Feature LP

Thursday, October 19, 2023 9pm ET: Feature LP: Joni Mitchell – Joni Mitchell Archives – Vol 3: The Asylum Years (1972 – 1975) (2023) Part 2

Joni Mitchell Archives – Vol. 3: The Asylum Years (1972–1975) is a five-disc box set by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, released on October 6, 2023, by Rhino Records. The box set is the eleventh overall release and third offering of unreleased material from the Joni Mitchell Archives, a planned series of releases containing remastered material from the singer’s personal archives. Formatted in chronological order, the third volume of the series consists of the archived material that was recorded during the first half of Mitchell’s tenure at Asylum Records, which includes the years between the release of her fifth studio album, For the Roses (1972) and her seventh studio album, The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975).

Part 1 (Tracks 1 – 38)
Part 2 (Tracks 39 – 54)

  1. “Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire” 3:58
  2. “For the Roses” 4:03
  3. “Banquet” 3:13
  4. “Lesson in Survival” 3:15
  5. “Like Veils Said Lorraine” 2:15
  6. “See You Sometime” 3:04
  7. “This Flight Tonight” 3:30
  8. “Electricity” 3:26
  9. “Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire” 5:22
  10. “Big Yellow Taxi” 3:16
  11. “Blue” 2:38
  12. “For Free” 4:37
  13. “Banquet” 3:20
  14. “All I Want” 3:38
  15. “A Case of You” (intro) 0:39
  16. “A Case of You” 4:41
  17. “Carey” (intro) 1:29
  18. “Carey” 3:19
  19. “Lesson in Survival” 3:18
  20. “Woodstock” 4:06
  21. “You Turn Me On, I’m a Radio” (intro) 0:29
  22. “You Turn Me On, I’m a Radio” 2:54
  23. “For the Roses” (intro) 0:37
  24. “For the Roses” 3:52
  25. “Both Sides Now” 5:42
  26. “My Old Man” 3:54
  27. “The Circle Game” (intro) 1:50
  28. “The Circle Game” 5:57
  29. “Medley: Bony Moronie / Summertime Blues / You Never Can Tell” (with James Taylor) 3:59
  30. “Electricity” (with James Taylor) 3:32
  31. “You Turn Me On, I’m a Radio” (with Neil Young and the Stray Gators) 3:26
  32. “See You Sometime” (early version with bass & drums) 3:11
  33. “You Turn Me On, I’m a Radio” (early version with bass & drums) 2:58
  34. “Judgement of the Moon and Stars (Ludwig’s Tune)” (intro) 0:45
  35. “Judgement of the Moon and Stars (Ludwig’s Tune)” 5:49
  36. “Blonde in the Bleachers” (alternate guitar mix) 2:43
  37. “Let the Wind Carry Me” (piano/vocal mix) 4:00
  38. “Barangrill” (guitar/vocal mix) 2:52
  39. “Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire” (sax guide vocal) 4:17
  40. “Sunrise Raga” 3:42
  41. “Twisted” (early alternate version) 2:01
  42. “Big Yellow Taxi” (intro) 0:59
  43. “Big Yellow Taxi” 2:40
  44. “Piano Suite: Down to You / Court and Spark / Car on a Hill / Down to You” 12:33
  45. “People’s Parties” 3:02
  46. “Help Me” 3:31
  47. “Just Like This Train” 3:48
  48. “Raised on Robbery” 2:55
  49. “Trouble Child” 3:54
  50. “Raised on Robbery” (early working version) 3:10
  51. “Raised on Robbery” (with Neil Young and the Santa Monica Flyers) 3:36
  52. “People’s Parties” (early alternate take) 2:50
  53. “Trouble Child” (early alternate take) 3:40
  54. “Car on a Hill” (early alternate take) 2:37
  55. “Down to You” (alternate take) 5:37
  56. “The Same Situation” (alt piano/vocal mix) 3:09
  57. “Bonderia” 3:21
  58. “Introduction” 0:38
  59. “This Flight Tonight” (with Tom Scott & the L.A. Express) 3:38
  60. “You Turn Me On, I’m a Radio” (with Tom Scott & the L.A. Express) 4:23
  61. “Free Man in Paris” (with Tom Scott & the L.A. Express) 3:14
  62. “The Same Situation” (with Tom Scott & the L.A. Express) 3:35
  63. “Just Like This Train” (with Tom Scott & the L.A. Express) 4:18
  64. “Rainy Night House” (with Tom Scott & the L.A. Express) 4:16
  65. “Woodstock” (with Tom Scott & the L.A. Express) 5:04
  66. “Cactus Tree” 5:29
  67. “Big Yellow Taxi” 3:16
  68. “People’s Parties” (intro) 6:06
  69. “People’s Parties” 3:02
  70. “All I Want” 3:49
  71. “A Case of You” 5:04
  72. “For the Roses” (intro) 7:52
  73. “For the Roses” 4:14
  74. “Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire” (with Tom Scott) 5:30
  75. “Blue” 2:48
  76. “For Free” (with Tom Scott) 4:40
  77. “Trouble Child” (with Tom Scott & the L.A. Express) 4:11
  78. “Help Me” (with Tom Scott & the L.A. Express) 3:58
  79. “Car on a Hill” (with Tom Scott & the L.A. Express) 2:53
  80. “Jericho” (intro) 0:29
  81. “Jericho” 3:17
  82. “Woman of Heart and Mind” 3:35
  83. “In France They Kiss on Main Street” 3:06
  84. “Edith and the Kingpin” 3:33
  85. “Don’t Interrupt the Sorrow” 2:28
  86. “Shades of Scarlett Conquering” 4:52
  87. “The Boho Dance” 3:54
  88. “Harry’s House” 4:02
  89. “Dreamland” 4:08
  90. “In France They Kiss on Main Street” (guitar/alternate vocal) 3:25
  91. “The Jungle Line” (alternate version) 4:36
  92. “Edith and the Kingpin” (alternate version) 3:36
  93. “Don’t Interrupt the Sorrow” (alternate version) 4:14
  94. “Shades of Scarlett Conquering” (alternate version) 5:41
  95. “The Boho Dance” (alternate version) 3:55
  96. “Dreamland” (early alternate band version) 4:43