Joni Mitchell - Ladies Of The Canyon - SACD

New, Sealed CD
About this Item

The item format is a cd SACD
This specific sale is a new release, shipped direct from the manufacturer
The Artist Name is Joni Mitchell
The Title is Ladies Of The Canyon

Condition New

Other Comments
New, Sealed CD

The Media Condition is New

This is new and unplayed

The Sleeve Condition is New

New unplayed

Product Description -
Ladies of the Canyon Marks the Beginning of Joni Mitchell's Creative Metamorphosis: Includes ''Big Yellow Taxi,'' ''Woodstock,'' and ''The Circle Game'' Sourced from the Original Analog Master Tapes: Mobile Fidelity's Numbered-Edition Hybrid SACD of 1970 Album Plays with Organic Warmth, Superb Clarity, and Effortless Naturalism Ladies of the Canyon can be viewed as Joni Mitchell's coming-out party. Having recently moved to Lookout Mountain in Los Angeles' Laurel Canyon area - her house is depicted in a watercolor painting she made for the record's cover - the Canadian icon turned to her immediate surroundings for inspiration the while taking the pulse of national affairs, corporate enterprise, celebrity, and her relationship with Graham Nash. The 1970 album finds the singer-songwriter morphing into the groundbreaker who would shed folk music's constructs and wade into pop, jazz, soul, and poetry with a combination of depth, sophistication, self-examination, and acumen no one had ever heard. Sourced from the original analog master tapes, Mobile Fidelity's numbered-edition hybrid SACD delivers Ladies of the Canyon with alluring intimacy, detail, balance, and depth. Marking the first time the record has received audiophile treatment, it's one of six iconic Mitchell efforts Mobile Fidelity is reissuing on definitive-sounding vinyl and SACD sets. Playing with organic warmth, superb clarity, and ample spaciousness, this collectible edition does justice to the record that turned Mitchell into a star. Primarily recorded solo, with spare accompaniment on select tracks, she practically takes up residence in your listening room. Her voice, piano, and guitar image with spot-on precision and three-dimensionality the music is focused, emotional, natural. Auxiliary instrumentation - cello, clarinet, baritone saxophone, Milt Holland's deft percussion - is seamless, cohesive, steady. Notes bloom and decay as they do on a live stage black backgrounds add to the realism. Deemed ''powerful and brilliant'' upon release by The New York Times, Ladies of the Canyon followed Mitchell's first Grammy-winning effort (Clouds) and marked the first of six consecutive masterworks she made en route to becoming the most celebrated singer-songwriter of both her generation, and, arguably, all time. It's the first record on which the then-26-year-old featured the piano, a creative decision of immeasurable significance first to attain platinum status, which transformed Mitchell into more than a folk figure first to see her taking more chances with her singing and the last on which she comes across upbeat, largely unencumbered by the complex themes and personal ache that would occupy her for the foreseeable future. Mitchell radiates confidence and courage, producing Ladies of the Canyon herself after realizing she didn't need the services of an outsider when she already knew what she wanted. She just required a competent and collaborative engineer, who she landed in Henry Lewy. Fittingly, on the record's affectionate title track, she celebrates community and a trio of women - all real, all from her Laurel Canyon neighborhood - who, individually, as a visual artist, free-spirited mother, and circus-raised imagineer, respectively, were all reflected in Mitchell herself. Akin to Trina, Annie, and Estrella, Mitchell also had an affinity for wearing beautiful clothes, hosting friends, baking sweets, and weaving ''a pattern all her own.'' That pattern most famously materializes on the album's closing trio of songs - their unconventional placement on the record likely another sly acknowledgement of Mitchell's disdain for commercialism, or at the very least, catering to its demands - each, then and now, a classic. Within months of releasing Ladies of the Canyon Mitchell would find herself at the center of the singer-songwriter movement - and preparing songs for another album whose impact is still felt today.

The Tracks of this item include:
1. Morning Morgantown (3:14)
2. For Free (4:32)
3. Conversation (4:27)
4. Ladies Of The Canyon (3:33)
5. Willy (3:01)
6. The Arrangement (3:34)
7. Rainy Night House (3:25)
8. The Priest (3:41)
9. Blue Boy (2:54)
10. Big Yellow Taxi (2:15)
11. Woodstock (5:30)
12. The Circle Game (4:56)

The Sleeve
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This CD Inner and Outer Sleeve
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