JONI MITCHELL Clouds UK 1st PRESS TEXTURED COVER + INSERT MINT
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JONI MITCHELL Clouds UK 1st PRESS TEXTURED COVER + INSERT MINT

JONI MITCHELL
Clouds

UK REPRISE (RSLP 6341) FIRST *COMPLETE* PRESSING (October 1969)
SUPERB COPY WHICH HAS SEEN LITTLE USE AND DELIVERS EXCEPTIONAL CLEAN SOUND
PLAYS LIKE-NEW

PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE STEAMBOAT LABELS
MATRIX: RSPL 6341 A-1 *T STEREO, KT / RSPL 6341 B-1 *T STEREO, KT
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: X/1 and Z/1
THE ALBUM IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL TEXTURED SLEEVE "Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.”
COMPLETE WITH ORIGINAL LYRIC INSERT
AND POLY-LINED "PATENTS PENDING" INNER SLEEVE

Clouds is a stark stunner, a great leap forward for Joni Mitchell.
Vocals here are more forthright and assured than on her debut and exhibit a remarkable level of subtle expressiveness.
Guitar alone is used in accompaniment, and the variety of playing approaches and sounds is most impressive.
"The Fiddle and the Drum," a protest song that imaginatively compares the Vietnam-era warmongering U.S. government to a bitter friend, dispenses with instrumental accompaniment altogether.
The sketches presented of lovers by turns depressive ("Tin Angel"), roguish ("That Song About the Midway"), and faithless ("The Gallery") are vividly memorable.
Forthright lyrics about the unsureness of new love ("I Don't Know Where I Stand"), misuse of the occult ("Roses Blue"), and mental illness ("I Think I Understand") are very striking.
Mitchell's classic singer/songwriter standards "Chelsea Morning" and "Both Sides Now" respectively receive energetically vibrant and warmly thoughtful performances.
Imaginatively unusual and subtle harmonies abound here, never more so in her body of work than on the remarkable "Songs to Aging Children Come," which sets floridly impressionistic lyrics to a lovely tune that is supported by perhaps the most remarkably sophisticated chord sequence in all of pop music.
Mitchell's riveting self-portrait on the album's cover is a further asset. This essential release is a must-listen.

Side 1:
Tin Angel (4:06)
Chelsea Morning (2:30)
I Don't Know Where I Stand (3:10)
That Song About The Midway (4:33)
Roses Blue (3:47)
Side 2:
The Gallery (4:06)
I Think I Understand (4:22)
Songs To Ageing Children Come (3:03)
The Fiddle And The Drum (2:45)
Both Sides, Now (4:30)

LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, unmarked labels with just one or two spindle traces
VINYL Visual: MINT
Both surfaces are unmarked and shine like new
VINYL Audio: MINT
Plays beautifully throughout with a crystal clear loud cut and nothing to fault.
No clicks, ticks or pops and exceptionally clean playback.
A superb copy and one very highly recommended indeed
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
Apart from a little rippling (nothing major) the cover is clean and unmarked with some light rub on the corners but the text on the very thin spine clear and bold
LYRIC INSERT: NEAR MINT
Practically untouched, clean and unmarked

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