Condition: New
Joni Mitchell - Blue
Label: Reprise Records – 74842, Rhino Entertainment Company – 74842
Format: Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Remastered, 180 Gram
New
Gatefold jacket and plain blue gatefold paper inner.
Pressed at RTI on HQ-180® vinyl.
Country: US
Released: 2009
Genre: Rock
Style: Folk Rock
Tracklist
A1 All I Want
A2 My Old Man
A3 Little Green
A4 Carey
A5 Blue
B1 California
B2 This Flight Tonight
B3 River
B4 A Case Of You
B5 The Last Time I Saw Richard
Companies etc
Mastered At – AcousTech Mastering
Pressed By – Record Technology Incorporated
Credits
Art Direction – Gary Burden
Bass – Stephen Stills (tracks: A4)
Drums – Russ Kunkel (tracks: A4, B1, B4)
Engineer – Henry Lewy
Guitar – James Taylor (tracks: A1, B1, B4), Stephen Stills (tracks: A4)
Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Written-By – Joni Mitchell
Photography By [Cover] – Tim Considine
Remastered By – Kevin Gray, Steve Hoffman
Steel Guitar [Pedal] – Sneeky Pete
Notes
© 1971 Warner Bros. Records
Joni Mitchell would go on from this ‘71 recording to make more popular, more ambitious, and more challenging albums, but she's never made a better one. Working with minimal accompaniment (Stephen Stills and James Taylor are two of the four sidemen), the Canadian thrush summoned an involving song cycle of romance found and lost.
"Just before our love got lost you said, I am as constant as a northern star, and I said, constant in the darkness,
where is that at? If you want me I'll be in the bar..." -Case of You, Blue
It takes alot for me to listen to an album over and over and over and over... and still not get sick of it.
There are at least 2 songs that most passerbyers would recognize: "California" and "River", but many more to be appreciated.
This album has a beautiful balance of alternating very rich, almost sorrowful songs and whimsical upbeat songs...
"My Old Man" exhibits such simplisticly passionate poetry-
'...but when he's gone me and them lonesome blues collide; the bed's too big the frying pan's too wide...'
"All I Want" gives us an all-around bold, declarative statement that shows her desire to be a part of the grand 'adventure'/excitement that life offers through loving.
'..alive alive! I wanna get up and jive, i wanna wreck my stockings in some jukebox dive. do you want, do you want, do you want to dance with me baby? do you wanna take a chance in maybe finding some sweet romance with me...?'
With the occasional accompaniment from James Taylor and Stephen
And as always, the mixture of Joni's voice, her beautiful piano playing, and her amazing lyrics are pure proof
that she is a true uninhibited musician... and she's still going strong.
Joni Mitchell - A Case of You
who hasn't felt like this about someone at one time in their lives.So passionate. I feel this song to the bone and wish I had written it and so glad someone did. Joni can and make me just listen to nothing but her..just her.
Joni Mitchell - Carey
at Wembley Arena, London 1983
Folksinger Phil Ochs called this song one of the best songs of the 20th century.
When it comes to Joni, I think she's had MANY of the best songs of the 20th and 21st century. Her songs are music, poetry, paintings in your head and just about the best from any artist of our time. I can come back to any of her songs years after first listening and still find something that amazes and inspires me. Now THAT's a GREAT artist!
Joni Mitchell - California (BBC)
The most amazing and so true song full of truth and wisdom, Joni is true to all
JONI MITCHELL - RIVER
I am in awe of the emotion this song evokes..each comment means so much to me..yes, we all share a common bond and great connection of our hearts...everyones pain is the same...each experience so unique to us...such a great classic Joni Mitchell gift
What an honour it is for me to have the opportunity to express my vision for just one of Joni Mitchell's great classics...this is one of those tunes that touches those places in the heart...as so many of Joni's music has done through the years. This has a particular deep meaning for me...we can never get back the time we lose...so, embrace those precious moments with the ones you love.
Every song means so many different things to people.
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