Miles of Aisles

Miles of Aisles
Live album by Joni Mitchell
Publication (s)	1974
admission	1974
Label (s)	Asylum Records
Format (s)	LP, CD
Genre (s)	Folk , jazz
Title (number)	18th
running time	78:01
occupation	Vocals , guitar , piano : Joni Mitchell Drums : John Guerin Electric bass : Max Bennett Electric guitar : Robben Ford
production	Joni Mitchell
Location (s)	Universal amphitheater
chronology Court and Spark (1974) Miles of Aisles The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975)
Single release 1974 Big Yellow Taxi

Joni Mitchell, 1974

Joni Mitchell during the Court and Spark Tour, 1974

Miles of Aisles is Joni Mitchell's first live album , released in 1974. It is a double album that documents her concerts with her backing band LA Express . It peaked at number 2 on the Billboard 200 and became one of their best-selling albums. It was recognized as a gold record by the Recording Industry Association of America .

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This was Mitchell's first tour with a backing band. Before that she had mostly performed solo. She hired the existing jazz fusion band LA Express , whose members had already played Court and Spark on their previous studio album , the biggest commercial success of their career to date. The song Big Yellow Taxi from this live album was released as a single and became their fourth Top 40 single.

The album contains many of their well-known songs, but only one track from their latest album and neither of the two hit singles Help Me and Free Man in Paris . All but two of the songs were recorded from August 14-17, 1974 at the Universal Amphitheater in Los Angeles . Cactus Tree was recorded at the Los Angeles Music Center on March 4th and Real Good for Free on March 2nd at the Berkeley Community Theater . The cover picture shows the Pine Knob Music Theater in Clarkston .

Track list

page 1

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

Page 2

1. Cactus Tree - 5:01
2. Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire - 5:23
3. Woman of Heart and Mind - 3:40
4. A Case of You - 4:42
5. Blue - 2:49

Page 3

1. The Circle Game - 6:29
2. People's Parties - 2:42
3. All I Want - 3:21
4. Real Good for Free - 4:27
5. Both Sides Now - 4:14

page 4

1. Carey - 3:30
2. The Last Time I Saw Richard - 3:35
3. Love or Money - 4:50

Musician

• Joni Mitchell - vocals, guitar, piano, dulcimer (as well as cover photo and graphics)

Backing band LA Express

• Max Bennett - electric bass
• John Guerin - drums, percussion
• Robben Ford - electric guitar
• Tom Scott - woodwind instruments, harmonica
• Larry Nash - piano

Individual evidence

1. ↑ riaa.com: Miles of Aisles
2. ^ A Chronology of Appearances ( Memento from April 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
3. ^ Jonimitchell.com: A Conversation with Max Bennett