#1 As Steve said, it is a microphone. There is a small B&W version of this photo on the PBS site at http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/mitchell_j_homepage.html #2 This scratchy distortion must be on the master tapes, as it has appeared on every version of "Blue" There are several examples of it on the album. I used to have a list of them all, but can't find it. There are 6 or 10 of them on various songs. My guess is that they were caused by a faulty mic preamp. They either went unnoticed, or they knew they were there, but the performances were so powerful they just decided to leave them in. RR
> At 04:20 AM 12/4/02 -0800, you wrote: > >Greetings. > > > >1. on the cover of Blue, what's that on joni's chin? > >I've checked the archives, and someone has > >already asked this, but never got an answer. > > > > It's a microphone- or the reflection off of it. Remember, this is (almost) > a posterized pic of a (probable) Black & white shot. > > Don't know the answer to Q.#2. > > Steve > > >2. on the CD version, in the song "This Flight > >Tonight", there are 2 areas where there is a > >little scratchy distortion (one at around 1:14 > >where she sings "mythical", and another little one > >around "starbright, you got...". was this on the > >original vinyl, or have they done a bad job on > >the CD? > > > >-- james.
