ONE LP PORTRAITS: MUSIC LOVERS: Colin Anderson

{quote}I love this album; it accompanied my own “exile” from childhood to adolescence, a happy time of excitement and change. The lyrics reflect on the experience of travel, full of frank recollections and stories of encounters along the way. I think musically it represents a departure from some her previous, more pop-oriented songs to a more complex, jazz inspired sound. The fabulous, melting fretless bass lines of Jasco Pastorius are a real joy throughout. Refuge of the Road remains my favourite with its closing reference to the profound “Earthrise” photograph, taken by Apollo astronaut Bill Anders.”One LP Session: Colin AndersonSession Date: 2 December 2021Location: Loud & Clear, EdinburghArtist/ensemble Joni MitchellRecording Title: Hejira Released: November 1976Recorded: 1976Studio A&M, HollywoodLength: 51:55Label: AsylumProducer Joni Mitchell, Henry Lewy
Colin Anderson, Joni Mitchell: Hejira

 

"I love this album; it accompanied my own “exile” from childhood to adolescence, a happy time of excitement and change. The lyrics reflect on the experience of travel, full of frank recollections and stories of encounters along the way. I think musically it represents a departure from some her previous, more pop-oriented songs to a more complex, jazz inspired sound. The fabulous, melting fretless bass lines of Jasco Pastorius are a real joy throughout. Refuge of the Road remains my favourite with its closing reference to the profound “Earthrise” photograph, taken by Apollo astronaut Bill Anders.” 

 

One LP Session: Colin Anderson 

Session Date: 2 December 2021 

Location: Loud & Clear, Edinburgh 

Artist/ensemble Joni Mitchell 

Recording Title: Hejira  

Released: November 1976 

Recorded: 1976 

Studio A&M, Hollywood 

Length: 51:55 

Label: Asylum 

Producer Joni Mitchell, Henry Lewy