Dreamland

by Joni Mitchell

Overview

Dreamland is the second volume in Joni Mitchell's self-compiled series of "theme" retrospectives. The first, issued on the Geffen label, was entitled The Beginning of Survival. It focused on songs that dug deep into social, cultural, political, and environmental themes, as "commentaries on the world in which we live." Dreamland was compiled from her Asylum, Reprise, and Nonesuch years and focuses, for lack of a better term, on the jazzier side of her catalog musically, including songs with lyrics are all highly imagistic in their makeup. Most are dealing with love and life in the process of moving through it. From "Free Man in Paris" and the title track, to "In France They Kiss on Main Street," "Come in From the Cold," "Help Me," and of course, "You Turn Me on I'm a Radio," these songs turn the tide for the listener from the place of observing love to the terrain of being caught up in it, where everything is hyperreal and the senses are heightened. The other, tempered side of love is offered with the orchestral version of "Both Sides Now" and "For the Roses." But there are other songs, too, like "Furry Sings the Blues," which paints a nocturnal landscape of the blues past, as visited by the protagonist in dreaming, or travel as an other reality in the orchestral reading of "Amelia," or in "California." In each instance, the view of reality presented is distorted, either by memory, the acute hypersensitivity of the heart, or by the notion of displacement. All of these strains weave a new terrain from Mitchell's oeuvre. The package is, once again, a delight, featuring a fine appreciation by Cameron Crowe, and reproductions of ten of Mitchell's paintings. While the material here has all been released before, as has always been the case with Mitchell's work, context is everything. This bold new context offers a startling view of the artist as auteur. ~ Thom Jurek

Product Details

Release Date:	09/14/2004
Label:	Rhino
UPC:	0081227652029
Rank:	95887

Tracks

1. Free Man in Paris
2. In France They Kiss on Main Street
3. Dreamland
4. The Jungle Line
5. Furry Sings the Blues
6. You Turn Me on I'm a Radio
7. Carey
8. Big Yellow Taxi
9. California
10. Help Me
11. Nothing Can Be Done
12. Dancin' Clown
13. Come in from the Cold
14. Amelia
15. For the Roses
16. Both Sides Now
17. The Circle Game

