Joni Mitchell - Court And Spark (1974) Part 1 (Full Album)

Track List: 1-4

1. Joni Mitchell - Court And Spark (0:00)
2. Joni Mitchell - Help Me (2:46)
3. Joni Mitchell - Free Man In Paris (6:09)
4. Joni Mitchell - People's Parties (9:12)

Court and Spark is the sixth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. It was an immediate commercial and critical success—and remains her most successful album. Released in January 1974, it has been described as pop, but also infuses Mitchell's folk rock style, which she had developed through her previous five albums, with jazz inflections.

Personnel:

Joni Mitchell – vocals, acoustic guitar, piano; clavinet on "Down to You"
Tom Scott – woodwinds, reeds
Joe Sample – electric piano; clavinet on "Raised on Robbery"
Larry Carlton – electric guitar on all tracks except "Car on a Hill", "Raised on Robbery" and "Trouble Child"
Max Bennett – bass guitar on all tracks except "Free Man in Paris", "People's Parties" and "Trouble Child"
John Guerin – drums, percussion

Additional personnel:

Chuck Findley – trumpet on "Trouble Child" and "Twisted"
José Feliciano – electric guitar on "Free Man in Paris"
Wayne Perkins – electric guitar on "Car on a Hill"
Robbie Robertson – electric guitar on "Raised on Robbery"
Dennis Budimir – electric guitar on "Trouble Child"
Wilton Felder – bass guitar on "Free Man in Paris" and "People's Parties"
Jim Hughart – bass guitar on "Trouble Child"
Milt Holland – chimes on "Court and Spark"
David Crosby – backing vocals on "Free Man in Paris" and "Down to You"
Graham Nash – backing vocals on "Free Man in Paris"
Susan Webb – backing vocals on "Down to You"
Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong – background voices on "Twisted"

Technical personnel"

Joni Mitchell – record producer
Henry Lewy and Ellis Sorkin – engineers
Anthony Hudson – art direction, design
Joni Mitchell – cover painting
Norman Seeff – photography