I was there, at the tender age of 15. The most amazing evening of my life up to that point. The recording was made at the BBC Television Theatre on Shepherd's Bush Green. There was a slight delay. In the taxi from her hotel, Joni discovered her guitar wasn't in its case, so had to return to get it. She made several attempts at Ludwig's Tune, then very new. On one take, where she got lost in the middle, she stopped, said 'Oh SHOOT!' then burst into laughter. It was a small theatre and the atmosphere was very intimate. For me this was the first hearing of a number of new songs that later appeared on 'For The Roses' - Electricity, Banquet, For The Roses, Ludwig's Tune, See You Sometime, You Turn Me On I'm A Radio. I travelled home to Beaconsfield on the Green Line bus at the end of the evening in a state of euphoria! I'm not sure I've ever quite got over it! Big love to all fellow fans around the world.

I don't think these photos are from Sounds for Saturday. My memory tells me the set was brightly lit (it was a studio, not a theatre) and Joni was dressed much more quietly (!). Also, those do not look like BBC microphones at all. That being said, I realise it's now almost 50 years ago, and though I made a sound recording on my little cassette recorder this was before home video, so I haven't actually SEEN the concert since then. The 2 photos I've uploaded fit my memory, both in terms of clothes and microphones.



Still one of my absolute favourite Joni concerts -- I wonder if the BBC still have the video? They were quite cavalier about wiping things in those days, so it may well be lost and gone forever.