Joni Mitchell
Live at The Aionoshi Festival Todaiji Temple
Nara, Japan
22 may 1994

Audio version

Joni Mitchell (guitar and vocals) was accompanied, on different songs, by Hotei Tomoyasu on electric guitar, Ryu Hongjun on traditional Japanese flute, Wayne Shorter on soprano saxophone and the Chieftans. Joni joined Bob Dylan and other performers during the encore of the show. The concert was broadcast live on TV in Japan by NHK and elsewhere as "The Great Music Experience".

http://www.jonimitchell.com/chronology/details.cfm?id=1642


Track list:

1. Sex Kills
2. Hejira
3. Loves Cry*
4. Magdalene Laundries
5. Intro to I Shall Be Released
6. I Shall Be Released


*first version of "The Crazy Cries of Love"



Taped by myself from VideoMusic, a old italian music channel. You can listen short presentation between the songs by a italian speaker, but it does not disturb the show.

Mono audio quality, with some ticks and slight noises due to broadcast and twelve years old vhs.

No noise reduction or other audio intervention applied.


TV broadcast > vhs > sony camcorder > firewire > apple G4 > iMovie > export aiff > Peak > Xact (flac)