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The Way It Is (Chelsea Recording)

by Joni Mitchell · from Archives, Vol. 2: The Reprise Years (1968-1971)

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The Way It Is (Chelsea Recording)

by Joni Mitchell · from Archives, Vol. 2: The Reprise Years (1968-1971)

2021Pop3:28Track 5

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I respect it more than I love it. “The Way It Is (Chelsea Recording)” is undeniable though.

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Review by Cass Moreno★★★★½Sample

an album you don't listen to so much as live inside for a month.

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Review by DeShawn Price★★★★½Sample

Every time I think I've found my favourite track, “The Way It Is (Chelsea Recording)” comes on and starts an argument.

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Review by Priya Raman★★★Sample

vibes immaculate, lyrics occasionally a little 'live laugh love'

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Review by Yuki Tanaka★★★★Sample

i get it now. i didn't for years. i do now.

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Also on Archives, Vol. 2: The Reprise Years (1968-1971)

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Disc 1
1
Midnight Cowboy (Home Demo 1)
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2:31
2
The Dawntreader (Home Demo with Vocal Overdub)
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2:01
3
Song to a Seagull (Home Demo)
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3:54
4
Midnight Cowboy (Home Demo 2)
sample avg 2.9
3:55
5
The Way It Is (Chelsea Recording)
sample avg 3.9
3:28
6
Turn Around (Incomplete Chelsea Recording)
sample avg 3.8
1:22
7
I Had a King (Home Demo with Piano Overdub)
sample avg 3.7
3:38
8
Roses Blue (Home Demo with Peacock Harp Overdub)
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3:25
9
The Fiddle and the Drum (Piano Home Demo)
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3:25
10
Jeremy (Song to a Seagull Session)
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3:34
11
Conversation (Song to a Seagull Session)
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5:01
12
Both Sides Now (Song to a Seagull Session)
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4:10
13
The Gift of the Magi (Song to a Seagull Session)
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4:18
14
It's Easy (Chelsea Recording)
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2:12
15
Another Melody (Chelsea Recording)
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4:56
16
Introduction (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 3/10/1968)
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1:02
17
Jeremy (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 3/10/1968)
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3:40
18
Songs to Aging Children Come (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 3/10/1968)
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3:47
Disc 2
1
Night In the City (Live at Le Hibou Coffee House, Ottawa, Ontario, 3/19/1968)
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2:33
2
Come to the Sunshine (Live at Le Hibou Coffee House, Ottawa, Ontario, 3/19/1968)
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3:00
3
Intro to The Pirate of Penance (Live at Le Hibou Coffee House, Ottawa, Ontario, 3/19/1968)
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0:45
4
The Pirate of Penance (Live at Le Hibou Coffee House, Ottawa, Ontario, 3/19/1968)
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3:27
5
Conversation (Live at Le Hibou Coffee House, Ottawa, Ontario, 3/19/1968)
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5:23
6
The Way It Is (Live at Le Hibou Coffee House, Ottawa, Ontario, 3/19/1968)
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3:51
7
Intro to The Dawntreader (Live at Le Hibou Coffee House, Ottawa, Ontario, 3/19/1968)
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0:30
8
The Dawntreader (Live at Le Hibou Coffee House, Ottawa, Ontario, 3/19/1968)
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4:53
9
Marcie (Live at Le Hibou Coffee House, Ottawa, Ontario, 3/19/1968)
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4:39
10
Intro to Nathan La Franeer (Live at Le Hibou Coffee House, Ottawa, Ontario, 3/19/1968)
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0:39
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Nathan La Franeer (Live at Le Hibou Coffee House, Ottawa, Ontario, 3/19/1968)
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3:15
12
Intro to Dr. Junk (Live at Le Hibou Coffee House, Ottawa, Ontario, 3/19/1968)
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0:33
13
Dr. Junk (Live at Le Hibou Coffee House, Ottawa, Ontario, 3/19/1968)
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2:23
14
Intro to Michael from Mountains (Live at Le Hibou Coffee House, Ottawa, Ontario, 3/19/1968)
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0:31
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Michael from Mountains (Live at Le Hibou Coffee House, Ottawa, Ontario, 3/19/1968)
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4:07
16
Go Tell the Drummer Man (Live at Le Hibou Coffee House, Ottawa, Ontario, 3/19/1968)
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3:17
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Intro to I Don't Know Where I Stand (Live at Le Hibou Coffee House, Ottawa, Ontario, 3/19/1968)
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2:55
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I Don't Know Where I Stand (Live at Le Hibou Coffee House, Ottawa, Ontario, 3/19/1968)
