#for the roses

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Joni Mitchell, 1971

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joni's 'for the roses' credits

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Album Review: Joni Mitchell - Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975)

The six hours of music contained in Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975) is the sound of Mitchell morphing from a folkie from the 1960s to a jazzer of the 1970s.

Comprising demos, studio outtakes, live recordings, alternate mixes and more, the sprawling set is one of those rare collections of ephemera that is eminently listenable straight through and is destined to remain so for decades to come.

Covering the years that produced For the Roses, Court & Spark and the Hissing of Summer Lawns, the box set presents Mitchell clowning with James Taylor in the studio on a medley of “Bony Moronie,” “Summertime Blues” and “You Never Can Tell;” singing “The Circle Game” on stage with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; laying down an early version of “You Turn Me On, I’m a Radio” backed by Neil Young and the Stray Gators; and promoting Court & Spark during a full gig March 3, 1974, backed by Tom Scott & the LA Express.

On stage, Mitchell is an alluring host, telling stories, introducing and explaining songs and laughing like someone who’s happy to be doing what she’s doing. Her between-song levity is a striking counterbalance to the heaviness of the songs themselves and showcases a side of Mitchell that only occasionally manifests in the music.

With 96 tracks in all, titles necessary repeat. But with an artist like Mitchell, that hardly matters. The well-chosen takes give listeners a fascinating sonic peek into the mind of a musical genius as she builds such songs as “Help Me,” “Dreamland,” “Raised on Robbery” and others from sketches into fully formed audio artworks. Meanwhile, the never-released-in-any-format “Like Veils Said Lorraine” is a long-lost companion to “Banquet.”

Getting through the set requires nearly a full-workday commitment. Before it’s all over, Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 3 will steal months, perhaps years, from fans.

Grade card: Joni Mitchell - Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975) - A

11/28/23

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For the Roses, Joni Mitchell (1972)

For the Roses often gets overshadowed by Blue and Court and Spark, the records it is sandwiched between, and, to be honest, I think that’s about right. Still a very pretty, eloquent piece of folk, it isn’t quite on the same level as its directly older and younger siblings.

Pick: ‘Blonde in the Bleachers’

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and what if I told you nine was less afraid of love than ten. what then.

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"Good Morning, Rose"

My short story for the wlw anthology GLIMM*R!

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the beast! the wicked one! it!

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bass makes a dollar. i make a dime. that's why i think about lesbian sex on company time

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Pigeons!

Here's a collection of pet portraits I had a pleasure of painting for the great Keepsakesloft and Rey <3 Thank you both so much for this!

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the people yearn for turn of the century sonic gijinkas

here are my many inspirations

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Dungeon Meshi Convention Episode

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Senshi Rose Quartz para el que lo quiera