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Gli storici album che nella seconda metà degli anni Settanta la condussero - a suo parere, e per suo volere - dall'hit department all'art department, dallo splendido Hejira a Shadows and Light, sono ora raccolti nell'atteso nuovo box antologico della Rhino The Asylum Albums (1976-1980), rimasterizzati da Bernie Grundman e accompagnati da nuove opere grafiche e pittoriche. Ne è giustamente orgogliosa lei, Joni Mitchell, così come una sua celebre fan, Meryl Streep: “It’s not just the artifact – music and lyrics – that Joni gives us. Her artistry leaves us, ourselves, changed. She has shifted things around inside us. And that’s how artists change the world.”
After The Hissing Of Summer Lawns tour, Joni retreated to Neil Young’s beach house to recover. Eager to travel but undecided about a destination, Mitchell was unexpectedly invited on a cross-country road trip with friends. It was one of three road trips she took between 1975 and 1976 and the beginning of a period defined by wanderlust, both in her physical travels and musical exploration. This transformative phase is the focal point of The Asylum Albums (1976-1980), the next release in the Joni Mitchell Archives series. The new collection showcases Mitchell at her most daring across Hejira (1976), Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter (1977), Mingus (1979), and the live album Shadows and Light (1980). Renowned audio engineer Bernie Grundman remastered all four releases included in this boxed set from the original flat analog master tapes.