[2024-06-21] Joni Mitchell "The Asylum Albums: 1976-1980" 5CD box set (Asylum)

Charlie · **Joined:** 23 Dec 2014 **Posts:** 14208

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Description
The Asylum Albums (1976-1980) The new collection showcases Mitchell at her most daring across Hejira (1976), Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter (1977), Mingus (1979), and the live album Shadows And Light (1980). Renowned audio engineer Bernie Grundman remastered all four releases included in this boxed set from the original flat analog master tapes. The Asylum Albums (1976-1980) will be available on June 21 from Rhino as a 5-CD set. The cover art for The Asylum Albums (1976-1980) includes a portion of one of Mitchell’s original paintings. Fans will enjoy a full version of the whimsically abstract landscape as an accompanying insert included in the album packaging.

Tracklist
[CD1: Hejira (2024 Remaster)]
1. Coyote
2. Amelia
3. Furry Sings The Blues
4. A Strange Boy
5. Hejira
6. Song For Sharon
7. Black Crow
8. Blue Motel Room
9. Refuge Of The Roads

[CD2: Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter (2024 Remaster)]
1. Overture - Cotton Avenue
2. Talk To Me
3. Jericho
4. Paprika Plains
5. Otis And Marlena
6. The Tenth World
7. Dreamland
8. Don Juan's Reckless Daughter
9. Off Night Backstreet
10. The Silky Veils Of Ardor

[CD3: Mingus (2024 Remaster)]
1. Happy Birthday 1975 (Rap)
2. God Must Be A Boogie Man
3. Funeral (Rap)
4. A Chair In The Sky
5. The Wolf That Lives In Lindsey
6. I's A Muggin' (Rap)
7. Sweet Sucker Dance
8. Coin In The Pocket (Rap)
9. The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines
10. Lucky (Rap)
11. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat

[CD4: Shadows And Light Part 1 - Live At The Santa Barbara County Bowl, September 9, 1979 (2024 Remaster)]
1. Introduction
2. In France They Kiss On Main Street
3. Edith And The Kingpin
4. Coyote
5. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
6. The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines
7. Amelia
8. Pat's Solo
9. Hejira

[CD5: Shadows And Light Part 2 - Live At The Santa Barbara County Bowl, September 9, 1979 (2024 Remaster)]
1. Black Crow
2. Don's Solo
3. Dreamland
4. Free Man In Paris
5. Band Introduction
6. Furry Sings The Blues
7. Why Do Fools Fall In Love?
8. Shadows And Light
9. God Must Be A Boogie Man
10. Woodstock

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Charlie · **Joined:** 23 Dec 2014 **Posts:** 14208

The new remaster of "Coyote":

Jason Michael · 30 May 2012

This is my favorite run of albums from Joni. Really looking forward to this.

wardo · 18 Oct 2007

New cover art for Don Juan's Reckless Daughter!

Jason Michael · 30 May 2012

wardo wrote:

New cover art for Don Juan's Reckless Daughter!

Yes, even back in the 70s when it was released I thought it was pushing the boundaries of bad taste.

ericsen · **Joined:** 23 Jan 2007 **Posts:** 3845

Jason Michael wrote:

wardo wrote:

New cover art for Don Juan's Reckless Daughter!

Yes, even back in the 70s when it was released I thought it was pushing the boundaries of bad taste.

Am I missing something? Isn't it still pushing the boundaries or who is the person behind the wolf?

wardo · 18 Oct 2007

ericsen wrote:

Jason Michael wrote:

wardo wrote:

New cover art for Don Juan's Reckless Daughter!

Yes, even back in the 70s when it was released I thought it was pushing the boundaries of bad taste.

Am I missing something? Isn't it still pushing the boundaries or who is the person behind the wolf?

This cover doesn't appear to depict someone in blackface.

ericsen · **Joined:** 23 Jan 2007 **Posts:** 3845

wardo wrote:

ericsen wrote:

Jason Michael wrote:

wardo wrote:

New cover art for Don Juan's Reckless Daughter!

Yes, even back in the 70s when it was released I thought it was pushing the boundaries of bad taste.

Am I missing something? Isn't it still pushing the boundaries or who is the person behind the wolf?

This cover doesn't appear to depict someone in blackface.

Who is the person on the new cover behind the wolf?

Charlie · **Joined:** 23 Dec 2014 **Posts:** 14208

The American pre-order price has dropped by more than $6, and is now $43.19:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D2V9WCLR/?tag=imwan-20

Charlie · **Joined:** 23 Dec 2014 **Posts:** 14208

"The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines"

"Free Man In Paris (Live At The Santa Barbara County Bowl, September 9, 1979)"

Jason Michael · 30 May 2012

I have always loved Jaco's springy bass on "Dry Cleaner". Actually, I love the whole arrangement.

Renny · 26 Jun 2006

anyone know who the caretaker of joni mtchell's music is?

or does she do it herself?

Jason Michael · 30 May 2012

I've read interviews with Joni about the archive releases and she seems to be pretty hands-on. She says Neil Young (and Joni and Neil's late manager, Elliot Roberts) was inspirational on how to approach it.
( Really!!! I imagine that makes you very happy!)
According to an interview I found, Joni produces the Archive sets with Patrick Milligan, Rhino's Director of A&R. He says:
"I am currently Director of A&R. I actually just came back to Rhino in October of 2018, but I also worked here in the '90s and the early 2000s. I'm basically responsible for putting together catalogue products - physical, streaming, video. It's a pretty great job, especially when it means getting to go through Joni Mitchell's archive and put together releases with her. It's a career high point, for sure."

Renny · 26 Jun 2006

jason....thanks for that!

:tiphat:

how about i never knew that eliot roberts managed joni mitchell......where the hell have i been to not know that?

ericsen · **Joined:** 23 Jan 2007 **Posts:** 3845

I have a couple of questions about this period of albums. 1. Will there be a quadio/atmos blu ray box set release of this material? 2. Will there be any archive material released of this 1976 - 1980 time frame?

wardo · 18 Oct 2007

Dunno about the first question, but I'm hoping yes on the second, considering the bounty we've had so far.

[2024-06-21] Joni Mitchell "The Asylum Albums: 1976-1980" 5CD box set (Asylum)

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