Miles of Aisles

Miles of Aisles
Live album by Joni Mitchell
Released	November 1974
Recorded	March 2 and 4, 1974; August 14-17, 1974 The Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles Music Center and Berkeley Community Center
Genre	Folk jazz, Folk-rock, Singer-songwriter
Length	74:00
Label	Asylum
Producer	Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell chronology
Court and Spark (1974) Miles of Aisles (1974) The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	(not rated)[2]
Robert Christgau	(B-)[3]

Miles of Aisles is a 1974 double live album by Joni Mitchell backed by the L.A. Express, recorded on the Court and Spark tour. It reached #2 on the charts and became one of her biggest-selling records.

Four years after "Big Yellow Taxi" stalled at #67 on the charts in its original studio version, the live version heard on Miles of Aisles was released as a single and reached #24 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, becoming Mitchell's fourth top 40 hit and continuing her commercial hot streak at the time.

Track listing

All tracks composed and arranged by Joni Mitchell

1. "You Turn Me on I'm a Radio" – 4:09
2. "Big Yellow Taxi" – 3:09
3. "Rainy Night House" – 4:04
4. "Woodstock" – 4:29
5. "Cactus Tree" – 5:01
6. "Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire" – 5:23
7. "Woman of Heart and Mind" – 3:40
8. "A Case of You" – 4:42
9. "Blue" – 2:49
10. "The Circle Game" – 6:29
11. "People's Parties" – 2:42
12. "All I Want" – 3:21
13. "Real Good for Free" – 4:27
14. "Both Sides Now" – 4:14
15. "Carey" – 3:30
16. "The Last Time I Saw Richard" – 3:35
17. "Jericho" – 3:26
18. "Love or Money" – 4:50

(The running times are as listed on the CD, which left out a lot of the onstage banter. The Double-LP has a length of 78 min.)

Personnel

• Joni Mitchell - vocals, guitar, dulcimer, piano

L.A. Express:

• Robben Ford - electric guitar
• Tom Scott - reeds, winds
• Larry Nash - piano
• Max Bennett - bass
• John Guerin - drums, percussion

Recorded at the Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, California 14 - 17 August 1974, the L.A. Music Center, 4 March 1974 (track 5) and the Berkeley Community Center, 2 March 1974 (track 13).

References

1. ^ Ruhlmann, William (2011 [last update]). "Miles of Aisles - Joni Mitchell | AllMusic". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r13212. Retrieved 19 July 2011. 
2. ^ Davis, Stephen (2011 [last update]). "Joni Mitchell: Miles Of Aisles : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". web.archive.org. http://web.archive.org/web/20090124143121/http://rollingstone.com/artists/jonimitchell/albums/album/321712/review/5944852/miles_of_aisles. Retrieved 19 July 2011. 
3. ^ Christgau, Robert (2011 [last update]). "Robert Christgau: CG: joni mitchell". robertchristgau.com. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=joni+mitchell. Retrieved 19 July 2011. 

External links

• Album liner notes