Joni Mitchell – Ladies of the canyon (Hybrid SACD)
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Joni Mitchell – vocals, guitars, keyboards [click here to see more vinyl featuring Joni Mitchell]
Crosby, Stills & Nash - vocal chorus on "The Circle Game" (credited as The Lookout Mountain United Downstairs Choir) [click here to see more vinyl featuring Crosby, Stills and Nash]
Milt Holland – percussion
Teresa Adams – cello
Paul Horn – clarinet, flute
Jim Horn – baritone saxophone
Cello arranged by Don Bagley
Written by Joni Mitchell
1 Hybrid SACD
Limited & Numbered Edition
Stereo
Studio
Label : Mobile Fidelity
Original Label : Reprise
Recorded 1969–1970 at A&M, Los Angeles
Engineered by Henry Lewy
Produced by Joni Mitchell
Reissue produced and mastered by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Cover illustration by Joni Mitchell
Originally released in April 1970
Reissued in 2023
Tracks:
- Morning Morgantown
- For Free
- Conversation
- Ladies of the Canyon
- Willy
- The Arrangement
- Rainy Day House
- The Priest
- Blue Boy
- Big Yellow Taxi
- Woodstock
- The Circle Game
Awards:
Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums – Ranked 731
Reviews:
“This wonderfully varied release shows a number of new tendencies in Joni Mitchell's work, some of which would come to fuller fruition on subsequent albums. "The Arrangement," "Rainy Night House," and "Woodstock" contain lengthy instrumental sections, presaging the extensive non-vocal stretches in later selections such as "Down to You" from Court and Spark. Jazz elements are noticeable in the wind solos of "For Free" and "Conversation," exhibiting an important influence that would extend as late as Mingus. The unusually poignant desolation of "The Arrangement" would surface more strongly in Blue. A number of the selections here ("Willy" and "Blue Boy") use piano rather than guitar accompaniment; arrangements here are often more colorful and complex than before, utilizing cello, clarinet, flute, saxophone, and percussion. Mitchell sings more clearly and expressively than on prior albums, most strikingly so on "Woodstock," her celebration of the pivotal 1960s New York rock festival. This number, given a haunting electric piano accompaniment, is sung in a gutsy, raw, soulful manner; the selection proves amply that pop music anthems don't all have to be loud production numbers. Songs here take many moods, ranging from the sunny, easygoing "Morning Morgantown" (a charming small-town portrait) to the nervously energetic "Conversation" (about a love triangle in the making) to the cryptically spooky "The Priest" (presenting the speaker's love for a Spartan man) to the sweetly sentimental classic "The Circle Game" (denoting the passage of time in touching terms) to the bouncy and vibrant single "Big Yellow Taxi" (with humorous lyrics on ecological matters) to the plummy, sumptuous title track (a celebration of creativity in all its manifestations). This album is yet another essential listen in Mitchell's recorded canon.” AllMusic review by David Cleary
Ratings :
Discogs : 4 / 5