Joni Mitchell has authorized her own archives releases, unreleased studio and live shows are being announced. Might there be re-release of quadraphonic and unreleased 5.1 mixes? We have a friend at Rhino who probably can't say anything right now, but...
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The Joni Mitchell Archives/Remasters Discussion Thread
Well Joni fans, it's real and it's happening. Joni has agreed to open the vault finally and the first volume is due October 16. Not much to report...
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Apparently in 2007 there were 2-CD editions announced (and then cancelled) of Court and Spark, Hissing of Summer Lawns, and Hejira? I won't hold my breath for quads and 5.1s. But Hope Springs Eternal and all that....Exciting news.
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News--and a new thread--here:
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Joni Mitchell / Archives Volume 1: The Early Years 1963-1967 box set 10/30/2020
Joni Mitchell opens her vaults for the first time for the Joni Mitchell Archives, a new series of box set releases that will span the next few years and start NEXT MONTH with a five-disc box set, Archives – Volume 1 and two associated vinyl releases. Mitchell has been “intimately involved in...
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There's an announcement coming soon of her next archives set. I don't know what's on it (quad?), but I'm feeling optimistic...I should say no more.
I haven't found any clues. But in the search, I was led to this fascinating interview with A&M engineer Steve Katz, who worked on Hejira, Don Juan's Reckless Daughter, and Mingus.
And coincidentally, SFJAZZ announced today that the Collective's next project is the music of Joni Mitchell:
Link is not working.
That's weird. It was working this afternoon--and a Google search still spits out that URL. The whole website (jonimitchell.com) seems to be down.
EDIT: five minutes later. Now it seems to be up again.
great article-thanks!
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Wonderful article, humprof. Now, more than ever, especially considering that Joni's voice has been silenced due to health issues, RHINO needs to release all Joni's albums, QUAD and STEREO as hi res Lossless BD~As.
IMO, all her albums are SPECIAL and that is an understatement.
That interview really illuminated how complex those recording sessions were and hopefully, with rumors that a few of Joni's early albums were remixed for QUAD but never released....those masters can be located, remastered and included in that box set which I'm sure would be a bonanza for RHINO and Joni Mitchell fans worldwide!
One for Foraging Rhino to take up.
I suspect if they were not released originally that Joni is not going to clear them now. But the as an archive's release maybe
Joni's a natural for a Quadio box set; let's hope the powers that be at Rhino hear our pleas.
Tracking down Joni's old albums for surround mixes could be tricky as she was listed as someone whose master tapes were "lost" in the Universal Studios fire in 2008 (though I've never seen a list of which tapes).
Her albums were on Reprise, which is WMG, not Universal.
She's been frequently cited in the media as one of the artists whose recordings were destroyed, and Universal have not denied it. Joni also recorded with Geffen records and they're owned by Universal. She even has the NYT report, which cites her as affected, on her own website:
"The list of destroyed single and album masters takes in titles by dozens of legendary artists, a genre-spanning who's who of 20th- and 21st-century popular music. It includes ... Joni Mitchell..."
Joni Mitchell Library - The Day the Music Burned: New York Times, June 11, 2019
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Joni signed with Geffen in 1982. She released four albums with them before returning to Reprise in the 90's. Her 60's and 70's albums were all released through Reprise and Asylum, both Warner Brothers distributed labels. Geffen never acquired the rights to those albums. So presumably the only masters of Joni's that would have perished in the fire would have been those four Geffen albums.
I do love those Geffen era albums (especially Chalk Mark in a Rainstorm) so it would be a real shame if the multi-tracks went up in the fire, making a surround mix impossible. However, the quad masters for Court & Spark and Hissing of Summer Lawns as well as the multi-tracks for all the other 60's and 70's albums should thankfully be in the possession of the Warner associated labels.
I do love those Geffen era albums (especially Chalk Mark in a Rainstorm) so it would be a real shame if the multi-tracks went up in the fire, making a surround mix impossible. However, the quad masters for Court & Spark and Hissing of Summer Lawns as well as the multi-tracks for all the other 60's and 70's albums should thankfully be in the possession of the Warner associated labels.
If only her Geffen albums were affected by the fire, then her Reprise and Asylum albums should be ripe for the picking, especially her quad albums for a Quadio box set. It would certainly have made no sense for her WMG albums to have been held in a UMG warehouse.
There needs to be a very special Court and Spark deluxe set with some alternate takes, live material, and the quad mix. I've never heard the quad decoded, but I'd expect it to be tastefully done with amazing fidelity.
The discrete quad is very, very nice.
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