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Joni Mitchell’s Early Years Celebrated With New Box Set of Unreleased Music, ‘Joni Mitchell Archives, Volume 1’

If you’re as big a fan of Joni Mitchell as we are, you probably did a double-take at that headline. And with good reason. Joni Mitchell – the artist, songwriter, and singer who has created some of the most influential music of all time – has a reputation for not looking back. Despite her considerable legacy and personal archive full of treasures, it wasn’t until recently that she began really celebrating her past. Films, tribute concerts, and a recent book of art and lyrics have done their part to reaffirm her influence and artistry in the public consciousness, but now Joni Mitchell has approved something long thought unthinkable, a series of box sets and archival albums that shows the arc of her artistry, to be released over the next several years.   And particularly pleasing to hear that Joni “has been intimately involved in producing the archive series, lending her vision and personal touch to every element of the project.”

Each disc of Joni Mitchell Archives – Volume 1 comes housed in its own printed wallet sleeve. The enclosed 40-page booklet features unseen photographs from Mitchell’s personal archives and new liner notes by Cameron Crowe, who will pen the notes for future volumes. The liner notes are drawn from new conversations with Joni Mitchell where she discusses her beginnings as a folk singer, her transition into songwriting, and her ascent as an artist. It’s all packaged in a slipcase that Joni helped design.