#i think this edit turned out to be about saskatoon as much as clouds lmao

[cactustreesmotel]

Happy birthday to Clouds, released on May 1st, 1969! 🌥

1. D.H., "Recordings of Special Merit," Stereo Review, September 1969. Accessed through jonimitchell.com. // 2. Clouds album cover, painted by Joni Mitchell, 1969. // 3. D.H., "Recordings of Special Merit." // 4. madraven07, comment under "Joni Mitchell - Clouds (Full Album)" on YouTube, 2024. // 5. Min S. Yee, "Pressed-Flower Child: Joni Mitchell Grew Up With Love for Words," Courier-Post (Camden, New Jersey), September 6, 1969, p. 50. Accessed through newspapers.com. // 6. Yee, "Pressed Flower Child," photographer uncredited. // 7. "Joni Mitchell Brings Music of Songs to Kleinhans Dec. 13," The Buffalo News (Buffalo, New York), December 3, 1969, p. 64. Accessed through newspapers.com. // 8. Joni Mitchell, "I Think I Understand," Clouds, 1969. // 9. eBay listing, "JONI MITCHELL rare LP." // 10. Robb Baker, "The Sound," Chicago Tribune, June 22, 1969, p. 13. Accessed through newspapers.com. // 11. promotional poster for Joni Mitchell's homecoming concert in Saskatoon, March 14, 1969. Accessed through jonimitchell.com. // 12. Joni Mitchell, "Both Sides Now," Clouds, 1969.