LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

Joni Mitchell, live between 1966 and 1968 - a special program hosted and broadcast by WMMR-FM

On January 29th 1974, Philadelphia's WMMR-FM hosted a special Joni Mitchell broadcast, presented by Ed Sciaky and Gene Shay, and featuring rare live performances and interviews from her early appearances on the station, recorded between 1966 and 1968, both in the studio and at the city's renowned Second Fret folk club.

The result is a unique document of a great artist at the outset of their career and is presented here together with background notes and images.

Track Listing:

Disc One

• WMMR intro

Second Fret on 17 November 1966

• Interview
• The Circle Game (with Chuck Mitchell)

Folklore, WHAT-FM studios on 28 May 1967

• Sugar Mountain

Second Fret on 17 March 1967

• Backstage interview

Folklore, WHAT-FM studios on 12 March 1967

• Both Sides Now (with Leonda Newberry)
• Interview

Second Fret on 12 March 1967

• Mr. Blue
• Carnival in Kenora

Disc Two

• WMMR intro

Folklore, WHAT-FM studios on 19 March 1967 (with Gordon Lightfoot & Chuck Klein)

• Just Like Me
• Eastern Rain
• Blue on Blue

Second Fret on 17 March 1967

• Born to Take The Highway
• Winter Lady
• London Bridge

Folklore, WDAS-FM studios on 3 November 1968 (with Dave Van Ronk & Chris Smither)

• Interview
• Sisotowbell Lane
• Interview
• The Gallery

Second Fret on October 1967

• Go Tell The Drummer Man
• Conversation