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Joni Mitchell   Primary Artist,Piano,Guitar,Vocals,Dulcimer,Keyboards,Moog Synthesizer,Guitar (Acoustic),Vocals (Background)
Max Bennett   Guitar (Bass),Bass
David Crosby   Vocals (Background),Guest Artist
Jim Hughart   Guitar (Bass),Bass
Jose Feliciano   Guest Artist,Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background)
Jacob Heringman   Lute
Iain Dixon   Clarinet,Clarinet (Bass)
Stan Sulzmann   Clarinet,Flute
Philip Todd   Flute,Clarinet,Flute (Alto),Sax (Soprano)
John Lenehan   Piano
Tony Lewis   Celli,Cello
Peter Lale   Viola
Martin Loveday   Celli,Cello
Stephen Stills   Bass,Guitar
Rita Manning   Violin
Skaila Kanga   Harp
Anna Noakes   Flute
Paul Kegg   Celli,Cello
Helen Keen   Flute
Everton Nelson   Violin
Paulinho Da Costa   Percussion
Patrick Kiernan   Violin
Sneaky Pete Kleinow   Pedal Steel
Paul Archibald   Trumpet
Richard Henry   Trombone,Trombone (Bass)
Dave Arch   Piano
Stuart Brooks   Trumpet
Bill Dillon   Guitar
Chaka Khan   Vocals
Joe Sample   Piano,Piano (Electric)
Philip Dukes   Viola
Paul Horn   Flute,Clarinet
Larry Carlton   Guitar,Guitar (Electric)
Jaco Pastorius   Bells,Cowbell
Chuck Berghofer   Bass,Bass (Acoustic)
Garfield Jackson   Viola
Larry Klein   Bass,Guitar,Director,Keyboards,Percussion,Bass (Electric)
Steve Sidwell   Trumpet
Graham Nash   Harmonica,Vocals (Background)
Rachel Bolt   Viola
Nigel Black   Horn
Russ Kunkel   Drums
Vince Mendoza   Conductor
James Taylor   Guitar,Guitar (Acoustic),Vocals (Background)
Roger Harvey   Trombone
Mark Isham   Trumpet
Helen Tunstall   Harp
Wayne Shorter   Soloist,Sax (Tenor),Sax (Soprano)
Derek Watkins   Trumpet
Richard Skinner   Bassoon,Contrabassoon
Neil Young   Harmonica
Cathy Thompson   Violin
Bobbye Hall   Percussion
Simon Gardner   Trumpet
Julian Leaper   Violin
Perry Mason   Violin
Warren Zielinski   Violin
Michael Landau   Guitar
Katherine Shave   Violin
Anthony Pike   Bass,Clarinet
Airto   Surdo
Peter Oxer   Violin
Mark Berrow   Violin
Wilton Felder   Bass,Guitar (Bass)
John Pigneguy   Horn
Owen Slade   Tuba
Billy Preston   Organ (Hammond)
David Pyatt   Horn
John Barclay   Trumpet
Brian Blade   Drums
Bruce White   Viola
Donald McVay   Viola
Michael McMenemy   Violin
Frank Schaefer   Celli
Manu Katche   Drums,Percussion
Manolo Badrena   Congas
Hugh Webb   Harp
Gavyn Wright   Violin,Orchestra Leader
Vinnie Colaiuta   Drums
Pete Beachill   Trombone
Chris Laurence   Bass
Steve Stevens   Guitar
Boguslav Kostecki   Violin
Gustav Clarkson   Viola
David Daniels   Celli,Cello
Kenny Wheeler   Trumpet,Flugelhorn
Jackie Shave   Violin
Chris Cowie   Oboe
Nick Bucknall   Clarinet
Andy Findon   Flute
David Baerwald   Vocals
Frank Ricotti   Percussion
Helen Liebmann   Celli,Cello
Don Alias   Blocks,Percussion,Drums (Snare)
Roger Garland   Violin
Teresa Adams   Cello
Don McVay   Viola
Andy Crowley   Trumpet
Jamie Talbot   Flute,Clarinet,Sax (Alto)
John Guerin   Drums,Percussion
Jeff Baxter   Guitar,Guitar (Electric)
Robben Ford   Guitar,Guitar (Electric)
Peter Erskine   Drums
Crosby & Nash   Vocals (Background)
Jim Horn   Sax (Baritone)
Richard Edwards   Trombone
Plas Johnson   Sax (Tenor)
Milt Holland   Chimes,Percussion
Liz Edwards   Violin
Wilf Gibson   Violin
Thomas Dolby   Marimba
Anthony Pleeth   Celli,Cello
Johnathan Rees   Violin
Neil Sidwell   Trombone
Tom Scott   Horn,Oboe,Woodwind
Alex Acuna   Shaker,Percussion
Richard Berry   Horn
Gerard Presencer   Trumpet
Herbie Hancock   Piano
Mary Scully   Bass
Richard Watkins   Horn
Victor Feldman   Piano,Percussion,Piano (Electric)
Simon Fischer   Violin
Mike Brittain   Bass
Simon Rayner   Horn
David Emanuel   Violin
Jonathan Strange   Violin
Vaughan Armon   Violin
Lookout Mountain United Downstairs Choir   Choir/Chorus,Vocals (Background)
Saskatunes   Vocals
Dermot Crehan   Violin
Richard Bissell   Horn
Peter Hansen   Violin
David Bucknall   Celli
Peter Davies   Trombone
Andrew Crowley   Trumpet
Justin Ward   Viola
Heather Nicholl   Clarinet
Ben Cruft   Violin
Katie Wilkinson   Viola
The Sasaktunes   Choir/Chorus
David Stewart   Trombone,Trombone (Bass)
Zoe Lake   Viola
Paul Gradham   Horn
Wilfred Gibson   Violin
Catherine Bradshaw   Viola
Paul Willey   Violin
Robin Firman   Celli
Steven Orton   Celli
Phillip Eastop   Horn
Ivo Jan van der Werff   Viola
Phil Todd   Flute,Clarinet
Michael Thompson   Horn
Matthew Scrivener   Violin
J. Neil Sidwell   Trombone
Jonathan Evans-Jones   Violin
Godfrey Salmon   Violin
Simon Benson   Bass
Antonia Fuchs   Violin
Paddy Lannigan   Bass
Stephen Henderson   Percussion
William Lockhart   Percussion
Gavin McNaughton   Bassoon
David Fuest   Clarinet
Hugh Seenan   Horn
Susan Bohling   Oboe,Cornet,Anglais
Helen Hathorn   Violin
Jonathan Tunnell   Celli
Rebecca Hirsch   Violin
David Ayre   Bass
Timothy Grant   Viola
Perry Montague-Mason   Violin
Marc Scully   Bass
John Anderson   Oboe
Maciej Rakowski   Violin
Michael Hext   Trombone
Robin O'Neill   Bassoon
David Woodcock   Violin
James McLeod   Violin
Christopher Tombling   Violin
Benedict Cruft   Violin
Julie Andrews   Bassoon
Leon Bosch   Bass
Mike McMenemy   Violin
Robert Smissen   Viola
Paul Gardham   Horn
Bill Benham   Viola
Glyn Matthews   Percussion
Chris Baron   Percussion
Douglas Mackie   Violin
Katie Wilkinson Khoroshunin   Viola
Sue Bohling   Oboe
Kathy Shave   Violin

Technical Credits

Larry Klein   Audio Production,Composer,Producer
Joni Mitchell   Audio Production,Design,Arranger,Composer,Lyricist,Producer,Paintings,Art Direction,Compilation Producer
Bobby Notkoff   Arranger
Vince Mendoza   Arranger
Mike Engstrom   Executive Producer
Hugh Brown   Photography
Randy Perry   Project Assistant
Cameron Crowe   Liner Notes
John Austin   Project Assistant
Robin Hurley   Executive Producer
Reggie Collins   Discographical Annotation
Tom Scott   Group Member
Henry Lewy   Engineer
Sheryl Farber   Editorial Supervision
Matt Abels   Project Assistant
Berie Grunman   Remastering
Masaki Koike   Design,Art Direction
Leigh Hall   Project Assistant