JONI MITCHELL : LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL - 1969

  1. Chelsea Morning
  2. A Valentine For Joni
  3. Cactus Tree
  4. Night In The City
  5. I Had A King
  6. Blue Boy
  7. My American Skirt
  8. The Fiddle And The Drum
  9. Spoony's Wonderful Adventure
  10. That Song About The Midway
  11. Both Sides Now
  12. Marcie
  13. Nathan La Franeer
  14. Intro To The Gallery
  15. The Gallery
  16. Hunter
  17. Morning Morgantown
  18. Intro To Get Together
  19. Get Together
  20. Intro To The Circle Game/Little Green
  21. Medley: The Circle Game/Little Green
  22. Michael From Mountains
  23. Intro To Urge For Going
  24. Urge For Going

Label : Rhino Records

Venue : Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York, USA + Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley, California, USA

Recording Date : February 1, 1969 + February 14, 1969

Release Date : November 12, 2021

Length : 84:25

Review (Wikipedia) : Live at Carnegie Hall – 1969 is a live album by singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, released on November 12, 2021, by Rhino Records. The album, which is the eighth overall release and the second live release of the Joni Mitchell Archives, features the storied, two-set recording that was captured at New York City's famed Carnegie Hall in 1969. This separate live album was pressed exclusively on vinyl, and serves as a companion to Joni Mitchell Archives – Vol. 2: The Reprise Years (1968–1971), the box set from which its material is derived. Like its predecessor, Joni Mitchell Archives – Vol. 2: The Reprise Years (1968–1971) contains a number of recordings from Mitchell's personal archive, including a two-set recording of Joni's debut performance at the famed Carnegie Hall in New York City, New York on February 1, 1969. Her sold-out performance at the venue was attended by Bob Dylan and Graham Nash, and earned rave reviews in the press; Fred Kirby wrote in Billboard that Mitchell had "charmed a packed Carnegie Hall audience on Saturday ... Miss Mitchell doesn’t merely sing a song, the fine folk artist effectively interprets her material. And what a lineup of material! Beginning with 'Chelsea Morning' and ending with a medley of ‘The Circle Game’ and the new ‘Little Green,’ the outstanding material flowed." While discussing her career during the 1970s for Archives – Vol. 2, Joni recalled to Cameron Crowe about the night of her performance, specifically her experience with her parents and their thoughts about her garb of choice: I flew my parents [Bill and Myrtle] in for the show. We walked over to Carnegie Hall from the Plaza Hotel. Graham was wearing a floor-length maxi coat, black velvet, but with a pink-and-white chiffon tie-dye scarf. And I was wearing a green-and-white plaid coat. I've still got it. It looked like something from a Dickens play. My mother was embarrassed to be seen with us! In the liner notes for the vinyl release, Graham Nash also recounted his then-partner's clothing for her performance: Joni had bought a long vintage skirt that was made for a parade. On the front, in colorful sequins, was a large American eagle, and on the back was ... a large artichoke. At some point earlier in the evening Myrtle said, 'Oh, Joan. Is that what you're going to wear at Carnegie Hall? They look like rags.' Mitchell's father defended her after her mother made the rags comment, saying she looked like a "queen" in her outfit. She was thankful for his support and love, and said he "gave back [herself]". The design of the bald eagle found on the front of Joni's jacket from that evening is etched into the vinyl on the set's sixth side.