Joni Mitchell - The Way It Is

Recorded as a theme tune for a Canadian current affairs TV show, this performance is from 1968 and has a lengthy introduction by Joni describing her experiences of the performance on TV for new years eve.

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[PoetryMan11]

Thanks for posting this club date version of the song. If you know, where and when was this recorded? It sounds circa 68 or 69 when she was heavy into doing club dates all up and down the east coast of the US. LIstening to Joni is like listening to Beethoven no matter how many timesteh same music remains fresh and each performance gives the opportunity to experience a different facet of its sparkle.

[danrag]

@PoetryMan11

January 10th 1968, Cambridge, MA - part of a full set which also included Gift of the Magi, Come To The Sunshine, Ballerina Valerie (aka Joni's Coke Commercial) and a rare live version of The Pirate of Penance

[skinnyjohnsen]

Thank you so much. This was a beautifully rare experiance ;-)

[guruuDev]

Wow it's such a great song. Too bad it didn't go on an album.

[bookkeeper57]

David Crosby's favorite songwriter, whose first album he produced.

Graham Nash, who once lived with her, said that when she was writing, it was

like watching someone "channeling"; she was subjectively preoccupied until

the song was finished.