Mitchell, Joni - Wild Things Run Fast - Super Hot Stamper

Mitchell, Joni - Wild Things Run Fast - Super Hot StamperOne of our favorite Joni Mitchell albums. A Desert Island Disc for me and one of the few good reasons to listen to new music in the 80s. Both sides are lively, dynamic, and tonally right on the money. The vocal clarity is excellent, allowing you to appreciate every last nuance of Jonis performance. The bottom end is wonderful with punchy drums and lots of deep bass. Its a TAS list Super Disc with many good qualities, but youd never know it from the

there is a bubble in the vinyl that plays as 13 moderate thuds at the start of track 1

From an audiophile perspective

the upper midrange and high frequencies get jammed together -- the highs can't extend up and away from the upper mids

Since all of the reissues that followed have contained the new versions of the material

And as far as we can tell

Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone

We admit we foolishly did not expect much from a mid-60s London with a cover this plain

Exotic Instrumentation

The most thick

even more importantly for obvious reasons

but the better pressings are every bit the true audiophile Demo Discs you remember

and probably by no more than a nose