Joni Mitchell
Club 47
Cambridge, Mass.
January 1968 (date unknown)
performance quality: B+
recording quality: B+
source: sbd ? tape
runtime: 65:07
setlist
(as listed in etree, I was able to verify by listening that several of
these titles are probably correct, but not sure about some of them)
1: ?
2: night in the city
3: gift of the Magi
4: I had a king
5: morning Morgantown
6: Ballerina Valerie
7: song to a seagull
8: both sides now
9: cactus free
10: come to the sunshine
11: Chelsea morning
12: pirate Of Penance
13: the way it is
14: dawn treader
comments:
A real early solo acoustic show with Joni Mitchell. This is the earliest Joni
I've ever heard and she already had her distinctive vocal style. She does a bit
of talking between some of the tunes, I didn't bother to seperate the talk into
its own tracks as some like to do. I've had this tape for years, no idea of its
lineage, there is likely a better source for this out there somewhere but this is
quite listenable for a 41 year old analog recording. it does have one rather annoying
but very brief speed problem in the source recording (or transfer between that and
my copy), otherwise the recording is pretty good, especially for this early date,
and Joni sounds fine. Almost all the other Joni Mitchell I listen to is from 76 w/
the L.A. Express and 79 w/ Metheny/Pastorious/Alias group, but some of this is nice
to hear now and then. If I wasn't more interested in jazz and rock music, I'd listen
to this alot more. It's classic Joni. If you haven't heard this (apparently parts of
2 sets) and like Joni Mitchell's unique songwriting and performance style, you will
enjoy hearing this. I don't know how many generations my tape of this is, but there's
only a little bit of tape noise. I have not done any processing of this except to
balance the levels out, DC offset where needed, and a couple of splices to smooth out
abrupt endings. I don't know how close to complete this is, but all the songs here are
uninterrupted. Joni played a run of shows at Club 47, the only date in etree is
Jan 10th, that setlist order does not match here. It does sound like track 1 may not
be the opening song, hard to tell since there's no stage introduction in the recording.
Do not sell this recording.
Trade freely and losslessly.