Anthology

Rating:
Summary: Fairly disappointing
Review: I bought this anthology based on the two positive reviews from other purchasers. Four stars seemed like a pretty good recommendation. However, I received the book yesterday and was fairly disappointed. Many of the songs are quite poorly done, and all of them are much too simple. Big Yellow Taxi, for instance, has several chords that are clearly not correct and sound nothing like the "real" version. I thought Circle Game was the best rendition overall, but other than that, I wouldn't bother purchasing this. I have not bought any other Joni Mitchell book, but if this is the best out there, then I think I've just discovered a niche in the market....I'll be off writing my own, and accurate, version of these songs!

Rating:
Summary: Best I've Seen
Review: I have been looking for a comprehensive Joni Mitchell piano songbook forever! This is it. It's got all of my favorites, and probably yours, too. It's intermediate level difficulty. I was able to sight-read a lot of it, but it's definitely fun. The arrangements of some songs, like "Real Good For Free" are very accurate while others are not. Overall, this is the best Joni Mitchell piano book that I've found. Not perfect, but very very good.

Rating:
Summary: Like adopting a child without legs...
Review: This is great. I've always wanted to know how to play Carey, (I'm) Don Juan's Reckless Daughter, Big Yellow Taxi, River, and other great Joni Mitchell songs.

But guess what? My two absolute favorites, "Blue" and "The Last Time I Saw Richard" are both absent. Oh well. Get it anyway.