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On 22nd June, 1971, Joni Mitchell released Blue, concluding her prolific four album run for Reprise Records with an album considered by many to be one of the greatest of all time. Its stirring, confessional songs have been celebrated by music lovers and critics alike for decades while inspiring a wide variety of artists as diverse as Prince and Taylor Swift. Even today, its stature as a masterpiece continues to grow. Just last year, the album was named 3 on Rolling Stones list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. To celebrate the albums 50th anniversary, Rhino is releasing THE REPRISE ALBUMS 19681971, the next instalment of the Joni Mitchell Archives series, featuring newly remastered versions of Blue 1971 and the three albums that came before it Song To A Seagull 1968, Clouds 1969, and Ladies Of The Canyon 1970. In the case of Song To A Seagull, the original mix has been recently updated by Mitchell and mixer Matt Lee. The original mix was atrocious, says Mitchell. It sounded like it was recorded under a jello bowl, so I fixed it THE REPRISE ALBUMS 19681971 will be available on 25 th June in a 4CD boxset.The cover art for THE REPRISE ALBUMS 19681971 features a previously unseen selfportrait Mitchell sketched during the time period. The collection also includes an essay by Grammy winning singersongwriter Brandi Carlile, another artist whos been influenced greatly by Mitchell. She writes In my opinion Blue is the greatest album ever made. Blue didnt make me a better songwriter. Blue made me a better womanhellip No matter what we are dealing with in these times we can rejoice and know that of all the ages we could have lived through, we lived in the time of Joni Mitchell. Joni Mitchell Boxset is available for home delivery from Vinyl Records London, only £35 +P&P