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Joni Mitchell - The Asylum Albums (1972 - 1975)
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Joni
Mitchell
was
at
a
turning
point
50
years
ago.
After
making
four
acclaimed
albums
with
Reprise
Records,
including
her
1971
masterpiece
Blue,
she
left
the
label
to
join
the
brand-new
Asylum
Records
in
1972.
Over
the
next
seven
years,
Mitchell
would
record
some
of
the
most
acclaimed
music
of
her
career
while
changing
her
musical
direction
by
adding
more
jazz
elements
into
her
song
writing.
The
evolution
culminated
in
1979
with
Mingus,
her
collaboration
with
jazz
titan
Charles
Mingus,
and
her
studio
last
album
for
Asylum.
The
Asylum
Albums
(1972-1975),
the
next
instalment
in
the
Joni
Mitchell
archive
series,
explores
the
beginning
of
that
prolific
era.
The
collection
features
newly
remastered
versions
of
For
The
Roses
(1972),
Court
And
Spark
(1974),
the
double
live
album
Miles
Of
Aisles
(1974),
and
The
Hissing
Of
Summer
Lawns
(1975).
All
four
were
recently
remastered
by
Bernie
Grundman.
The
Asylum
Albums
(1972-1975
will
be
available
on
23rd
September
on
5-LP
180-gram
vinyl
(Limited
Edition
Of
20,000)
and
as
a
4CD
set.
The
cover
art
for
the
set
features
a
previously
unseen
painting
by
Mitchell.
The
set
also
includes
an
essay
by
friend
and
fellow
Canadian
Neil
Young.
The
Asylum
Albums
(1972-1975),
follows
Mitchell’s
musical
evolution
over
four
albums
as
she
embraced
more
jazz-inspired
pieces
and
moved
away
from
the
folk
and
pop
of
her
early
years.
It
includes
essential
tracks
like
her
first
Top
40
hit,
“You
Turn
Me
On,
I’m
A
Radio”
and
her
highest-charting
(#7)
single
“Help
Me,”
plus
favourites
like
“Free
Man
In
Paris,”
“Raised
On
Robbery”
and
“In
France
They
Kiss
On
Main
Street.”
Mitchell
has
been
intimately
involved
in
producing
the
collection,
lending
her
vision
and
personal
touch
to
every
element.
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