OK everyone, let's not be too hasty. It may be a Fairlight oboe. It may not
be. I own a hardbound copy of Joni Mitchell Complete which has some photos
on the first few pages. And though I do not have access to this book at the
moment, there is a photo of a very hippy-ish Joni sitting on some wild
looking floor pillows and wearing some embroidered slippers which curl up at
the toes like little fairy shoes. There may even be little jingle bells
hanging from the edge of the curly part. I digress...In this photo, Joni is
playing a flute or a recorder and looking to the side at a bearded gentleman
(Graham Nash?). It looks like it's the inside of the Laurel Canyon House, or
maybe the retreat up in BC. Like I said, with my things in storage out west,
I'm relying on memory about all the details. But this is for certain, Joni
has an instrument in her mouth...unless it's a really big cigarette.
Besides, (and I don't know how accurate a Fairlight is) I can hear some very
tactile sounds on the oboe solo on the song "The Only Joy In Town." You can
hear the stops on the oboe making little clicking noises in the same way that
on some of the tunes on FTR, you can hear Joni's nails tapping against the
surface of the ivory keys, particularly on the percussive parts of Judgment
of the Moon and Stars and Let the Wind Carry Me and Banquet.
Just some thoughts. Do any of you hear any little source noises on any of
Joni's recordings? Could there be a source noise thread?
Ken, on a day that is very first-day-of-spring-like in southern Ohio
