Paperback. Court and Spark is Joni Mitchell's most overt attempt at making a hit record, full of glossy production, catchy choruses, and even guest stars from every stratum of rock culture, high (Robbie Robertson) and low (Cheech and Chong). The record was a smash, reaching number two on the charts in March of 1974, spawning three hit singles; Help Me, Free Man in Parisand Raised on Robbery and cementing Mitchell's position as a commercial as well as an artistic force. Sean Nelson, a well known musician himself (Harvey Danger, the Long Winters), is particularly well equipped to understand all the elements that went into the making of this classic album, and he does so with clarity and wit. "Court and Spark" is Joni Mitchell's attempt at making a hit record, full of glossy production, catchy choruses, and even guest stars from every stratum of rock culture. The record was a smash, reaching number two on the charts in March of 1974, spawning three hit singles. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Title: Joni Mitchell's Court and Spark (Paperback)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London
Publication Date: 2007
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0826417736
ISBN 13: 9780826417732
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new

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Court and Spark is Joni Mitchell's most overt attempt at making a hit record, full of glossy production, catchy choruses, and even guest stars from every stratum of rock culture, high (Robbie Robertson) and low (Cheech and Chong). The record was a smash, reaching number two on the charts in March of 1974, spawning three hit singles; Help Me, Free Man in Paris
and Raised on Robbery and cementing Mitchell's position as a commercial as well as an artistic force. Sean Nelson, a well known musician himself (Harvey Danger, the Long Winters), is particularly well equipped to understand all the elements that went into the making of this classic album, and he does so with clarity and wit.

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Sean Nelson is a writer and musician in Seattle, and is a partner in independent label Barsuk Records.

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