Los Angeles - Since her debut album in 1968, Joni Mitchell's songs have been revered for generations, honored with every conceivable award, and have been a source of inspiration for a wide variety of artists around the world. Now, for the very first time, the 77-year-old is releasing parts of her archive for release. The Joni Mitchell Archives will be a series of box sets that will document deep insights into previously unreleased material from various phases of her moving career. Mitchell herself has been closely involved in the production of the Archives series, allowing her vision and personal touch to flow into every detail of the project The start of the collection is marked by Mitchell's oldest known recording, a performance by the then 19-year-old Joni at CFQC AM radio station in her hometown of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Both live performances will also be released separately on 30 October. Early Joni - 1963, like many of Joni's other albums, the cover of Early Joni is a self-portrait that Mitchell painted personally and is also her first recent artwork in years.