Credits:

Joni Mitchell

Description:

The "Joni Mitchell Archive Series," an epic project that looks at the music career of Joni Mitchell, the greatest singer, songwriter, and female artist of all time, has finally begun! The first release in the series is an analog LP featuring Joni's earliest and most valuable recordings, made before her debut when she was only 19 years old. Joni Mitchell is a singer-songwriter who has gained the same sympathy and respect from many musicians and listeners across time and regions. Joni Mitchell has been battling an illness since her collapse in 2015, and this is the first time she has opened the doors of her warehouse and recorded her own music. For the first time, she has opened the door to her own warehouse. This archive project, which will begin this fall, will carefully trace her career spanning more than 50 years and delve deeply into the exceptional musicality of the artist Joni Mitchell, including rare sound recordings that have never been released before.Joni herself is deeply involved in this project, and with her cooperation, RHINO Records has painstakingly researched and restored this national treasure. The first release is "EARLY JONI -1963. The first release, "Early Joni -1963," features Joni's earliest recordings, including "House of the Rising Sun," an American traditional song familiar to The Animals and Bob Dylan, which he performed on CFQC29 radio station in his hometown of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, in 1963, The album contains rare recordings from before Joni's debut on Ripley's Records in 1968. She was only 19 years old at the time. We can catch a glimpse of the process of searching for her own "voice" as an artist. Joni recalls the time when she was labeled as a "folk singer" at the beginning of her career. I wasn't so stuck up as to deny my early work," she recalls. I just lost it. I had gone somewhere. It only exists in this recording. For a long time now, I've been defying the idea that I'm not a folk singer.I was very angry when the label tried to put that label on me. It didn't seem like a very good representation of myself. And now, listening to it like this...it's beautiful. I could let go of my early days. And I realized ・・・・ that I was a folk singer!

Tracklisting:

1.House Of The Rising Sun
2.John Hardy
3.Dark As A Dungeon
4.Tell Old Bill
5.Nancy Whiskey