MOFI Court And Spark [VINYL]

Joni Mitchell Counterbalances Love and Trust with Freedom and Confusion on Court and Spark: 1974 Effort Is Ranked the 110th Greatest Album of All Time by Rolling Stone Mobile Fidelity's UltraDisc One-Step 180g 45RPM 2LP Plays with Definitive Detail, Clarity, and Openness: Pressed on MoFi SuperVinyl and Strictly Limited to 6,000 Numbered Copies, Box Set Includes New Liner Notes STRICTLY LIMITED TO 6,000 NUMBERED COPIES Court and Spark, the most commercially successful album of Joni Mitchell's trailblazing career, arrived after a year in which she took some time to breathe and kept a low profile. The pause led to more breakthroughs for the singer-songwriter. Marking Mitchell's increasing drift toward jazz, Court and Spark garnered four Grammy nominations, earned the Best Album of the Year vote in the prestigious Pazz & Jop poll, and ranks #110 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Considering circumstances from multiple angles, Mitchell explores issues connected to love and freedom, certainty and confusion, and trust and fear with unfettered boldness and introspective empathy. She teeters between surrender and retreat, sussing out the complications and sacrifices involved with such actions. Sourced from the original analog master tapes, pressed at Fidelity Record Pressing on MoFi SuperVinyl, and featuring new liner notes, Mobile Fidelity's UltraDisc One-Step 180g 45RPM 2LP box set presents the 1974 classic with definitive detail, tonality, and directness. Benefitting from a virtually nonexistent noise floor, dead-quiet surfaces, and superior groove definition, this collectible edition reproduces without compromise the textures, details, and breathtaking craftsmanship that help make Court and Spark into what many fans believe is the Canadian native's finest hour. The reference presence puts in transparent view Mitchell's incisive words and unique phrasing, as well as the contributions of her support musicians - including Tom Scott and the L.A. Express. Mobile Fidelity UltraDisc One-Step Process Instead of utilizing the industry-standard three-step lacquer process, UltraDisc One-Step (UD1S) uses only one step and bypasses two processes of generational loss. In addition to revealing extra musical detail and dynamics otherwise lost due to the standard copying process, the UD1S technique produces a final LP with the lowest noise floor possible today. Numbered Limited Edition UD1S 180g 45RPM 2LP SuperVinyl Box Set NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION OF 6,000 1/4'' / 15 IPS DOLBY A ANALOG MASTER > DSD 256 > ANALOG CONSOLE > LATHE