From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2014 #1179 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe:mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Website:http://jonimitchell.com JMDL Digest Monday, September 15 2014 Volume 2014 : Number 1179 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Hejira master tape [Dave Blackburn ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 21:36:55 -0700 From: Dave Blackburn Subject: Re: Hejira master tape Scott, its an attractive concept, but the running order of an album is often not decided until very late in the process (such as the mastering room). It is more likely we would be reading more into this than it warrants. The level of the lead vocal would also be a weird way to build intensity over the course of 45 minutes. Building the level or density of instruments would give more of a sense of increasing intensity I think. On Sep 14, 2014, at 8:26 PM, Scott Price wrote: > On 9/14/2014 8:05 AM, Dave Blackburn wrote: >> Listening to the Hejira master tape last week was, in many ways, revelatory. > > Great stuff Dave, thank you for sharing your (well-qualified) impressions of this master tape of Joni's master album. > > You write of the vocal tracks building up through "Refuge" which of course is the final cut on the album. I have always believed that many of Joni's albums built in intensity and reached a climax with a big finale, songs from their respective albums like "Judgement of the Moon and Stars," "Refuge of the Roads," and "The Silky Veils of Ardor" all being soaring summations that explore her duality themes. > > Is it possible that on Hejira the vocals were mixed in a sort of crescendo, so that by the time that final track (Refuge) is playing, it's like Joni's final emphatic stamp on her craft? > > I'm delighted that one of the faithful had the opportunity to hear this work in such a pure form, and thanks again for posting in such detail about the experience. > > Scott ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2014 #1179 ****************************** ------- To post messages to the list,sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------