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CD Ladies Of The Canyon

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  • Issued : 17 Nov 1987

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Genre : Rock & Pop Catalogue Number : 7599.27450
Format : CD Label : Reprise
Issued : 17 Nov 1987 Item sourced from : Europe
Original Release Year : 1970   
Number of Discs : 1

Ladies Of The Canyon

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  • CD   Japan Edition   ¥1,800   Reissue CD   Released: 27 Sep 2006  
  • LP   US Edition   ¥3,665   Reissue LP (US Import)   Released: 12 Jan 2010  
  • SHM-CD   Japan Edition   ¥2,500   Reissue Limited Edition SHM-CD (Paper Jacket)   Released: 20 Apr 2011  

HMV Review

This wonderfully varied release shows a number of new tendencies in Joni Mitchell's work, some of which would come to fuller fruition on subsequent albums. The Arrangement, Rainy Night House, and Woodstock contain lengthy instrumental sections, presaging the extensive non-vocal stretches in later selections such as Down to You from Court and Spark. Jazz elements are noticeable in the wind solos of For Free and Conversation, exhibiting an important influence that would extend as late as Mingus. The unusually poignant desolation of The Arrangement would surface more strongly in Blue. A number of the selections here (Willy and Blue Boy) use piano rather than guitar accompaniment; arrangements here are often more colorful and complex than before, utilizing cello, clarinet, flute, saxophone, and percussion. Mitchell sings more clearly and expressively than on prior albums, most strikingly so on Woodstock, her celebration of the pivotal 1960s New York rock festival. This number, given a haunting electric piano accompaniment, is sung in a gutsy, raw, soulful manner; the selection proves amply that pop music anthems don't all have to be loud production numbers. Songs here take many moods, ranging from the sunny, easygoing Morning Morgantown (a charming small-town portrait) to the nervously energetic Conversation (about a love triangle in the making) to the cryptically spooky The Priest (presenting the speaker's love for a Spartan man) to the sweetly sentimental classic The Circle Game (denoting the passage of time in touching terms) to the bouncy and vibrant single Big Yellow Taxi (with humorous lyrics on ecological matters) to the plummy, sumptuous title track (a celebration of creativity in all its manifestations). This album is yet another essential listen in Mitchell's recorded canon. ~ David Cleary, All Music Guide

Credits

Him Horn(Sax (Baritone)),  Jim Horn(Sax (Baritone)),  Jim Horn(Saxophone),  Joni Mitchell(Guitar),  Joni Mitchell(Keyboards),  Joni Mitchell(Piano),  Joni Mitchell(Vocals),  Lookout Mountain United Downstairs Choir(Vocals),  Milt Holland(Percussion),  Paul Horn(Clarinet),  Paul Horn(Flute),  Russ Kunkel(Drums),  Saskatunes(Vocals),  Terry Adams(Clarinet),  Lookout Mountain United Downstairs Choir(Choir, Chorus),  Lookout Mountain United Downstairs Choir(Vocals (Background)),  Paul Horn(Wind),  Saskatunes(Vocals (Background)),  Teressa Adams(Cello),  Terry Adams(Cello),  Theresa Adams(Cello),  Henry Lewy(Engineer),  Joni Mitchell(Arranger),  Joni Mitchell(Composer),  Joni Mitchell(Cover Design),  Joni Mitchell(Design),  Don Bagley(Cello Arrangement),  Henry Lewy(Advisor)

Songs

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    1
    Morning Morgantown  (03:12)
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    2
    For Free  (04:31)
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    3
    Conversation  (04:21)
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    4
    Ladies of the Canyon  (03:32)
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    5
    Willy  (03:00)
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    6
    Arrangement, The  (03:32)
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    Rainy Night House  (03:22)
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    8
    Priest, The  (03:39)
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    9
    Blue Boy  (02:53)
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    10
    Big Yellow Taxi  (02:16)
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    11
    Woodstock  (05:25)
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    12
    Circle Game, The  (04:50)

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    GACHA  |  秋田県  |  不明  |  08/May/2008

    初期のアルバム4枚はどれも絶対押さえるべきであり、特にこのアルバムは群を抜いて素晴らしいと言っていいだろう。最初の曲のイントロを聴いただけで、もう全てがいい曲かも…と思ってしまった。後半は特に名曲揃いだよね。とにかくこの頃の初期作品はどの曲もメロディーが生きてる。自分にとって特にこのアルバムは一生好きでいられるアルバム なのは間違いないね。

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    ざくろ  |  不明  |  20/November/2007

    ウッドストックはエウ゛ァ キャシディ と白鳥英美子のバージョンで知りました。特に白鳥英美子さん、ジョニと大体同世代。big yellow taxiはジャネットのゴット ティル イッツ ゴーンのサンプリングソースに使われて聞いたのが初めてでした。何にしても思い出のいわくつき曲がつまったアルバムといえます。

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