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Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: Blue – Rated 3/500!

The Reprise Years (1968-1971) features newly remastered versions of Joni Mitchell’s first four studio albums – Song To A Seagull (1968), Clouds (1969), Ladies Of The Canyon (1970) and Blue (1971). In the case of Song To A Seagull, the original mix has been recently updated by Mitchell and mixer Matt Lee.

The cover art for The Reprise Years (1968-1971) features a previously unseen self-portrait Mitchell drew during the time period and includes an essay by Grammy winning singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile.

The collection is presented on four 180 gram LPs in premium packaging and is a limited edition of 10,000.

Add a superb essay from Brandi Carlile, superb album art reproduction on ‘tip on’ jackets and you have a perfectly executed box set reissue! Highly recommended.

This elevated body of work helped define the singer-songwriter era. Canadian folky Joni Mitchell moved to the States in 1965 and soon emerged as a female hero, sporting a fearless heart, a probing mind, and a road-worn Martin D-28. These (mostly) solo-acoustic albums birthed many of her best-known songs. Part romantic and part cynic, she wrote poignantly of bleak winters on the Saskatoon prairie, womanhood, famous lovers, her estranged daughter, and Laurel Canyon. Her poetic musings were delivered in a pure voice. She could cut to the bone and was unwavering in her feminism, but she also waxed topical, as on the sentimental hit ‘Big Yellow Taxi’ and the austere generational anthem ‘Woodstock.’