Released November 1974 Artist Joni Mitchell Producer Joni Mitchell Genres Folk rock, Folk jazz | Length 74:00 Release date November 1974 Label Asylum Records | |
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Recorded March 2 and 4, 1974; August 14–17, 1974
The Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles Music Center and Berkeley Community Center Miles of Aisles
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Joni mitchell you turn me on i m a radio live 1974
Miles of Aisles is the seventh album by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, released in 1974 on Asylum Records. It is her first live album, a double documenting her concerts in support of the Court and Spark album with her backing band for the tour, the L.A. Express. It reached #2 on the Billboard 200 and became one of her biggest-selling records, certified a gold record by the RIAA.
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This was Mitchell's first tour with backing musicians; prior to this she had generally performed solo, and had never organized a tour with a band. She hired an already existing group, the jazz fusion band L.A. Express, members of which had appeared on her previous studio album, Court and Spark, the biggest commercial success of her career. A track from this live album, "Big Yellow Taxi," was released as a single. Four years after the studio version had stalled at #67 on the Billboard Hot 100 as a single, this live version reached #24 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, becoming Mitchell's fourth Top 40 hit single and third in a row.
The album contains many of her best-known songs, but only one track derived from her recent album and neither of its two hit singles, "Help Me" and "Free Man in Paris." All tracks except two were recorded at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, August 14 to 17, 1974. "Cactus Tree" was recorded at the Los Angeles Music Center on March 4, and "Real Good for Free" at the Berkeley Community Theater on March 2. The cover photo was taken at the Pine Knob Music Theater in Clarkston, Michigan.
The album was remastered and reissued on a single compact disc on March 21, 2000, utilizing the Pacific Microsonics HDCD process. This was part of the series reissuing her entire catalogue on the Reprise and Asylum labels through 1980.
Track listing
All tracks written by Joni Mitchell.
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Songs
1You Turn Me on I'm a RadioLA Express4:09
2Big Yellow TaxiLA Express3:09
3Rainy Night HouseLA Express4:04