I bought the Joni Mitchell Reprise LP remasters last year. I thought they were good, even great, especially "Blue". I also bought the "Live at Carnegie Hall-1969" LP. I thought that one sounded great as well. I have so many different versions of Joni albums that I sometimes get confused. As "lalitk" observed, keeping an open mind on these remasters is probably a good idea. When I see the Rhino versions in the record store, I'll take a chance! Life's too short to worry about which version is the best.
Joni Mitchell remasters on the way
FYI, some remastered Joni albums from an amazing period are on the way. I’m especially excited about how "Miles of Aisles" turns out, because that album really needs a remaster.
"Rhino explores the beginning of the prolific Asylum era with THE ASYLUM ALBUMS (1972-1975), the next installment in the Joni Mitchell Archives series. The collection features newly remastered versions of For The Roses (1972), Court And Spark (1974), the double live album Miles Of Aisles (1974), and The Hissing Of Summer Lawns (1975). All four were recently remastered by Bernie Grundman."
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Court and Spark has a glitch where People's Parties is repeated - it's there as part of Free Man In Paris and then again as a separate track. |
I have pretty much every Joni album on vinyl (originals) and somehow I doubt that remastering is going to make this astonishing music better...these albums sounded great then and still do. No problem with remastering per-se (bought the Band "brown album" boxed set and the 45rpm remastered vinyl sounds amazingly good, and my original LP was simply worn out) but with Joni's stuff my originals do the job brilliantly. |
@wolf_garcia I'd be curious if you stream music to hear what you think about these remasters. I think @orgillian197 is spot on with his account of the results of the remasterings in this group. |
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