DEMO: "You Turn Me On I'm a Radio" by Joni Mitchell w/ Neil Young

Joni Mitchell Archives Vol 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975)  

Joni Mitchell has released a demo with Neil Young & The Stray Gators from her Archives Vol 3: 1972-1975 Box titled "You Turn Me On I'm a Radio" (from For the Roses Early Sessions). (Thanks Richard!)

 

via Rusted Moon:

The song "You Turn Me On, I'm A Radio", which appeared on their fifth studio album "For The Roses" and as a single at the end of 1972, was recorded at an early stage of the album recording with Neil Young and the "Stray Gators". Neil Young can be heard on electric guitar and his signature harmonica. Tim Drummond and Kenny Buttrey played bass and drums. Recording took place on April 18, 1972 at Wally Haider Studios in Los Angeles.

At the time, Neil Young's album "Harvest" recorded with the Stray Gators and his first top hit "Heart of Gold" was breaking sales records.

Joni Mitchell didn't use this recording for her album. “It just didn’t fit,” she is quoted as saying. On the album track, which was later recorded with studio musicians, Graham Nash can be heard on the harmonica.

The third in a series of box sets from Joni Mitchell’s archives, the released is scheduled for October 6, 2023, via Rhino Records. The set includes previously unreleased material including a 1971 impromptu studio session with Graham Nash and David Crosby, as well as demos and alternate studio takes, and concert recordings. 

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Joni Mitchell & Neil Young
Photo from The Last Waltz, 1976

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Joni Mitchell and Neil Young - December, 1969
Heathrow Airport, England

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