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Joni Mitchell Blue - Wow help me Agoners

I just got this CD and I love the honesty and emotion of it. Her voice is wonderful. I have some of her newer ones, but her voice and her raw emotion are so much better on Blue.

The recording is a little thin and wonder if there is a better version out there? Where do I get it? Last, can you Joni fans tell me which other albums are like Blue. I want to buy more of her stuff, but want the emotion, voice and style of Blue.

I know I should be more familiar with Blue as I am 44, but I just played it for the first time today. Now this is art!
grannyring
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viridian
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Unfortunately, early LP pressings of this are the best. Look for the word "stereo" at the bottom of the record label. There is no other album like this from Joni....or anyone.
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grannyring OP
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I am a big Van Morrison fan and I found her voice styling creative like Van's on Astral Weeks.
tarsando
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'Miles of Aisles' and 'For the Roses'. Plus if you can find a british pressing of 'Blue'
peter_s
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I have two LP pressings, not sure which ones they are as I'm currently away from home. But based on these two LP's, I would have to say that while Blue is a great work of artistry, it just isn't that well recorded. I hope that's not the case in reality, but both LP's sound thin to me - Joni sounds "small". I should look for the DCC CD and check that out.
lenny_zwik
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Can't help you with "Blue", but you should get Shadows and Light, a two HDCD live recording of a 1979 date issued in 1999. The band is killer: Don Alias (drums), Pat Metheny (guitar), Jaco Pastorius (bass), The Percussions (vocals) and I forget who else.
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