
Joni Mitchell – Vol 1 The Early Years (1963-1967) – 5CD Boxset
Release Date: 30th October 2020
Format: 5CD Boxset
Disc One
Radio Station CFQC AM, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada (ca. 1963)
- “House Of The Rising Sun”
- “John Hardy”
- “Dark As A Dungeon”
- “Tell Old Bill”
- “Nancy Whiskey”
- “Anathea”
- “Copper Kettle”
- “Fare Thee Well (Dink’s Song)”
- “Molly Malone”
Live at the Half Beat: Yorkville, Toronto, Canada (October 21, 1964)
First Set
- Introduction
- “Nancy Whiskey”
- Intro to “The Crow On The Cradle”
- “The Crow On The Cradle”
- “Pastures Of Plenty”
- “Every Night When The Sun Goes In”
- Intro to “Sail Away”
- “Sail Away”
Second Set
- “John Hardy”
- “Dark As A Dungeon”
- Intro to “Maids When You’re Young Never Wed An Old Man”
- “Maids When You’re Young Never Wed An Old Man”
- “The Dowie Dens Of Yarrow”
- “Deportee (Plane Crash At Los Gatos)”
Joni’s Parents’ House: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada (February 1965)
- “The Long Black Rifle”
- “Ten Thousand Miles”
- “Seven Daffodils”
Disc Two
Myrtle Anderson Birthday Tape: Detroit, MI (1965)
- “Urge For Going”
- “Born To Take The Highway”
- “Here Today And Gone Tomorrow”
Jac Holzman Demo: Detroit, MI (August 24, 1965)
- “What Will You Give Me”
- “Let It Be Me”
- “The Student Song”
- “Day After Day”
- “Like The Lonely Swallow”
Let’s Sing Out, CBC TV: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada (October 4, 1965)
- “Favorite Colour”
- “Me And My Uncle”
Home Demo: Detroit, MI (ca. 1966)
- “Sad Winds Blowin’”
Let’s Sing Out, CBC TV: Laurentian University, London, ON, Canada (October 24, 1966)
- “Just Like Me”
- “Night In The City”
Live at the 2nd Fret: Philadelphia, PA (November 1966)
- “Brandy Eyes”
- Intro to “Urge For Going”
- “Urge For Going”
- Intro to “What’s The Story Mr. Blue”
- “What’s The Story Mr. Blue”
- “Eastern Rain”
- Intro to “The Circle Game”
- “The Circle Game”
- Intro to “Night In The City”
- “Night In The City”
Disc Three
Folklore, WHAT FM: Philadelphia, PA, (March 12, 1967)
- Intro to “Both Sides Now”
- “Both Sides Now”
- Intro to “The Circle Game”
- “The Circle Game”
Live at the 2nd Fret: Philadelphia, PA (March 17, 1967)
Second Set
- “Morning Morgantown”
- “Born To Take The Highway”
- Intro to “Song To A Seagull”
- “Song To A Seagull”
Third Set
- “Winter Lady”
- Intro to “Both Sides Now”
- “Both Sides Now”
Folklore, WHAT FM: Philadelphia, PA (March 19, 1967)
- Intro to “Eastern Rain”
- “Eastern Rain”
- Intro to “Blue On Blue”
- “Blue On Blue”
“A Record Of My Changes” – Michael’s Birthday Tape: North Carolina (May 1967)
- “Gemini Twin”
- “Strawflower Me”
- “A Melody In Your Name”
- “Tin Angel”
- “I Don’t Know Where I Stand”
- Joni improvising
Folklore, WHAT FM: Philadelphia, PA (May 28, 1967)
- Intro to “Sugar Mountain”
- “Sugar Mountain”
Disc Four
Home Demo: New York City, NY (ca. June 1967)
- “I Had A King”
- “Free Darling”
- “Conversation”
- “Morning Morgantown”
- “Dr. Junk”
- “Gift Of The Magi”
- “Chelsea Morning”
- “Michael From Mountains”
- “Cara’s Castle”
- “Jeremy” (Incomplete)
Live at Canterbury House: Ann Arbor, MI (October 27, 1967)
First Set
- “Conversation”
- Intro to “Come To The Sunshine”
- “Come To The Sunshine”
- Intro to “Chelsea Morning”
- “Chelsea Morning”
- Intro to “Gift Of The Magi”
- “Gift Of The Magi”
- “Play Little David”
- Intro to “The Dowie Dens Of Yarrow”
- “The Dowie Dens Of Yarrow”
- “I Had A King”
- Intro to “Free Darling”
- “Free Darling”
- Intro to “Cactus Tree”
- “Cactus Tree”
Disc Five
Live at Canterbury House: Ann Arbor, MI (October 27, 1967)
Second Set
- “Little Green”
- Intro to “Marcie”
- “Marcie”
- Intro to “Ballerina Valerie”
- “Ballerina Valerie”
- “The Circle Game”
- Intro to “Michael From Mountains”
- “Michael From Mountains”
- “Go Tell The Drummer Man”
- Intro to “I Don’t Know Where I Stand”
- “I Don’t Know Where I Stand”
Third Set
- “A Melody In Your Name”
- Intro to “Carnival In Kenora”
- “Carnival In Kenora”
- “Songs To Aging Children Come”
- Intro to “Dr. Junk”
- “Dr. Junk”
- “Morning Morgantown”
- Intro to “Night In The City”
- “Night In The City”
- “Both Sides Now”
“Urge For Going