BEAUTY '70 Orig JONI MITCHELL LADIES OF THE CANYON WOODSTOCK Big Yellow Taxi

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 BEAUTIFUL  1970 ORIGINAL WEST COAST CLASSIC

                   JONI MITCHELL

      Ladies Of The Canyon  

                  USA - REPRISE RECORDS - RS 6376 

TOP ARCHIVE  ~ FINAL COLLECTION COPY

MINT CLEAN ! ...Original 1970 first pressing in thick gatefold cover including the scarce transparent title sticker on front cover that was only issued on first pressings on the outside of the cellophane wrapper and since most copies were opened up, there went lost this rare transparent sticker along with the outer wrapper....

Ladies of the Canyon is Joni Mitchell's third album, this, the original 1970 first printing. Its title refers to Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, a center of the 'hip' music culture in Los Angeles during the sixties. It features several of Mitchell's most noted songs, including "Big Yellow Taxi", "Woodstock" and "The Circle Game".

Notable for its expansion of Mitchell's artistic vision and its varied song topics (ranging from the aesthetic weight of celebrity, to clear-eyed observation of the Woodstock generation, to the complexities of love), Ladies of the Canyon is often viewed as a transition between Mitchell's folky earlier work and the more sophisticated, poignant albums that were to follow. In particular, "For Free" foreshadows the lyrical leitmotif of the isolation triggered by success that would be elaborated upon in For the Roses and Court and Spark. The sparse, alternate-tuning laden sound of later records comes to the forefront on "Ladies of the Canyon" (one of those "ladies" supposedly being female underground comix pioneer Trina Robbins).

Of all of Mitchell's work, this album is arguably the most related to her long-standing friendships and relationships with Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young (whose hard rock arrangement of "Woodstock" was one of their three radio hits in 1970). A number of the album's songs, including the aforementioned "Ladies of the Canyon" and "Woodstock", feature densely stacked, wordless harmony overdubs reminiscent of David Crosby's oeuvre; Crosby himself has performed "For Free" for many years. "Willy" is a girlishly infatuated paean to Graham Nash. "The Circle Game", one of the artist's most recognizable songs, features background vocals from all four, and is a response to Neil Young's "Sugar Mountain". "Big Yellow Taxi" has also managed to become a standard over the years.

• "Morning Morgantown" – 3:12
• "For Free" – 4:31
• "Conversation" – 4:21
• "Ladies of the Canyon" – 3:32
• "Willy" – 3:00
• "The Arrangement" – 3:32
• "Rainy Night House" – 3:22
• "The Priest" – 3:39
• "Blue Boy" – 2:53
• "Big Yellow Taxi" – 2:16
• "Woodstock" – 5:25
• "The Circle Game" – 4:50

CONDITION: The cover: This thick fragile matte material, being white, is prone to much dirt and shelf wear; here a survivor, MINT in original factory cellophane with transparent "Joni Mitchell ~ Ladies Of The Canyon" sticker ...a BRIGHT BOLD VIBRANT =original= with no bends, no writing and no split seams...a fantastic rare collectible from the WOODSTOCK era!

The vinyl: all clean and clear M- looks and plays TOP LEVEL....both WHITE PROMO labels are CLEAN!!! 

A GREAT ADDITION TO ANYONE'S COLLECTION !

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