about steve hoffman, who was in charge of remastering joni's "Blue" album...(can you imagine the stress? ...sheesh!) quote: <<To accomplish this goal with Mitchell's 1971 "Blue," for instance, the label dug out the two-track master tape, stored in a battered pen- scrawled cardboard box and insured for $1 million. Hoffman spent a month giving the gold disc what can only be described as a warm, rosy glow. "I wanted it to sound like she's standing there, but I didn't want her to sound like she's in Technicolor because that wasn't her aim on the album," Hoffman said as the first notes of the album's opening song, "All I Want," rang out. "I call it the breath of life.">> more: http://dailynews.com/life/articles/1000/31/lif01.asp shane
