From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2014 #1851 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 Saturday, March 7 2015 Volume 2014 : Number 1851 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Joni and her Yosemite Sam [Victor ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2015 15:08:00 -0800 From: Victor Subject: Re: Joni and her Yosemite Sam Rush, another Canadian icon, is reissuing albums on vinyl this year, one a month. This month it is 2112. Sounds like it something she could pursue with relative ease. Victor in Bend NP: live kirtan streaming from Atlanta's Chantlanta festival http://newworldkirtan.com Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 7, 2015, at 2:47 PM, kbhla@fastmail.fm wrote: > > Great information and background, Dave! I wonder if someone is > misleading her about the cost of remixing/fixing the album? It is not > clear whether she does have the master tapes. If she doesn't, how > difficult would it be to improve the original? I'm sure with all the > improved technology, something could be done. It would be so great if > you could do it for her, since you've already worked on improving some > of her other recordings. > > I've also always thought Clouds was sonically flawed and noticed it more > than STAS. > > Kakki > >> On Sat, Mar 7, 2015, at 02:38 PM, Dave Blackburn wrote: >> 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. >> > 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: >> > 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 ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2014 #1851 ****************************** ------- To post messages to the list,sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------