Joni Mitchell ?COURT AND SPARK - 180-Gram Remastered Vinyl LP Record Album NEW
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Joni Mitchell Court and Spark on 180g Vinyl LP
Rhino Audiophile Vinyl Mastered from the Original Analog Tapes and Pressed on 180g LP: Joni Mitchell's Court and Spark Ranks #113 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time List
A singer, composer and lyricist of exceptional talent and unmatched influence, Joni Mitchell has crafted an extraordinary body of work spanning more than 40 years and is widely regarded as one of the brightest musical lights of recent generations. Fans, fellow musicians and critics have delighted in an ever-evolving creative journey, with songs both universal and profoundly personal. Her music has become a standard to which others are compared and which many aspire to copy, but its inventiveness and ineffable spirit make it decidedly her own. Explore the musical magnificence of Joni Mitchell."Working with saxophonist Tom Scott's fusion group L.A. Express, Mitchell settles into a folk-pop-jazz groove that remains a landmark of breezy sophistication, particularly on the Top Ten single "Help Me." Strange but true: A cover of "Twisted" by the scat — jazz vocal group Lambert, Hendricks and Ross closes the album — with stoner comics Cheech and Chong singing backup." - www.rollingstone.com
Joni Mitchell reached her commercial high point with Court and Spark, a remarkably deft fusion of folk, pop, and jazz which stands as her best-selling work to date. While as unified and insightful as Blue, the album — a concept record exploring the roles of honesty and trust in relationships, romantic and otherwise — moves away from confessional songwriting into evocative character studies.
"If you love this record you will not regret investing in this superb reissue, which is packaged with equal care and is faithful to the original, complete with the embossed lettering and well-reproduced cover art, though the paper stock is a paler yellow." - Michael Fremer, www.musicangle.com, Music 10/10, Sound 10/10
"'I had attempted to play my music with rock & roll players,' Mitchell said in 1979. 'They’d laugh, 'Aww, isn’t that cute? She’s trying to tell us how to play.'' It took a jazz group — Tom Scott’s L.A. Express — to realize her biggest hit, a swooning confession of love trouble complete with swirling sax break. One rocker, Prince, loved the song so much he quoted it on 'The Ballad of Dorothy Parker.'" - Rolling Stone
Tracklist
A1 Court And Spark
A2 Help Me
A3 Free Man In Paris
A4 People's Parties
A5 The Same Situation
B1 Car On A Hill
B2 Down To You
B3 Just Like This Train
B4 Raised On Robbery
B5 Trouble Child
B6 Twisted
Companies, etc.
Pressed By – Record Technology Incorporated
Manufactured By – Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Asylum Records
Copyright (c) – Asylum Records
Credits
Remastered By – Chris Bellman
Notes
? © 1974 Asylum Records
Pressed on RTI HQ-180® vinyl.
Gatefold jacket.
Mastered from the Original Analog Tapes
Embossed sleeve
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