Joni Mitchell Don Juan's Reckless Daughter Rare 1977 Asylum Promo 2xLP Vinyl
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Don Juan's Reckless Daughter Studio album by Joni Mitchell Released December 13, 1977 Recorded 1977 Studio A&M Studios, Hollywood; orchestra recorded at Columbia Studio C, New York City; additional recording at Basing Street Studios, London Genre
- Folk jazz
- folk rock
- jazz fusion
- world
- Joni Mitchell
- Henry Lewy
- Steve Katz
(1976) Don Juan's Reckless Daughter
(1977) Mingus
(1979) Singles from Don Juan's Reckless Daughter
- "Off Night Backstreet"/"Jericho"
Released: 1978
Don Juan's Reckless Daughter is a 1977 double album by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. Her ninth album, it is unusual for its experimental style, expanding even further on the jazz fusion sound of Mitchell's Hejira from the year before. Mitchell has stated that, close to completing her contract with Asylum Records, she allowed this album to be looser than anything she had done previously.
Don Juan's Reckless Daughter was released in December 1977 to mixed reviews. It reached No. 25 on the Billboard charts and attained gold record status within three months.
Background and content
Much of the album is experimental, but especially so are: "Overture", played with six simultaneous guitars, some in different tunings from others, with vocal echo effects; "The Tenth World", an extended-length instrumental of Latin percussion; and "Dreamland", which features only percussion and voices (including that of Chaka Khan).
Most experimental of all is "Paprika Plains", a 16-minute song played on improvised piano and arranged with a full orchestra; it takes up all of Side 2. In it, Mitchell narrates a first-person description of a late-night gathering in a bar frequented by Indigenous peoples of Canada, touching on themes of hopelessness and alcoholism. At one point in the narrative, the narrator leaves the setting to watch the rain and enters into a dreamstate, and the lyrics – printed in the liner notes but not sung – become a mixture of references to innocent childhood memories, a nuclear explosion and an expressionless tribe gazing upon the dreamer. The narrator returns inside after the rain passes. In speaking to Anthony Fawcett about working on "Paprika Plains", Mitchell said:
The Improvisational, the spontaneous aspect of this creative process – still as a poet – is to set words to the music, which is a hammer and chisel process. Sometimes it flows, but a lot of times it's blocked by concept. And if you're writing free consciousness – which I do once in a while just to remind myself that I can, you know, because I'm fitting little pieces of this puzzle together – the end result must flow as if it was spoken for the first time.
"Off Night Backstreet" was released as a single backed with "Jericho," but did not chart.
Two of the album's songs had previously been released: "Jericho" by Mitchell on her 1974 live album Miles of Aisles and "Dreamland" by Roger McGuinn on his 1976 album Cardiff Rose.
Don Juan's Reckless Daughter featured contributions from prominent jazz musicians, including four members of Weather Report – Jaco Pastorius, Wayne Shorter, Manolo Badrena, and Alex Acuña.
Artwork
The album jacket is a photomontage and includes three photographs of Mitchell. In the foreground she is in blackface as her "reputed alter ego, a black hipster named Art Nouveau".
Track listing
All tracks are written by Joni Mitchell, except where noted.
Side one No. Title Length 1. "Overture – Cotton Avenue" 6:41 2. "Talk to Me" 3:45 3. "Jericho" 3:22 Side two No. Title Length 1. "Paprika Plains" 16:21 Side three No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Otis and Marlena" 4:09 2. "The Tenth World" Joni Mitchell, Don Alias, Manolo Badrena, Alex Acuña, Airto Moreira, Jaco Pastorius 6:45 3. "Dreamland" 4:38 Side four No. Title Length 1. "Don Juan's Reckless Daughter" 6:36 2. "Off Night Backstreet" 3:20 3. "The Silky Veils of Ardor" 4:01price rating
