Joni Mitchell – The Complete Geffen Recordings

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Label:	Geffen Records – B0000819-02
Series:	Chronicles
Format:	4 x CD, Album, Reissue Box Set, Limited Edition, Compilation
Country:	US
Released:	Nov 17, 2003
Genre:	Rock, Pop
Style:

Tracklist

	Wild Things Run Fast
1-1	Chinese Café/Unchained Melody	5:19
1-2	Wild Things Run Fast	2:16
1-3	Ladies' Man	2:39
1-4	Moon At The Window	3:42
1-5	Solid Love	3:06
1-6	Be Cool	4:12
1-7	(You're So Square) Baby, I Don't Care	2:39
1-8	You Dream Flat Tires	2:52
1-9	Man To Man	3:44
1-10	Underneath The Streetlight	2:16
1-11	Love	4:04
1-12	Two Grey Rooms (Unfinished Demo Version)	3:57
	Dog Eat Dog
2-1	Good Friends	4:29
2-2	Fiction	4:10
2-3	The Three Great Stimulants	6:14
2-4	Tax Free	4:19
2-5	Smokin' (Empty, Try Another)	1:46
2-6	Dog Eat Dog	4:44
2-7	Shiny Toys	3:28
2-8	Ethiopia	5:51
2-9	Impossible Dreamer	4:30
2-10	Lucky Girl	4:16
2-11	Good Friends (Unfinished Demo Version)	4:03
	Chalk Mark In A Rainstorm
3-1	My Secret Place	5:02
3-2	Number One	3:48
3-3	Lakota	6:27
3-4	The Tea Leaf Prophecy (Lay Down Your Arms)	4:54
3-5	Dancin' Clown	3:55
3-6	Cool Water	5:26
3-7	The Beat Of Black Wings	5:25
3-8	Snakes And Ladders	5:44
3-9	The Reoccurring Dream	3:05
3-10	A Bird That Whistles (Arrangement Of The Traditional Work "Corrina, Corrina")	2:37
	Night Ride Home
4-1	Night Ride Home	3:21
4-2	Passion Play (When All The Slaves Are Free)	5:25
4-3	Cherokee Louise	4:32
4-4	The Windfall (Everything For Nothing)	5:16
4-5	Slouching Towards Bethlehem	6:54
4-6	Come In From The Cold	7:31
4-7	Nothing Can Be Done	4:54
4-8	The Only Joy In Town	5:12
4-9	Ray's Dad's Cadillac	4:33
4-10	Two Grey Rooms	4:14
4-11	It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Demo)	4:41

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Geffen Records
Copyright © – Geffen Records
Distributed By – Universal Music & Video Distribution, Corp.
Glass Mastered At – Technicolor Universal Media Services – 1111615091
Glass Mastered At – Technicolor Universal Media Services – 1111715088
Glass Mastered At – Technicolor Universal Media Services – 1111815087

Credits

Art Direction – Jeri Heiden, Vartan (4)
Compilation Producer – Mike Ragogna
Coordinator [Production] – Margaret Goldfarb
Design – Sara Cumings
Executive-Producer – Joni Mitchell
Management – Sam Feldman (2)
Mixed By – Mike Ragogna (tracks: 1-12, 2-11, 4-11), Suha Gur (tracks: 1-12, 2-11, 4-11)
Other [Editorial Assistance] – Beth Stempel, Lee Lodyga
Photography By [Cover] – Larry Klein
Research [Photo Research] – Ryan Null

Notes

Includes all the Mitchell albums released on Geffen between 1982-1991:
– Wild Things Run Fast (1982)
– Dog Eat Dog (1985)
– Chalk Mark In A Rainstorm (1988)
– Night Ride Home (1991)
plus 3 previously unreleased demo recordings, placed at the end of discs 1, 2 & 4.

New item comes sealed, with a sticker attached.
Box is 5" x 5", with track lists printed on back.
Discs are housed in cardboard 'wallet' sleeves, each reproducing the original CD booklet front & back.
86-page book: foreword by Mitchell, all lyrics, liner notes to most tracks [also at jonimitchell.com/music/album.cfm?id=24], photos (from the original albums and related), original credits and box set credits.

Discs are numbered ("Disc 1" etc.) but not named. Album names only are used in the book, without numbers.
Bonus tracks are subtitled 'Unfinished Demo Version' in the book (except 4-11, which has none), just 'Demo' on the box cover.
All demos are listed as "previously unreleased from the [respective album] sessions".

Track 1-1 spelling "Chinese Cafe/Unchained Melody" on the release.
Track 3-10 appears without the subtitle on the box cover.

Production credits for the "Dog Eat Dog" album differ from the 1985 original. On the box set, credits are listed as:
– Produced by Joni Mitchell
– Co-produced by Larry Klein
– Sound File Assistance by Thomas Dolby
whereas on the 1985 original they are listed as:
– Produced by Joni Mitchell (all tracks), Larry Klein (except 5), Mike Shipley (except 5), Thomas Dolby (except 3, 5 & 8).

Durations taken from media player [not listed on the release].

96K/24-bit Mastered from the original master tapes @ Universal Mastering Studios West - North Hollywood, CA
Demo versions mixed @ Universal Mastering Studios East - Edison, NJ

Art Direction & Design for Smog Design Inc.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 6 02498 60468 7
Barcode (String): 602498604687
Other (Disc 1, Sleeve): B0000819-02 JK01
Other (Disc 1, Disc): B0000819-02 CD01
Matrix / Runout (Disc 1): B000081902A 1111615091
Mould SID Code (Disc 1): IFPI 2A08
Other (Disc 2, Sleeve): B0000819-02 JK02
Other (Disc 2, Disc): B0000819-02 CD02
Matrix / Runout (Disc 2): B000081902B 1111715088
Mould SID Code (Disc 2): ifpi 2A52
Other (Disc 3, Sleeve): B0000819-02 JK03
Other (Disc 3, Disc): B0000819-02 CD03
Matrix / Runout (Disc 3): B000081902C 1111815087
Mould SID Code (Disc 3): ifpi 2A40
Other (Disc 4, Sleeve): B0000819-02 JK04
Other (Disc 4, Disc): B0000819-02 CD04
Matrix / Runout (Disc 4): B000081902D 1111915084
Mould SID Code (Disc 4): IFPI 2A29
Mastering SID Code (All Discs): IFPI L772

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
New Submission	The Complete Geffen Recordings (CD, Album, Reissue, CD, Album, Reissue, CD, Album, Reissue, CD, Album, Reissue, Box Set, Compilation, Limited Edition)	Geffen Records	UICY-90671/4	Japan	2007

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Reviews

w0rldclique Dec 27, 2018
Edited 5 years ago
I got lucky with this one and found this one at my local used bookstore for about $30! I was adamant about buying it (this was before I found out it goes for astronomically high online) but I bought it anyway. Glad I did! Not only is it worth a whole lot more than I paid for it, but it's also a great set with lots of awesome liner notes from Joni herself. One that comes to mind is the car wreck she mentions she and her then husband, Larry Klein were in right before recording Dog Eat Dog (the picture on the back of the album sleeve). She says that they both nearly died and ended up surviving it, obviously. Really awesome insight into those latter day recordings that not a lot of folks talk about. The demos are great, especially the Two Grey Rooms demo from 1982 and the Good Friends demo, which shows a much more organic sound in contrast to the very 80s synth production of the DED album. I love all four of these albums. In my opinion, Joni only got better as she aged. And this set proves it to me. As far as sound quality goes, it's top notch and probably a step up from the 80s/early 90s releases.