From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2014 #1852 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 1852 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Joni and her Yosemite Sam [Michael Sentance ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2015 18:26:18 -0500 From: Michael Sentance Subject: Re: Joni and her Yosemite Sam Thanks to all for the comments. In particular, Dave.I appreciated your illuminating the various issues attendant to STAS. I have learned a great deal and will be spending some of the day tomorrow listening to the music again. I apologize for the formatting issues in my original email. It looked fine to me when I sent it. And I want to clarify that the poem was lifted from Stephen Vincent BenC)t's work; it is part of his description of Robert E. Lee. I thought it worked for Joni - especially given her dim view of biographers. As for falling off the roof, it's best to do it into a six foot snow bank. As I did. The bones get rattled but otherwise ok. Best wishes. Michael On Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 6:08 PM, Victor wrote: > 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 Jonib s possession, it bogglers the mind why > >> she doesnb t 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 Lewyb s > >> first album with her. > >> > >> Dave ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2014 #1852 ****************************** ------- To post messages to the list,sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------