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Joni Mitchell / The Asylum Albums 1976-1980

5CD and 6LP sets with remastered audio

Joni Mitchell / The Asylum Albums 1976-1980 box set

Rhino continue with their Joni Mitchell Archives reissue programme with The Asylum Albums 1976-1980 which delves into Joni Mitchell’s jazz-inflected sound on her 1970’s studio albums.

5CD and 6LP 180g vinyl box sets offer newly remastered editions of Hejira (1976), Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter (1977) and Mingus (1979) – and the live album Shadows and Light (1980).

The Asylum Albums 1976-1980 – 5CD box set (click image to enlarge)

Famed bassist and composer — and long-time Mitchell collaborator — Jaco Pastorius appears prominently on each of the four albums in this set, alongside other noted jazz luminaries like Charles Mingus and Herbie Hancock.

These boxes are presented “with premium packaging” and feature abstract cover artwork from Mitchell’s private fine arts collection. Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter has a new front cover.

The Asylum Albums 1976-1980 is released on 21 June 2024, via Rhino.

Joni Mitchell / The Asylum Albums 1976-1980 6LP vinyl box set
The 6LP vinyl version of The Asylum Albums 1976-1980 (click to enlarge)

Tracklisting

Joni Mitchell / The Asylum Albums 1976-1980 box set

The Asylum Albums 1976-1980 Joni Mitchell /

    • CD 1: HEJIRA
      1. COYOTE [5:00]
      2. AMELIA [6:00]
      3. FURRY SINGS THE BLUES [5:03]
      4. A STRANGE BOY [4:15]
      5. HEJIRA [6:35]
      6. SONG FOR SHARON [8:30]
      7. BLACK CROW [4:20]
      8. BLUE MOTEL ROOM [5:03]
      9. REFUGE OF THE ROAD [6:37]
    • CD 2: DON JUAN’S RECKLESS DAUGHTER
      1. OVERTURE – COTTON AVENUE [6:35]
      2.  TALK TO ME [3:40]
      3. JERICHO [3:25]
      4. PAPRIKA PLAINS [16:19]
      5. OTIS AND MARLENA [4:05]
      6. THE TENTH WORLD [6:45]
      7. DREAMLAND [4:37]
      8. DON JUAN’S RECKLESS DAUGHTER [6:40]
      9. OFF NIGHT BACKSTREET [3:22]
      10. THE SILKY VEILS OF ARDOR [4:02]
    • CD 3: MINGUS
      1. HAPPY BIRTHDAY  1975 (Rap) [0:57]
      2.  GOD MUST BE A BOOGIE MAN [4:33]
      3. FUNERAL (Rap) [1:07]
      4. A CHAIR IN THE SKY [6:40]
      5. THE WOLF THAT LIVES IN LINDSEY [6:33]
      6. I’S A MUGGIN (Rap) [0:07]
      7. SWEET SUCKER DANCE [8:06]
      8. COIN IN THE POCKET (Rap) [0:11]
      9. THE DRY CLEANER FROM DES MOINES [3:22]
      10.  LUCKY (Rap) [0:03]
      11. GOODBYE PORK PIE HAT [5:41]
    • CD 4: SHADOWS AND LIGHT
      1.  INTRODUCTION [1:51]
      2. IN FRANCE THEY KISS ON MAIN STREET [4:14]
      3. EDITH AND THE KINGPIN [4:10]
      4.  COYOTE [4:58]
      5. GOODBYE PORK PIE HAT [6:02]
      6. THE DRY CLEANER FROM DES MOINES [4:37]
      7. AMELIA [6:40]
      8. PAT’S SOLO [3:09]
      9. HEJIRA [7:42]
    • CD 5: SHADOWS AND LIGHT
      1. BLACK CROW [3:52]
      2. DON’S SOLO [4:04]
      3. DREAMLAND [4:40]
      4. FREE MAN IN PARIS [3:23]
      5. BAND INTRODUCTION [0:52]
      6. FURRY SINGS THE BLUES [5:14]
      7. WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE [2:53]
      8. SHADOWS AND LIGHT [5:23]
      9. GOD MUST BE A BOOGIE MAN [5:02]
      10. WOODSTOCK [5:08]

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