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Miles of Aisles Live album by Joni Mitchell Released November 1974 Recorded March 2 and 4, 1974; August 14-17, 1974
The Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles Music Center and Berkeley Community CenterGenre Folk jazz, Folk-rock, Singer-songwriter Length 74:00 Label Asylum Producer Joni Mitchell Joni Mitchell chronology Court and Spark
(1974)Miles of Aisles
(1974)The Hissing of Summer Lawns
(1975)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [1]
Rolling Stone (not rated)[2] Robert Christgau (B-)[3] Miles of Aisles is a 1974 double live album by Joni Mitchell backed by the L.A. Express, recorded on the Court and Spark tour. It reached #2 on the charts and became one of her biggest-selling records.
Four years after "Big Yellow Taxi" stalled at #67 on the charts in its original studio version, the live version heard on Miles of Aisles was released as a single and reached #24 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, becoming Mitchell's fourth top 40 hit and continuing her commercial hot streak at the time.
Contents
Track listing
All tracks composed and arranged by Joni Mitchell
- "You Turn Me on I'm a Radio" – 4:09
- "Big Yellow Taxi" – 3:09
- "Rainy Night House" – 4:04
- "Woodstock" – 4:29
- "Cactus Tree" – 5:01
- "Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire" – 5:23
- "Woman of Heart and Mind" – 3:40
- "A Case of You" – 4:42
- "Blue" – 2:49
- "The Circle Game" – 6:29
- "People's Parties" – 2:42
- "All I Want" – 3:21
- "Real Good for Free" – 4:27
- "Both Sides Now" – 4:14
- "Carey" – 3:30
- "The Last Time I Saw Richard" – 3:35
- "Jericho" – 3:26
- "Love or Money" – 4:50
(The running times are as listed on the CD, which left out a lot of the onstage banter. The Double-LP has a length of 78 min.)
Personnel
- Joni Mitchell - vocals, guitar, dulcimer, piano
- Robben Ford - electric guitar
- Tom Scott - reeds, winds
- Larry Nash - piano
- Max Bennett - bass
- John Guerin - drums, percussion
Recorded at the Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, California 14 - 17 August 1974, the L.A. Music Center, 4 March 1974 (track 5) and the Berkeley Community Center, 2 March 1974 (track 13).
References
- ^ Ruhlmann, William (2011 [last update]). "Miles of Aisles - Joni Mitchell | AllMusic". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r13212. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ^ Davis, Stephen (2011 [last update]). "Joni Mitchell: Miles Of Aisles : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". web.archive.org. http://web.archive.org/web/20090124143121/http://rollingstone.com/artists/jonimitchell/albums/album/321712/review/5944852/miles_of_aisles. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (2011 [last update]). "Robert Christgau: CG: joni mitchell". robertchristgau.com. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=joni+mitchell. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
External links
Joni Mitchell Studio albums Song to a Seagull (1968) · Clouds (1969) · Ladies of the Canyon (1970) · Blue (1971) · For the Roses (1972) · Court and Spark (1974) · The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975) · Hejira (1976) · Don Juan's Reckless Daughter (1977) · Mingus (1979) · Wild Things Run Fast (1982) · Dog Eat Dog (1985) · Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm (1988) · Night Ride Home (1991) · Turbulent Indigo (1994) · Taming the Tiger (1998) · Both Sides Now (2000) · Travelogue (2002) · Shine (2007)Live albums Miles of Aisles (1974) · Shadows and Light (1980) · Amchitka, The 1970 Concert That Launched Greenpeace (2009)Compilation albums The World of Joni Mitchell (1972) · Hits (1996) · Misses (1996) · The Complete Geffen Recordings (2003) · The Beginning of Survival (2004) · Dreamland (2004) · Songs of a Prairie Girl (2005)Singles & key songs "Night in the City" (1968) · "Both Sides, Now" (1969) · "Chelsea Morning" (1969) · "Big Yellow Taxi" (1970) · "Woodstock" (1970) · "Carey" (1971) · "California" (1971) · "You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio" (1972) · "Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire" (1973) · "Raised on Robbery" (1973) · "Help Me" (1974) · "Free Man in Paris" (1974) · "Big Yellow Taxi" (live) (1974) · "In France They Kiss on Main Street" (1976) · "Coyote" (1976) · "Jericho" (1978) · "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" (1980) · "(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care" (1982) · "Be Cool" (1983) · "Chinese Cafe/Unchained Melody" (1983) · "Good Friends" (1985) · "Shiny Toys" (1986) · "Snakes and Ladders" (1988) · "My Secret Place" (1988) · "Come in From the Cold" (1991) · "How Do You Stop?" (1994) · "Big Yellow Taxi EP" (1995) · "Harlem in Havana" (1988)Collaborations "You've Got a Friend" (1971) · The Last Waltz (1978) · The Wall - Live in Berlin (1990) · "Got 'til It's Gone" (1994) · River: The Joni Letters (2007) The Fiddle and The Drum (2009)Videos Shadows and Light (1980) · Refuge of the Roads (1983) · Painting with Words and Music (1999) · Woman of Heart and Mind (2003)Related articles Discography · Albums · SongsCategories:- Joni Mitchell albums
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- Asylum Records live albums
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