Mitchell, Joni | Early Joni - 1963 | 1LP

Joni Mitchell is a Canadian singer, songwriter and painter, born Roberta Joan Anderson on 7 November 1943 in Fort Macleod, Alberta. She became known first as a songwriter, with songs including Both Sides Now, and then as a singer in her own right. Through the 1970s her work was deeply influenced by jazz, and she worked closely with jazz musicians including Pat Metheny, Wayne Shorter, Jaco Pastorius and Herbie Hancock.

Early Joni 1963 is a single vinyl LP album from Rhino Records, released in 2020 in the USA, Canada and Europe with an edition date of 30 October 2020. It is described as the first known recording of Joni Mitchell, made when she was 19 at radio station CFQC in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, around 1963, and it has not been released before. Barry Bowman, who was working as a DJ at CFQC in 1963, wrote the sleeve notes.

Track List

Side A

1. House of the Rising Sun
2. John Hardy
3. Dark As a Dungeon
4. Tell Old Bill
5. Nancy Whiskey

Side B

1. Anathea
2. Copper Kettle
3. Fare Thee Well (Dink's Song)
4. Molly Malone