Joni Mitchell - For the Roses: Live in London 1974 - import LP

     April 1974 found Joni Mitchell at a remarkable creative and commercial apex. Court and Spark had just been released to widespread acclaim, becoming her best-selling album and yielding her only Top 10 single, Help Me. Touring with the LA Express — a tight, jazz-inflected ensemble that perfectly matched the new sophistication of her songwriting — Mitchell brought London's New Victoria Theatre to a standstill across a celebrated run of shows. The April 22 performance captured here was subsequently broadcast on the BBC's iconic Old Grey Whistle Test, cementing its place in the canon of great live documents.
     This release presents that landmark concert on vinyl for the first time, offering listeners an unfiltered view of Mitchell's extraordinary range as a live performer. Moving fluidly between acoustic guitar, piano, and dulcimer, she navigates a set list that spans her career to that point — from the confessional intimacy of Blue and A Case of You to the jazz-pop sophistication of Free Man in Paris and Help Me, and the rugged poetry of For the Roses and Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire. The interplay between Mitchell and the LA Express is nothing short of revelatory: loose enough to breathe, tight enough to soar. Personnel includes:
Joni Mitchell – guitar, piano, dulcimer
Tom Scott – woodwinds & reeds
Roger Kellaway – piano
Robben Ford – electric guitar
Max Bennett – bass
John Guerin – drums & percussion

     Track Listings
Cactus Tree 
Big Yellow Taxi 
All I Want 
A Case of You 
For the Roses 
Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire 
Real Good For Free 
Help Me 
Car On a Hill 
Both Sides Now 
Raised on Robbery

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