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3:21
19
Intro to Sisotowbell Lane (Live at Le Hibou Coffee House, Ottawa, Ontario, 3/19/1968)
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1:21
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Sisotowbell Lane (Live at Le Hibou Coffee House, Ottawa, Ontario, 3/19/1968)
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4:15
21
Intro to Ladies of the Canyon (Live at Le Hibou Coffee House, Ottawa, Ontario, 3/19/1968)
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1:47
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Ladies of the Canyon (Live at Le Hibou Coffee House, Ottawa, Ontario, 3/19/1968)
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3:54
23
Come to the Sunshine (Studio Session)
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2:56
24
"My Second Album"
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2:29
25
"Lambert, Hendricks & Ross"
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0:35
26
The Pirate of Penance (Chelsea Recording)
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2:43
27
Intro to Chelsea Morning: John Peel (Live on Top Gear, BBC Radio, London, England, 9/29/1968)
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0:14
28
Chelsea Morning (with The John Cameron Group) [Live on Top Gear, BBC Radio, London, England, 9/29/1968]
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2:24
29
Intro to The Gallery: John Peel (Live on Top Gear, BBC Radio, London, England, 9/29/1968)
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0:25
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The Gallery (Live on Top Gear, BBC Radio, London, England, 9/29/1968)
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3:51
31
Intro to Night In the City: John Peel (Live on Top Gear, BBC Radio, London, England, 9/29/1968)
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0:36
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Night In the City (with The John Cameron Group) [Live on Top Gear, BBC Radio, London, England, 9/29/1968]
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2:22
Disc 3
1
Chelsea Morning (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, 2/1/1969)
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2:50
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A Valentine for Joni (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, 2/1/1969)
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1:12
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Cactus Tree (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, 2/1/1969)
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4:56
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Night In the City (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, 2/1/1969)
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2:40
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I Had a King (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, 2/1/1969)
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4:12
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Blue Boy (Live at Zellerbach Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 2/14/1969)
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3:06
7
My American Skirt (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, 2/1/1969)
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0:59
8
The Fiddle and the Drum (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, 2/1/1969)
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2:40
9
Spoony's Wonderful Adventure (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, 2/1/1969)
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1:01
10
That Song About the Midway (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, 2/1/1969)
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5:20
11
Both Sides Now (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, 2/1/1969)
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4:35
12
Marcie (Live at Zellerbach Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 2/14/1969)
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5:01
13
Nathan La Franeer (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, 2/1/1969)
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3:37
14
Intro to The Gallery (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, 2/1/1969)
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1:04
15
The Gallery (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, 2/1/1969)
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4:30
16
Hunter (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, 2/1/1969)
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4:25
17
Morning Morgantown (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, 2/1/1969)
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3:34
18
Intro to Get Together (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, 2/1/1969)
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0:39
19
Get Together (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, 2/1/1969)
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5:26
20
Intro to The Circle Game / Little Green (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, 2/1/1969)
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1:23
21
The Circle Game / Little Green (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, 2/1/1969)
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9:03
22
Michael from Mountains (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, 2/1/1969)
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4:49
Disc 4
1
