Joni Mitchell - The Asylum Albums (1972-1975)

 (2022 Remaster)


Label:

Elektra

Genre:

Folk

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AELE 680935
UPC: 603497841356
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No. of Discs: 5
Note: 180 Gram

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The Asylum Albums (1972-1975)

180-gram 5LP box set!

2022 remastered audio by Bernie Grundman!

Limited edition of 20,000 copies

Some of the most acclaimed music of songwriter Joni Mitchell's career!

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. Throughout 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 studio last album for Asylum.

Explore the beginning of that prolific era with The Asylum Albums (1972-1975), the next installment 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."

The Asylum Albums (1972-1975)
follows Mitchell's musical evolution over four albums as she embraced more jazz-inspired pieces and moved away from the folk and pop of her early years. It includes essential tracks like her first Top 40 hit, "You Turn Me On, I'm A Radio" and her highest-charting (No. 7) single "Help Me," plus favorites like "Free Man In Paris," "Raised On Robbery" and "In France They Kiss On Main Street."

For The Roses, which was released 50 years ago this November, was certified gold and added to the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry in 2007. Court And Spark topped the U.S. album chart and was certified double platinum, making it the best-selling album of Mitchell's career. It was nominated for multiple Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year, and won Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist for "Down To You."

Miles Of Aisles
is a double live album that spotlights the tour for Court And Spark. It reached No. 2 on the album chart and was certified gold. The Hissing Of Summer Lawns was certified gold as well, peaking at No. 4 on the album chart and earning a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.



LP1 - For the Roses (1972)
Side A:
1. Banquet
2. Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire
3. Barangrill
4. Lesson in Survival
5. Let the Wind Carry Me
6. For the Roses
Side B:
1. See You Sometime
2. Electricity
3. You Turn Me On I'm a Radio
4. Blonde in the Bleachers
5. Woman of Heart and Mind
6. Judgement of the Moon and Stars (Ludwig's Tune)

LP2 - Court and Spark (1974)
Side A:
1. Court and Spark
2. Help Me
3. Free Man in Paris
4. People's Parties
5. Same Situation
Side B:
1. Car on a Hill
2. Down to You
3. Just Like This Train
4. Raised on Robbery
5. Trouble Child
6. Twisted

LP3-4 - Miles of Aisles (1974)
Side A:
1. You Turn Me On I'm a Radio
2. Big Yellow Taxi
3. Rainy Night House
4. Woodstock
Side B:
1. Cactus Tree
2. Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire
3. Woman of Heart and Mind
4. A Case of You
5. Blue
Side C:
1. Circle Game
2. People's Parties
3. All I Want
4. Real Good for Free
5. Both Sides Now
Side D:
1. Carey
2. The Last Time I Saw Richard
3. Jericho
4. Love or Money

LP5 - The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975)
Side A:
1. In France They Kiss on Main Street
2. The Jungle Line
3. Edith and the Kingpin
4. Don't Interrupt the Sorrow
5. Shades of Scarlett Conquering
Side B:
1. The Hissing of Summer Lawns
2. The Boho Dance
3. Harry's House/Centerpiece
4. Sweet Bird
5. Shadows and Light

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