Terrific performance from this magical time in Joni's touring career (as if the other eras weren't). The recording features an excellent capture of the music and talk. Thanks and appreciation are owed the recordist, of whose name I am unaware, for the fine source recording. The torrent has applause in balance, talk and some music levels raised, hoots, etc. removed or reduced, and is nearly free of audience chatter. It is a fresh transfer from my clone and therefore will differ from previous versions of this performance, if any.

Faults: Possibly incomplete recording. Apparently the recordist paused his machine between tracks resulting is applause being nearly always absent. They were tardy with the resumed start, resulting in nearly all tracks being clipped at their beginning and abrupt track transitions. But what we do have is glorious!

JONI MITCHELL
Columbus, OH -- Ohio State University St. John's Arena
1974-01-25 -- 88:02

Set one: previous songs may be missing
01. This Flight Tonight
02. You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio
03. Free Man in Paris
04. Same Situation
05. Just Like This Train
06. Woodstock

Set two:
07. -talk-
08. Cactus Tree
09. Big Yellow Taxi
10. -talk-
11. People's Parties
12. All I Want
13. -tuning-
14. A Case of You
15. -talk-
16. For the Roses
17. Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire
18. For Free
19. Trouble Child
20. Help Me
21. Car on a Hill
22. Both Sides, Now
23. Raised on Robbery
-probable encore applause-
24. Blonde in the Bleachers
25. Twisted

note: t07>16: Joni solo

songwriter: Joni Mitchell, except
t25: by Annie Ross, Wardell Gray

musicians: see jonimitchell.com/chronology/byyear.cfm?year=1974
Joni Mitchell - vocals, piano, guitar, dulcimer
with 'Tom Scott and the L.A. Express'
Robben Ford - electric guitar
Max Bennett - bass
John Guerin - drums, percussion
Roger Kellaway - piano
Tom Scott - woodwinds, reeds

No artwork.

Source: ? equipment > ? > DAT (16bits/48khz) > ? clone > my clone
Transferred by stevemtl: DAT > Sony PCM-R500 > Roland R44 > SD chip > my fingers > slot on computer > HD
Mastered by stevemtl: HD > Sound Forge (L2 dither > 24/48: edit, L2 talk, music, and applause level adjust, fades) > r8brain (vhq downsample > 24/44.1) > Sound Forge (L2 dither > 16/44.1) > CDwave (track cut) > TLH (flac level 8, ffp, md5) > TLH (torrent marker)
Circulated by stevemtl: Torrent marker uploaded to DIME on 2021 -11-26.

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