Joni Mitchell Blue - Wow help me Agoners

I’m not a big Joni fan, but the 2021 Rhino record reissue of Blue is well done.  The recording is quiet, simple with a great presence of voice.  I have no idea how it compares to the CD, or previous vinyl releases.

The ‘07 Steve Hoffman/Kevin Gray-mastered Reprise 74842 vinyl pressing seems to garner rave reviews.
$80-100+ in good shape.  

An ‘07 Bernie Grundman-mastered (original mastering engineer) Rhino 74795 HDCD can be had for about $20.

The ‘20 Kevin Gray-mastered RTI-pressed, Rhino RH1 74842 vinyl can be had for around $30.

The ‘99 Steve Hoffman-mastered DCC GZS-1132 24k gold CD goes for around $150-200+.

Actually getting a ‘07 SH/KG vinyl seems to have been tricky for some. 
There seems to be folks trying to get the SH/KG cut and either receiving a pressing with :

a) SH/KG on one side, KG on the other, or,
b) KG on both sides

The packaging seems to be the same on both versions, so even if a buyer demanded explicit clarification on a sealed copy, the seller would have to open the shrink to clarify.  

I would want an extremely clean vinyl copy, myself.  Music is too quiet and intense for surface noice.  Price becomes an issue here, as well as the apparent difficulties in obtaining the actual SH/KG mastering.

The ‘22 Grundman-mastered Rhino R1 2038 seems to be slightly cheaper than the ‘20 Gray cut, and also good sound according to several reviews.

The difference in sound quality between the highly-touted SH/KG cut and KG cut seems to be minimal to some.

There are some things to consider when endeavoring to hear this masterpiece in the best possible way.

I know they have a bit of a black eye right now but MoFi has a preorder offering of Blue:

180g 45RPM SuperVinyl 2LP Box Set - $125

SACD - $29.99

They are being more specific on the vinyl: 1/4" / 15 IPS Dolby A analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe
 

if you want to spend $ I guess ( since it's not out yet ) the MOFI 45rpm LP set would be the way to go , for less a Japanese pressing sounds great and I like the new Box set of the Archives vol 1 .   

I have at least 3 copies of her first 4 albums being her folk years and I would say her albums of emotions , after those I would say that she sings more about experiences , IMO .

Agree, I did blink at the price tag, still mulling it over.

I'm looking into the Archives box sets.