Comments on: A young woman with a Harmony ukelele opened with a traditional folk song

A young woman with a Harmony ukelele opened with a traditional folk song

dancestoblue — Mon, 19 Apr 2021 23:01:39 -0800

Earliest known recording of Joni Mitchell, thought lost forever, found in B.C. basement. Summer 1963. Joni Mitchell. The House Of The Rising Sun.

By: Bella Donna

Bella Donna — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 00:36:52 -0800

Thanks for the post, dancestoblue. It was nice to wake up to this.

By: jamjam

jamjam — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 00:50:55 -0800

What a superb performance of that song! I am utterly shocked she was that good that early in her career.

By: Mr. Yuck

Mr. Yuck — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 01:45:00 -0800

That voice.

By: Dressed to Kill

Dressed to Kill — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 02:38:08 -0800

Thank you - that was lovely! Does anyone know if Mitchell has recovered from what she defined as Morgellon's Disease?

By: dancestoblue

dancestoblue — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 03:09:23 -0800

What a superb performance of that song! I am utterly shocked she was that good that early in her career. posted by jamjam at 2:50 AM on April 20 A friend sent me that song, said "Hey, I think you might enjoy this." I am blown out by her take on that song. It's understated, it's elegant, it's crystal clear, it's perfectly beautiful. She pulls this off at 19. I debated -- should I post this on The Blue or not. It's one song, that's a thin post maybe. But it's so, so beautiful. Plus it's more than only that song -- it's the whole story behind it, a tape lost in a basement for 50 years -- would the tape be trashed maybe, would 1963 equipment be able to capture her as well as it did. Great story. So the back-story is interesting. But what really caught me, and I thought might catch others here, is how talented she was at 19.

By: thelonius

thelonius — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 03:43:17 -0800

Does anyone know if Mitchell has recovered from what she defined as Morgellon's Disease? I do not know, but she survived a brain aneurysm a few years ago, and has made a few public appearances over the last couple of years.

By: thelonius

thelonius — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 04:02:38 -0800

I wonder how the ukulele was tuned

By: ShooBoo

ShooBoo — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 06:55:23 -0800

I wonder how the ukulele was tuned The first link above to the CBC article has an embedded YouTube video of the first time the newly discovered tape is played. In it, at about 2:10, they say: it's a baritone ukulele, usually tuned like a guitar, but with Joni Mitchell, you never know.

By: thelonius

thelonius — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 07:06:30 -0800

yes that was the joke

By: mermayd

mermayd — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 08:37:50 -0800

Lovely and heartbreaking.

By: Liquidwolf

Liquidwolf — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 09:53:29 -0800

Beautiful.

By: Sublimity

Sublimity — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 10:05:20 -0800

Amazing. Thanks for sharing this.

By: box

box — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 10:23:57 -0800

Joni Mitchell Archives Volume One starts with 'The House of the Rising Sun,' and it ends with a previously-unreleased full recording of a 1967 concert at Canterbury House in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Here are early versions of 'Morning Morgantown' and 'Both Sides Now.'

By: Gelatin

Gelatin — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 12:18:34 -0800

Sublime.

By: dancestoblue

dancestoblue — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 12:39:09 -0800

Joni Mitchell Archives Volume One starts with 'The House of the Rising Sun,' and it ends with a previously-unreleased full recording of a 1967 concert at Canterbury House in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Here are early versions of 'Morning Morgantown' and 'Both Sides Now.' posted by box at 12:23 PM on April 20 Great find. I wish we could put it into original post and start over again.

By: Mchelly

Mchelly — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 13:04:41 -0800

I don't think I've ever used the word "sublime" before other than maybe ironically, but damn. And at 19. That was just sublime.

By: BWA

BWA — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 14:27:45 -0800

The story of the song itself is the subject of Chasing the Rising Sun: The Journey of an American Song. Many twists and turns.

By: y2karl

y2karl — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 15:46:24 -0800

On a related note:

On May 6, 1961, 19-year-old Bob Dylan travelled to the Indian Neck Festival, held at the Montowesi Hotel in Branford, Connecticut to perform a small set.