For The Roses (45rpm Supervinyl)

1972年作5THがMOBILE FIDELITYから限定ナンバリング入りULTRADISC ONE-STEP仕様45回転2LPボックス・セットで登場!!

REPRISEからASYLUMに移籍、第一弾となるアルバム。前作『BLUE』のヒットを受け、更にジャズの要素を取り込んだサウンドが瑞々しい傑作。自在なフレージングを聴かせる歌とギター、美しくも難解で抽象的な歌によって高い評価を得ることになりました。アルバムからは"恋するラジオ(YOU TURN ME ON, I'M A RADIO)"がヒット。

MOBILE FIDELITYが贈る新たな規格、ULTRADISC ONE-STEP (UD1S)シリーズの一枚。まるで3D体験のような新たな高みに到達したというUD1Sシリーズは、これまでのスリー・ステップ・プロセスから大きく進化、生産過程でよりノイズを抑え、より音の詳細を再現、大幅にダイナミクスを向上させることに成功したワン・ステップ・ラッカー・プロセスを採用。高音質盤ファンから圧倒的な信頼を得るMOBILE FIDELITYが「ウルトラ・ハイ・ファイ・エディション」と宣言する新たな次元の聴取体験をぜひお手元に。豪華ボックスに封入されたデラックス・パッケージ。 ナンバリング入り限定盤。

On For the Roses, Joni Mitchell began to explore jazz and other influences in earnest. As one might expect from a transitional album, there is a lot of stylistic ground explored, including straight folk selections using guitar ("For the Roses") and piano ("Banquet," "See You Sometime," "Lesson in Survival") overtly jazzy numbers ("Barangrill," "Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire," and hybrids that cross the two "Let the Wind Carry Me," "Electricity," "Woman of Heart and Mind," "Judgment of the Moon and Stars"). "Blonde in the Bleachers" grafts a rock & roll band coda onto a piano-based singer/songwriter main body. The hit single "You Turn Me on I'm a Radio" is an unusual essay into country-tinged pop, sporting a Dylanesque harmonica solo played by Graham Nash and lush backing vocals. Arrangements here build solidly upon the tentative expansion of scoring first seen in Ladies of the Canyon. "Judgment of the Moon and Stars" and "Let the Wind Carry Me" present lengthy instrumental interludes. The lyrics here are among Mitchell's best, continuing in the vein of gripping honesty and heartfelt depth exhibited on Blue. As always, there are selections about relationship problems, such as "Lesson in Survival," "See You Sometime," and perhaps the best of all her songs in this genre, "Woman of Heart and Mind." "Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire" presents a gritty inner-city survival scene, while "Barangrill" winsomely extols the uncomplicated virtues of a roadside truck stop. More than a bridge between great albums, this excellent disc is a top-notch listen in its own right. ~ David Cleary