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Joni Mitchell was at a turning point 50 years ago. After making four acclaimed albums with Reprise Records, including her 1971 masterpiece Blue, she left the label to join the brand-new Asylum Records in 1972. Joni Mitchell was at a turning point 50 years ago. After making four acclaimed albums with Reprise Records, including her 1971 masterpiece Blue, she left the label to join the brand-new Asylum Records in 1972. Over the next seven years, Mitchell would record some of the most acclaimed music of her career while changing her musical direction by adding more jazz elements into her songwriting. The evolution culminated in 1979 with Mingus, her collaboration with jazz titan Charles Mingus, and her last studio album for Asylum.
 
Explore the beginning of that prolific era with The Asylum Albums (1972-1975), the next instalment in the Joni Mitchell Archives series. The collection features newly remastered versions of For The Roses (1972), Court And Spark (1974), the double live album Miles Of Aisles (1974), and The Hissing Of Summer Lawns (1975). All four were recently remastered by Bernie Grundman.
 
The cover art for The Asylum Albums (1972-1975) features a previously unseen painting by Mitchell. The set also includes an essay by friend and fellow Canadian Neil Young. He writes: “Joni’s music is so deep and transporting. She comes right from the source. There is no mistaking it…For The Roses, Court And Spark, Miles Of Aisles, and The Hissing Of Summer Lawns…are all classics in my book. I listened to every album as it came out. The musicians she played with were always above my abilities. She had grown from folk to jazz and in between, creating a unique kind of sound that I loved to listen to over and over.” Tracks: CD1 - FOR THE ROSES
Banquet
Cold Blue Steel And Sweet Fire
Barangrill
Lesson In Survival
Let The Wind Carry Me
For The Roses
See You Sometime
Electricity
You Turn Me On I'm A Radio
Blonde In The Bleachers
Woman Of Heart And Mind
Judgement Of The Moon And Stars (Ludwig's Tune)
CD2 - COURT AND SPARK
Court And Spark
Help Me
Free Man In Paris
People's Parties
Same Situation
Car On A Hill
Down To You
Just Like This Train
Raised On Robbery
Trouble Child
Twisted
CD3 - MILES OF AISLES
You Turn Me On I'm A Radio
Big Yellow Taxi
Rainy Night House
Woodstock
Cactus Tree
Cold Blue Steel And Sweet Fire
Woman Of Heart And Mind
A Case Of You
Blue
Circle Game
People's Parties
All I Want
Real Good For Free
Both Sides Now
Carey
The Last Time I Saw Richard
Jericho
Love Or Money
CD4 - THE HISSING OF SUMMER LAWNS
In France They Kiss On Main Street
The Jungle Line
Edith And The Kingpin
Don't Interrupt The Sorrow
Shades Of Scarlett Conquering
The Hissing Of Summer Lawns
The Boho Dance
Harry's House/Centerpiece
Sweet Bird
Shadows And Light

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