This morning I’ve been alerted by email to the availability by pre-order of Joni Mitchell’s long awaited Archives Volume 4 – The Asylum Years (1976-1980).
This set (4 LP selection of tracks, 6 CD full set of tracks) covers the Hejira, Don Juan and subsequent period, and I’ve been looking forward to getting this since Volume 3 came out.
Here’s the marketing bumf:
Features Unreleased Studio Sessions, Alternate Versions, Live Recordings, Rarities, And 36-Page Book With New Photos & An Extensive Conversation Between Joni & Cameron Crowe
Sourced From Original Stereo Reels, Nagra Film Recordings, Multi-track Tapes, Radio Airchecks & Cassette Tapes
Throughout the latter half of the seventies, Joni continued to creatively break ground with her fearless and fluid exploration of jazz. Rather than tread the same path, she challenged and reinvented her style with a folk fusion like no other. Ascending to an unrivaled sonic peak, this innovative sound took shape across the gold-certified HEJIRA [1976], the gold-certified double-LP DON JUAN’S RECKLESS DAUGHTER [1977], her collaboration with Charles Mingus entitled MINGUS [1979], and live album SHADOWS AND LIGHT [1980]. Channeling the thrill and excitement of these records, she delves even further into this season on JONI MITCHELL ARCHIVES, VOL. 4: THE ASYLUM YEARS (1976-1980), due October 4th.
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Yes – I received the same email.
The set looks crammed full of goodies for all Joni fans – I’m already looking forward to Tiggerlion’s review of it in October!
Archives vol. 3 was a 5CD set, while Archives vol. 4 is 6 CDs. And yet the price seems marginally lower than last time, thankfully.
jpc.de has the set for EUR 80 which , while still expensive, is a bit less than I was expecting.
£81 direct from Rhino, £78 from the Dodgers for the 6 CD version.
Dear Santa…….