Joni Mitchell – Blue (Hybrid SACD, Ultradisc UHR)
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Joni Mitchell – Appalachian dulcimer, guitar, piano & vocals [click here to see more vinyl featuring Joni Mitchell]
James Taylor – guitar (1, 4, 6, 9) [click here to see more vinyl featuring James Taylor]
Russ Kunkel – drums (4, 6, 9)
Stephen Stills – bass and guitar (4)
Sneaky Pete Kleinow – pedal steel guitar (6-7)
Written by Joni Mitchell
1 Hybrid SACD, mini LP Gatefold sleeve with an 8-page booklet
Numbered limited edition
Original analog Master tape : YES
Stereo
Studio
Label : MOFI
Original Label : Reprise
Recorded in 1971 at A&M, Hollywood, California
Engineered by Henry Lewy
Produced by Joni Mitchell
Mastered by Shawn R. Britton at Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Glass Mastered at Sony DADC
Cover photography by Tim Considine
Originally released in June 1971
Reissued in February 2024
Tracks:
- All I Want
- My Old Man
- Little Green
- Carey
- Blue
- California
- This Flight Tonight
- River
- A Case of You
- The Last Time I Saw Richard
Awards:
Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time – Ranked 3 / 500
Included in the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
Reviews:
“Sad, spare, and beautiful, Blue is the quintessential confessional singer/songwriter album. Forthright and poetic, Joni Mitchell's songs are raw nerves, tales of love and loss (two words with relative meaning here) etched with stunning complexity; even tracks like "All I Want," "My Old Man," and "Carey" -- the brightest, most hopeful moments on the record -- are darkened by bittersweet moments of sorrow and loneliness. At the same time that songs like "Little Green" (about a child given up for adoption) and the title cut (a hymn to salvation supposedly penned for James Taylor) raise the stakes of confessional folk-pop to new levels of honesty and openness, Mitchell's music moves beyond the constraints of acoustic folk into more intricate and diverse territory, setting the stage for the experimentation of her later work. Unrivaled in its intensity and insight, Blue remains a watershed.” AllMusic Review by Jason Ankeny
Ultra High-Resolution (UHR) is a dual-layer hybrid SACD recorded with Direct Stream Digital Technology at a sampling rate of 11.2 MHZ and a frequency response of DC to 100KHz. In addition, a high-precision down-conversion is utilized for the CD layer (16bit/44.1kHz) to preserve the sonic integrity of the original DSD capture. The result: State-of-the-art sound on any machine that can play either standard compact discs or SACDs.
Ratings :
AllMusic : 5 / 5 ; Discogs : 4.49 / 5