2020 compilation album by Joni Mitchell
Early Joni – 1963 |
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Compilation album by Joni Mitchell |
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Released | October 30, 2020 (2020-10-30) |
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Recorded | 1963 |
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Studio | CFQC (Saskatoon, Canada) |
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Label | Rhino Records |
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Joni Mitchell chronology |
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Early Joni – 1963 is a compilation album by singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, released on October 30, 2020, by Rhino Records.[1] The album, which is the second overall and the first auxiliary release of the Joni Mitchell Archives, features one of Mitchell's first live performances, a broadcast set on Saskatoon radio station CFQC AM. The cover art for the release features a self portrait drawn by Mitchell that is based on an early photo in her personal archive, and marks the first visual artwork that she had completed in several years.[1] This separate title was pressed exclusively on vinyl, though it serves as a companion to Joni Mitchell Archives – Vol. 1: The Early Years (1963–1967), the box set from which its material is derived.
Background and recording
In 1963, now-retired radio DJ Barry Bowman of CFQC 600 lived with three of his friends in downtown Saskatoon, Canada.[2] During that summer, Bowman and his friends met and befriended Joni Mitchell, who at the time was still going by her birth name of Joni Anderson. The group would frequently congregate with Mitchell at the large house they were renting, the local swimming pool, or the South Saskatchewan River, where they "drank beer and ate hot dogs."[2] One of Bowman's friends and co-tenants, Danny Evanishen, referred to that period of time as being "the summer that Joni came to [them]."[2] Evanishen is also attributed as being the person who encouraged Mitchell to take up playing the guitar, loaning her his guitar to play in lieu of her ukulele. Encouraged by Mitchell's budding talent, Bowman invited her to the radio station to record nine traditional folk songs over the course of two nights. He gave her a copy of the audition tape and kept the masters, which were later unearthed by his ex-wife in 2015.[2]
Track listing
Side oneNo. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "House of the Rising Sun" | Traditional | 2:54 |
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2. | "John Hardy" | Traditional | 2:25 |
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3. | "Dark as a Dungeon" | Merle Travis | 3:07 |
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4. | "Tell Old Bill" | Traditional | 3:00 |
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5. | "Nancy Whiskey" | Traditional | 3:23 |
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Personnel
Credits adapted from Discogs.[3]
- Performers
- Joni Mitchell – vocals; guitar
- Production and recording
- Allison Boron – project assistance
- Barry Bowman – recording
- Marcy Gensic – project assistance
- Bernie Grundman – mastering; lacquer cutting
- Joni Mitchell – reissue producer
- Patrick Milligan – reissue producer
- Jane Tani – project assistance
- Design
- Barry Bowman – liner notes
- Sheryl Farber – booklet editor
- Lisa Glines – art direction; design
- Joni Mitchell – cover illustration
- Doran Tyson – product manager
- Shannon Ward – packaging manager
Charts
Chart performance for Early Joni – 1963 Chart (2020) | Peak position |
US Top Current Albums (Billboard)[4] | 72 |
References
- ^ a b "Now Streaming: Joni Mitchell, "House of the Rising Sun" (from THE JONI MITCHELL ARCHIVES)". Rhino Records. September 10, 2020. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
- ^ a b c d Martoccio, Angie (October 28, 2020). "A DJ Rediscovered Joni Mitchell's Earliest Recordings. Now Everyone Can Hear Them". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
- ^ "Joni Mitchell – Early Joni - 1963". Discogs. Discogs. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
- ^ "Joni Mitchell Chart History (Top Current Album)". Billboard. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
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Archives series | Box sets | - Volume 1: The Early Years (1963–1967)
- The Reprise Albums (1968–1971)
- Volume 2: The Reprise Years (1968–1971)
- The Asylum Albums (1972–1975)
- Volume 3: The Asylum Years (1972–1975)
- The Asylum Albums (1976–1980)
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Auxiliary releases | - Early Joni – 1963
- Volume 1 Highlights
- Blue 50 (Demos & Outtakes)
- Blue Highlights
- Court and Spark Demos
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