Joni Mitchell - Hejira Demos (Black Friday '24) (Vinyl) Lonnie Liston Smith Cakekitchen mainman Robert Key plays

Cakekitchen mainman Robert Key plays his instantly recognisable style to three of the tracks that come from a 10 song pre first gig recording session that Sombretone head honcho Craig Mason captured on Graeme’s Teac 4 track in early 1988 when the band was still a two piece line up before Rachel King arrived

described as “beautiful

Humiliation

ushering in a new and critically acclaimed musical era for Waits and his longtime songwriting and production partner

was designed by Storm Thorgerson of Hipgnosis and drawn by George Hardie

Joni Mitchell - Hejira Demos (Black Friday '24) (Vinyl) Lonnie Liston Smith Cakekitchen mainman Robert Key playsThis much anticipated vinyl breakout comes straight from the Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 4 boxset, pressed on 180g black vinyl, and featuring Mitchell's March 1976 solo demos for one of her most acclaimed albums. If you listen closely, you can even hear Rock Hall Alumnus Chaka Khan on backing vocals for the track "Black Crow".