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Joni Mitchell, 'Miles of Aisles' (1974)​


Joni's first released live album and her first with a backing band since she started in Canadian coffeehouses in 1962 as Joni Anderson. It would be 40+ years later that 2 archival released from 1965 and 1967 showed her playing earlier live music.

A 2 record set with Joni and LA Express (most of whom played on her previous album Court and Spark but not as a band) playing on sides 1 and 4 and her solo on sides 2 and 3. At 78 minutes it barely fit on one CD by the time it was released in that format. All but 2 songs were recorded in The Universal Amphitheater the 2 songs never appearing on any album at that point. Love or Money still has never been on a studio album.
The album did well on the charts reaching #2 and the single Big Yellow Taxi got to #24 four years after the studio version only made it to #67. While it has never been expanded or remastered it remains a classic for all Joni Mitchell fans.

 
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