#Archives Vol. 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975)

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Joni Mitchell "Carey" Carnegie Hall, February 23, 1972—Archives, Vol. 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975).

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Song Review: Joni Mitchell with Neil Young & The Stray Gators - “You Turn Me On I’m a Radio”

With Neil Young & The Stray Gators behind her, Joni Mitchell on April 28, 1972, recorded what might be the definitive version of “You Turn Me On I’m a Radio.”

And she then left it in the vault for 51 long years.

Wobbly and obviously stoned, this rendition reveals the difference between a song recorded for airplay and one recorded for the musicians’ own joy. With Young on electric guitar and harmonica and Mitchell singing wordlessly over his mournful bleats, this previously unreleased treasure falls in the latter category.

It’s not perfect. Yet it’s absolutely perfect.

“Radio” follows “Help Me” (Demo) and “Like Veils Said Lorraine” ahead of the Oct. 6 arrival of Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975).

Grade card: Joni Mitchell with Neil Young & The Stray Gators - “You Turn Me On I’m a Radio” - A+

10/4/23

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Thursday, October 19, 2023 9pm ET: Feature LP: Joni Mitchell - Joni Mitchell Archives - Vol 3: The Asylum Years (1972 - 1975) (2023) Part 2

Joni Mitchell Archives – Vol. 3: The Asylum Years (1972–1975) is a five-disc box set by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, released on October 6, 2023, by Rhino Records. The box set is the eleventh overall release and third offering of unreleased material from the Joni Mitchell Archives, a planned series of releases containing remastered material from the singer’s personal archives.…

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Never-before-heard song from the forthcoming Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975).

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Joni Mitchell "Woman of Heart and Mind" Wembley Stadium, September 14, 1974—Archives, Vol. 3: The Asylum Years, 2023.

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Joni Mitchell "Piano Suite: Down To You / Court And Spark / Car On A Hill (Demo)" Archives, Vol. 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975).

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

The six hours of music contained in Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975) is the sound of Mitchell morphing from a folkie from the 1960s to a jazzer of the 1970s.

Comprising demos, studio outtakes, live recordings, alternate mixes and more, the sprawling set is one of those rare collections of ephemera that is eminently listenable straight through and is destined to remain so for decades to come.

Covering the years that produced For the Roses, Court & Spark and the Hissing of Summer Lawns, the box set presents Mitchell clowning with James Taylor in the studio on a medley of “Bony Moronie,” “Summertime Blues” and “You Never Can Tell;” singing “The Circle Game” on stage with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; laying down an early version of “You Turn Me On, I’m a Radio” backed by Neil Young and the Stray Gators; and promoting Court & Spark during a full gig March 3, 1974, backed by Tom Scott & the LA Express.

On stage, Mitchell is an alluring host, telling stories, introducing and explaining songs and laughing like someone who’s happy to be doing what she’s doing. Her between-song levity is a striking counterbalance to the heaviness of the songs themselves and showcases a side of Mitchell that only occasionally manifests in the music.

With 96 tracks in all, titles necessary repeat. But with an artist like Mitchell, that hardly matters. The well-chosen takes give listeners a fascinating sonic peek into the mind of a musical genius as she builds such songs as “Help Me,” “Dreamland,” “Raised on Robbery” and others from sketches into fully formed audio artworks. Meanwhile, the never-released-in-any-format “Like Veils Said Lorraine” is a long-lost companion to “Banquet.”

Getting through the set requires nearly a full-workday commitment. Before it’s all over, Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 3 will steal months, perhaps years, from fans.

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

11/28/23

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Joni Mitchell "You Turn Me On, I'm A Radio" accompanied by Neil Young & The Stray Gators—Archives, Vol. 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975).

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Joni Mitchell "Car On A Hill" (Early Alternate Take) [Court & Spark Sessions]—Archives, Vol. 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975).

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Sound Bites Presents: His Favorite Archival Releases of 2023

Music vaults are apparently overflowing with unreleased gold, some of which was finally freed in 2023. And for other artists looking back, the year brought repackaging and remixing.

The following are Sound Bites’ favorite new/old releases of the year almost ended, presented in alphabetical order:

The Beatles - 1962-1966 and 1967-1970 (2023 Editions) - Though the Blue Album contains the meat of the Beatles’ recorded output, the expanded and remixed Red Album is most improved. Review here.

Bob Dylan - Fragments - Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series Vol. 17 - Seventeen volumes in to the Bootleg Series, and it’s almost frightening to ponder how much different Dylan’s 60-year string of studio albums could have been. Review here.

Fleetwood Mac - Rumours Live - Rumours Live may be the quintessential in-concert capture from this lineup in that the players aren’t as cocaine sloppy as on 1980’s Live nor as polished on the Dance from 1997, on which a cadre of backing musicians sterilized the music. Review here.

Jerry Garcia - Might As Well: A Round Records Retrospective - Looking at the tracklist, one might think Might As Well is a Grateful Dead compilation. But this is a Garcia best-of album, albeit one where 12 of the 16 studio tracks went on to become bonafide live-Dead classics. Review here.

Little Feat - Sailin’ Shoes (Deluxe Edition) and Live in Boston 1975 - Everyone will start to cheer when you put on the new deluxe edition of Sailin’ Shoes. Same goes for Live in Boston 1975, a formidable rival to Waiting for Columbus. Reviews here and here.

Joni Mitchell - Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975) - The glorious sound of Mitchell morphing from a folkie from the 1960s to a jazzer of the 1970s. Review here.

Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon - Live at Wembley Empire Pool, London, 1974 - At this point, Dark Side is an album that needs to be revisited only sporadically. But this high-fidelity recording offers a fresh take - one that fares better in both sound and performance quality that the many bootlegs of various Dark Side performances floating around out there. Review here.

Carly Simon - Live at Grand Central - As a soft-rock artist associated with the 1970s, Simon’s songs have been relegated mostly to oldies radio stations and memories. Live at Grand Central should be sufficient to put them back in the forefront for a while. Review here.

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band - The Darkness Tour ’78 - Still young, still hungry and already one of rock’s great on-stage conglomerates, Springsteen and the E Street Band in 1978 were doing something unique to them. Review here.

Various Artists - Playing for the Man at the Door: Field Recordings from the Collection of Mack McCormick, 1958–1971 - Next time someone says, “Thank a taper,” mention Mack McCormick by name. Review here.

12/28/23