Archives – Volume 1: The Early Years 1963-1967

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Release Date: 2020-10-30

Label: Rhino Records

Box 7.9" x 7.7" x 1.5", with a hinged lid
Box comes with a slot for the book, under which there's a smaller slot for discs.
40-page book, 7.3" x 7.2" x 0.15": "A conversation with Joni Mitchell" by Cameron Crowe, track list with details & credits, overall credits, photos
Discs are housed in 5" x 5" card wallet sleeves.
Unopened item comes with an info/hype sticker attached to shrinkwrap.

Copies bought directly from jonimitchell.com come with 'exclusive and limited-edition 7" x 7" art photo print', 'while supplies last'. The black-and-white with gold print comes in a blank envelope, along with a replica of a membership card of "Associated teen-age rock-n-roll clubs", assigned to Joan Anderson in 1957.

No durations appear on the release.
Discs have no individual cat#, instead they are marked from "ONE" to "FIVE".

[jonimitchell.com:]
- nearly six hours of unreleased home, live, and radio recordings that flow chronologically to paint a portrait of Mitchell’s rapid growth as a performer and songwriter during the period leading up to her debut album
- includes 29 original Mitchell compositions never released before with her vocals
- booklet that features many unseen photos from Mitchell’s personal collection
- new liner notes featuring conversations between writer/filmmaker Cameron Crowe and Mitchell discussing her archives
- the period when Mitchell was finding her voice artistically
- shows her moving away from the folk standards of her early days starting to write and sing her own songs
- begins with her earliest-known recording as a 19-year-old, at CFQC AM, a radio station in her hometown
- culminates with a three-set 1967 nightclub performance

Many of these recordings were produced informally and on non-studio-grade equipment. There are some occasional, inherent audio anomalies, but we feel the historical significance, the music, and the performances far outweigh any of those audio imperfections.

All photos from Joni Mitchell's personal archive except box cover by Edwin C. Lombardo / The Detroit News; book, p. 1 © Joel Bernstein, pp. 12, 18, 32, 34 © Al Blixt

Dedicated in memoriam to Elliot Roberts

℗ & © 2020 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
Manufactured in the E.U. Printed in U.S.A.
JoniMitchell.com

Made in the E.U. [discs]

Another version states "Made in the E.U." at the back of the box (instead of "Manufactured in the E.U. Printed in U.S.A."): Joni Mitchell - Archives Volume 1 (The Early Years (1963-1967))

Headings and additional info, as in booklet:
CD1
Radio Station CFQC AM [1-1 to 1-9]
- Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, ca. 1963
- Recorded by Barry Bowman
Live at the Half Beat [1-10 to 1-23]
- 1st Set [1-10 to 1-17]
- 2nd Set [1-18 to 1-23]
- Yorkville, Toronto, Canada, October 21, 1964
- Recorded by J. Robinson
Joni's Parents' House [1-24 to 1-26]
- Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, February 1965
CD2
Myrtle Anderson Birthday Tape [2-1 to 2-3]
- Detroit, Michigan, 1965
Jac Holzman Demo [2-4 to 2-8]
- Detroit, Michigan, August 24, 1965
Let's Sing Out TV Broadcast [2-9, 2-10]
- University of Manitoba, CJAY-TV, CTV Winnipeg, MB, Canada, October 4, 1965
- Hosted and introduced by Oscar Brand; with unknown bassist on track 10 [2-10]
Home Demo [2-11]
- Detroit, Michigan, ca. 1966
Let's Sing Out TV Broadcast [2-12, 2-13]
- Laurentian University, London, Ontario, Canada, October 24, 1966
- Hosted and introduced by Oscar Brand; with unknown bassist
Live at the 2nd Fret [2-14 to 2-23]
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 1966
- Recorded by Ed Sciaky
CD3
Folklore Radio Broadcast [3-1 to 3-4]
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 12, 1967
- Hosted by Gene Shay, recorded by Ed Sciaky
Live at the 2nd Fret [3-5 to 3-11]
- 2nd Set [3-5 to 3-8]
- 3rd Set [3-9 to 3-11]
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 17, 1967
- Recorded by Ed Sciaky
Folklore Radio Broadcast [3-12 to 3-15]
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 19, 1967
- Hosted by Gene Shay, recorded by Ed Sciaky
"A Record Of My Changes" – Michael’s Birthday Tape [3-16 to 3-21]
North Carolina, May 1967
Folklore Radio Broadcast [3-22, 3-23]
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 28, 1967
- Hosted by Gene Shay, recorded by Ed Sciaky
CD4
Home Demo [4-1 to 4-10]
- New York City, New York, ca. June 1967
Live at Canterbury House [4-11 to 4-25]
- 1st Set
- Ann Arbor, Michigan, October 27, 1967
- Recorded by Thomas Root
CD5
Live at Canterbury House [5-1 to 5-22]
- 2nd Set [5-1 to 5-11]
- 3rd Set [5-12 to 5-22]
- Ann Arbor, Michigan, October 27, 1967
- Recorded by Thomas Root