Intro to Urge for Going (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, 2/1/1969)
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1:21
2
Urge for Going (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, 2/1/1969)
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6:02
3
Conversation (Clouds Session)
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5:14
4
Blue Boy (Clouds Session)
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3:34
5
The Priest (Clouds Session)
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3:59
6
Jesus (Chelsea Recording)
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2:21
7
Playing Piano and Vocalizing (Chelsea Recording)
sample avg 3.1
1:59
8
Chelsea Morning (Live on The Dick Cavett Show, New York, NY, 8/18/1969)
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3:31
9
Willy (Live on The Dick Cavett Show, New York, NY, 8/18/1969)
sample avg 3.5
3:19
10
For Free (Live on The Dick Cavett Show, New York, NY, 8/18/1969)
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4:16
11
Interview (with Dick Cavett) [Live on The Dick Cavett Show, New York, NY, 8/18/1969]
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2:43
12
The Fiddle and the Drum (Live on The Dick Cavett Show, New York, NY, 8/18/1969)
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2:47
13
Woodstock (Ladies of the Canyon Sessions Demo)
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5:04
14
"As I Lie Thinking In My Backyard On August 2nd..." (Live at Centennial Auditorium, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 11/1/1969)
sample avg 3.1
0:59
15
Roses Blue (Live at Centennial Auditorium, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 11/1/1969)
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4:00
16
Rainy Night House (Live at Centennial Auditorium, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 11/1/1969)
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3:31
17
Ladies of the Canyon (With Cellos) [Ladies of the Canyon Sessions]
sample avg 3.0
3:34
18
Blue Boy (With Recorder Coda) [Ladies of the Canyon Sessions]
sample avg 3.4
3:19
19
All I Want (Live on In Concert, BBC, London, England, 5/17/1971)
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4:17
20
A Case of You (Blue Sessions Demo)
sample avg 3.9
4:01
21
California (Blue Sessions Demo)
sample avg 3.3
3:39
Disc 5
1
Introduction (Live on In Concert, BBC, Paris Theatre, London, England, 12/27/1970)
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0:22
2
That Song About the Midway (Live on In Concert, BBC, Paris Theatre, London, England, 12/27/1970)
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5:24
3
Intro to The Gallery (Live on In Concert, BBC, Paris Theatre, London, England, 12/27/1970)
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0:33
4
The Gallery (Live on In Concert, BBC, Paris Theatre, London, England, 12/27/1970)
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4:28
5
Hunter (Live on In Concert, BBC, Paris Theatre, London, England, 12/27/1970)
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2:40
6
Intro to River (Live on In Concert, BBC, Paris Theatre, London, England, 12/27/1970)
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0:18
7
River (Live on In Concert, BBC, Paris Theatre, London, England, 12/27/1970)
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3:40
8
My Old Man (Live on In Concert, BBC, Paris Theatre, London, England, 12/27/1970)
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3:55
9
The Priest (Live on In Concert, BBC, Paris Theatre, London, England, 12/27/1970)
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4:02
10
"This is a mountain dulcimer" (Live on In Concert, BBC, Paris Theatre, London, England, 12/27/1970)
sample avg 4.2
3:43
11
Carey (Live on In Concert, BBC, Paris Theatre, London, England, 12/27/1970)
sample avg 3.8
3:06
12
A Case Of You (with James Taylor) [Live on In Concert, BBC, Paris Theatre, London, England, 12/27/1970]
sample avg 3.3
4:38
13
Intro To California (with James Taylor) [Live on In Concert, BBC, Paris Theatre, London, England, 12/27/1970]
sample avg 3.6
0:15
14
California (with James Taylor) [Live on In Concert, BBC, Paris Theatre, London, England, 12/27/1970]
sample avg 3.5
4:26
15
Intro To For Free (with James Taylor) [Live on In Concert, BBC, Paris Theatre, London, England, 12/27/1970]
sample avg 2.9
0:51
16
For Free (with James Taylor) [Live on In Concert, BBC, Paris Theatre, London, England, 12/27/1970]
sample avg 3.6
4:38
17
Intro To The Circle Game (with James Taylor) [Live on In Concert, BBC, Paris Theatre, London, England, 12/27/1970]
sample avg 3.5
1:41
18
The Circle Game (with James Taylor) [Live on In Concert, BBC, Paris Theatre, London, England, 12/27/1970]
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7:23
19
Intro To You Can Close Your Eyes (with James Taylor) [Live on In Concert, BBC, Paris Theatre, London, England, 12/27/1970]
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0:40
20
You Can Close Your Eyes (with James Taylor) [Live on In Concert, BBC, Paris Theatre, London, England, 12/27/1970]
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2:54
21
Both Sides Now (Live on In Concert, BBC, Paris Theatre, London, England, 12/27/1970)
sample avg 3.4
3:48
22
Intro To Big Yellow Taxi (Live on In Concert, BBC, Paris Theatre, London, England, 12/27/1970)
sample avg 3.6
0:27
23
Big Yellow Taxi (Live on In Concert, BBC, Paris Theatre, London, England, 12/27/1970)
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3:19
24
Hunter (Blue Sessions)
sample avg 3.0
2:57
25
River (With French Horns) [Blue Sessions]
sample avg 3.4
4:05
26
Urge For Going (With Strings) [Blue Sessions]
sample avg 3.6
5:05