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JMDL Digest         Saturday, March 7 2015         Volume 2014 : Number 1848



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  Re: Joni and her Yosemite Sam         [Dave Blackburn <beatntrack@att.net>]

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Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2015 14:38:06 -0800
From: Dave Blackburn <beatntrack@att.net>
Subject: Re: Joni and her Yosemite Sam

There is much debate as to whether Crosby was to blame for the production problems of STAS. There seem to be three directions the blame gets pointed in:

Some sources (stevehoffman.tv) say the original engineer did a lousy job tracking and then fell ill and was replaced by an Elektra staff engineer.
 <John Haeny, the Elektra recording engineer, came in as a favor to Crosby and did what became the final mix. Most of this information comes from Joni's biography and a history of Sunset Sound.> 

Another comment on rateyourmusic.com has this to say: 
<A promising debut, for sure, although Joni hasn't quite got her act together -- parts of it sound twee indeed. Still, some of the songs -- "Marcie", "Cactus Tree", "Michael From Mountains" -- are as strong as she ever did. Unfortunately the album suffers from extremely poor sound (not producer David Crosby's fault -- the record company was experimenting with a new stereo process at the time; Neil Young's debut suffered too).>

And then again, Crosby may, just may, have been stoned out of his gourd and went for some psychedelia with the rather icy gothic reverb and that bloody banshee wail!

If the master tapes are in Jonibs possession, it bogglers the mind why she doesnbt just hire a mix engineer to study the tapes and see what can be done. Does she really think it would be that expensive to remix a vocal/acoustic guitar album? Practically any engineer, myself included, would do it for free! She has the money if it did cost and she could restore a fine debut work to her approval, for her legacy.

I will also say that Clouds suffers from rather awful engineering and that was certainly nothing to do with David Crosby; it was Henry Lewybs first album with her.

Dave




> On Mar 7, 2015, at 1:35 PM, kbhla@fastmail.fm wrote:


> 
> Michael,
> 
> Awful to hear of your fall but glad you were up to writing that great
> post!
> 
> I was around 14 when I heard her first album and thought it was
> completely magical with a haunting feel to it.  Later many of us learned
> that Crosby had messed up the sound and it was a wreck but if one didn't
> know about the mistakes, one could still think that was the way it was
> supposed to sound.  It is definitely unique and one of my favorites "as
> is" but maybe it would be even more awesome if it was somehow fixed.
> 
> As for Crosby and Joni, even though we've read about their past
> relationship, I've always felt that they were mostly just really good
> buddies who had a lot of synergy and affection at the time.  I never
> could see him as one of her "true loves."  He is brutally honest about
> her and she is the same about him.  It is kind of funny - like the
> Bickersons, haha!  Also, Anita is right about how assessments of
> personal relationships can change and evolve with the passage of time.
> 
> Really love your beautiful poem and think it is brilliant.    
> 
> <All things except the heart
> The heart she kept herself, that answers all.
> For here was someone who lived all her life
> In the most fierce and open light of the sun,
> Wrote letters freely, did not guard her speech,
> Listened and talked with every sort of man,
> And kept her heart a secret to the end
> From all the picklocks of biographers.>
> 
> Kakki

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