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Joni Mitchell Revisits Her Move From the ‘Hit Department’ to the ‘Art Department’ on Late Seventies Box Set


Joni Mitchell will release 'The Asylum Albums (1976-1980),' a remastering of her late Seventies work, with liner notes by Meryl Streep.

The Asylum Albums (1976-1980) marked Mitchell’s move from the “hit department” to the “art department.” She kicked off the era following her Hissing of Summer Lawns tour, when she retreated to her pal Neil Young ‘s beach house. “Happy Birthday 1975” “God Must Be A Boogie Man” “Funeral” (Rap) “A Chair In The Sky” “The Wolf That Lives In Lindsey” “Black Crow” Don’s Solo “Dreamland” “Free Man In Paris” Band Introduction “Furry Sings The Blues”

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