MOFI Court And Spark

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 Numbered-Edition Hybrid SACD Plays with Revealing Detail, Clarity, Presence, and Openness: First-Ever Audiophile Edition Is Part of the Label's Series of Mitchell Reissues 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. Offsetting positives with negatives, and 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 and housed in mini-LP-style gatefold packaging, Mobile Fidelity's numbered edition hybrid SACD presents the 1974 classic with definitive detail, tonality, and directness. Benefitting from incredible transparency and openness, 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. Notes bloom and decay as they do amid an acoustic live environment. The elevated presence puts in transparent view Mitchell's incisive words and unique phrasing, as well as the contributions of her prized support musicians - including Tom Scott and the L.A. Express as well as guest turns by the likes of David Crosby, Graham Nash, and Robbie Robertson. Mitchell, experimenting with the melodic parameters of guitar and piano, is found at the center of it all. Numbered Hybrid Stereo SACD NUMBERED SPECIAL EDITION