> Evian aka Evian L. Debarge wrote:
>
> I was wondering if anyone jumped on the Joni train with albums that we
> always argue over -- namely, WTRF, DED, CMIARS, and let's throw TTT in
> there as well.
To which Jimmy replied:
> I think we'd be hard pressed to find anyone on this list who first found
Joni
> by any of the albums you mentioned, but I do have a couple of friends that
> bought TTT as their first. They both loved TTT, and have gone back and
> purchased most of her other albums. I personally had C&S as the first one
> that hooked me.
Well, let me be the first then! I started my "obsession" with Joni when I
was 17, back in 1983, with WTRF. I went to stay with my sister for a week,
and she had a copy of it on LP. She played it one evening while we were
having dinner, and I absolutely loved it. When I got back home, I found my
own copy, and the rest is history. From memory, I think Shadows and Light
(on cassette) was next, then Miles of Aisles. This is not because I
necessarily wanted these next, but in a small town in NZ, that's all there
was! It wasn't until I moved to the big city that I completed my
collection. I did hear Blue much sooner, because my sister also had a copy
of it, and left it with me when she went overseas for a couple of years, but
it was a while before I found my own copy.
In any event, I found Joni through WTRF, and for that reason alone, it
remains one of my favourites!
Hell
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