Chair in the Sky