Joni Mitchell - The Asylum Albums (1976-1980) - VINYL LP

Limited five vinyl LP box set. 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 tag 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 songwriting. Explore the beginning of that prolific era with The Asylum Albums (1972-1975), the next installment in the Joni Mitchell Archives series. 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.

Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 4 The Asylum Years (1976-1980) [Highlights] Enjoy 40 unreleased recordings tracing Joni's groundbreaking work from the birth of Hejira to her legendary collaborations with jazz luminaries on this 4-LP 180-gram black vinyl set, which includes newly unearthed demos and studio outtakes from the era, live tour recordings from '76 & '79, and studio session contributions from the likes of Charles Mingus and Herbie Hancock.

Four vinyl LP pressing. Continue the journey through Joni's previously unmined archives. This set is an intimate and revelatory spotlight on her prolific peak from 1972-1975, which included her most commercially successful album, Court And Spark, and single InchHelp Me.Inch The set Includes sessions with Graham Nash, James Taylor, Neil Young and the Santa Monica Flyers, & Tom Scott and the L.A. Express. Includes never-before-heard demos, early and alternate versions of classic songs, and historical performances plus a gorgeous 40-page photo book and liners informed by conversations with Joni and her friend Cameron Crowe.