Joni Mitchell ♫ Miles of Aisles ♫ Near Mint 1974 1st Press Dbl Vinyl LP w/Insert

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 by  ReleasedNovember 1974RecordedMarch 2 and 4, 1974; August 14–17, 1974 
The Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles Music Center and Berkeley Community Center, , Length78:01Joni Mitchell chronology
(1974)Miles of Aisles
(1974)
(1975)Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingB–(not rated)

Miles of Aisles is the first live album by   , released in 1974 on . It is her first , a  documenting her concerts in support of the  album with her backing band for the tour, the . It reached #2 on the  and became one of her biggest-selling records, certified a  by the .

Content

This was Mitchell's first tour with backing musicians; prior to this she had generally performed solo, and had never organized a tour with a band. She hired an already existing group, the  band L.A. Express, members of which had appeared on her previous studio album, Court and Spark, the biggest commercial success of her career. A track from this live album, "", was released as a . Four years after the studio version had stalled at #67 on the  as a single, this live version reached #24 on the  charts, becoming Mitchell's fourth  hit single and third in a row.

The album contains many of her best-known songs, but only one track derived from her recent album and neither of its two hit singles, "" and "". All tracks except two were recorded at the  in , August 14 to 17, 1974. "Cactus Tree" was recorded at the  on March 4, and "Real Good for Free" at the  on March 2. The cover photo was taken at the  in .

Track listing

All tracks written by Joni Mitchell.

Side oneNo.TitleLength1.""4:092.""3:093."Rainy Night House"4:044.""4:29Side twoNo.TitleLength1."Cactus Tree"5:012."Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire"5:233."Woman of Heart and Mind"3:404.""4:425.""2:49Side threeNo.TitleLength1."The Circle Game"6:292."People's Parties"2:423."All I Want"3:214."Real Good for Free"4:275.""4:14Side fourNo.TitleLength1.""3:302.""3:353."Jericho"3:264."Love or Money"4:50