DIR - 63 JONI MITCHELL& JAMES TAYLOR - LIVE IN LONDON 1970

JONI MITCHELL& JAMES TAYLOR - LIVE IN LONDON 1970
Il Dizionario Del Rock – N.° 63

1 Carey 2:54
2 Steam Roller 3:11
3 Circle Game 7:43
4 California 4:44
5 Rainy Day Man 2:49
6 For Free 4:26
7 Carolina On My Mind 3:26
8 The Gallery 4:12
9 The Priest 3:43
10 You Can Close Your Eyes 2:26

Note
Live in London 1970 at the Royal Albert Hall, London back on the 28th October 1970.

This album is part of the italian series made by Armando Curcio Editore.

This album as been digitally remastered in 1991, it has a fine cover, fine audio quality for the time.

Due to its rarity and good quality, this disc is recommended. These bootlegs offer an excellent image of the various bands, in some cases, better than the official material of the time. Please note that many of these bootlegs and songs have been released officially in different moments:

Please read below for other infos.

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Tracks 1-10 have been released officially on: Joni Mitchell Archives Vol. 2: The Reprise Years (1968-1971) in 2021
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James Taylor live in London
This is Joni Mitchell and James Taylor in concert at the Royal Albert Hall, London back on the 28th October 1970.
The performance was some two weeks after their collective appearance at the Amchitka Concert on October 16th 1970 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, which was a fund raising concert for what would eventually become GreenPeace.

This is a high quality recording and reflects two people who are clearly enjoying themselves. The concert was originally broadcast on BBC Radio and is introduced by then BBC DJ John Peel, the concert was also broadcast on WNEW in New York
Notes that came with this ROIO are as follows : The king and queen of new folk were an unlikely match of the sweet, smooth-talking Taylor and the giggly, elfish Mitchell. Together they visited London and were graciously hosted by the BBC’s John Peel whom you can hear introducing the pair. At the time of post-Dylan folk music, much interest was shown to introspective songwriting, hence Peel’s interest.

This performance exudes both warmth and charm with the pair playing on each other’s strengths and Joni taking lead vocals on James’ You Can Close Your Eyes while singing her own quirky songs The Priest, California and her early favourite The Circle Game.
There’s quite a lot of between song banter with the audience that makes this set so charming for its innocence and exuberance. Nobody was thinking about being an American idol then but rather just spreading their music.

Joni Mitchell to release two live sets taped by Jimi Hendrix in 1968  

Joni Mitchell is to release a two-set live performance recorded by Jimi Hendrix at a Coffee House in Ottawa, Canada, in 1968.The recording was captured on March 19, 1968 at Le Hibou Coffee House in Ottawa, Ontario during a two week residency by Mitchell ahead of the release of her debut album, Song To A Seagull, which came out just four days later.

Earlier the same evening, Jimi Hendrix had performed at the Capitol Theater, just over a kilometre away. The guitarist had spoken to Mitchell and noted his plans to record her performance in his diary, writing "Talked with Joni Mitchell on the phone. I think I’ll record her tonight with my excellent tape recorder (knock on wood)... hmmm... can’t find any wood... everything’s plastic." (See diary entry, below).

The recording, which comes from Mitchell's upcoming collection Joni Mitchell Archives Vol. 2: The Reprise Years (1968-1971) was captured with Hendrix sitting on the floor at the front of the stage.
In the sleeve notes to Joni Mitchell Archives Vol. 2: The Reprise Years (1968-1971), Michell says, "They came and told me, ‘Jimi Hendrix is here, and he’s at the front door.’ I went to meet him. He had a large box. He said to me, ‘My name is Jimi Hendrix. I'm on the same label as you. Reprise Records.’ We were both signed about the same time. He said, ‘I'd like to record your show. Do you mind?’ I said, ‘no, not at all.’ There was a large reel-to-reel tape recorder in the box.

“The stage was only about a foot off the ground. He knelt at edge of the stage, with a microphone, at my feet. All during the show, he kept twisting knobs. He was engineering it, I don't know what he was controlling, volume? He was watching the needles or something, messing with knobs. He beautifully recorded this tape. Of course I played part of the show to him. He was right below me."

Hendrix’s tape was stolen a few days later and assumed to be lost forever, but it resurfaced recently in a private collection that was donated to the Library and Archives Canada (LAC), and returned to Mitchell.
Joni Mitchell Archives Vol. 2: The Reprise Years (1968-1971) will be released as a 5-CD set  and as a 10-LP, limited-edition set available exclusively from the Joni Mitchell webstore. The latter comes with an exclusive 7”x7” art print featuring a never-before-seen illustration by Mitchell from the era.
Joni Mitchell Archives Vol. 2: The Reprise Years (1968-1971) is released on October 29.

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