Joni Mitchell / Ladies Of The Canyon (US, Reprise Records, RS 6376) <April 1970>

Joni Mitchell / Ladies Of The Canyon (US, Reprise Records, RS 6376) <April 1970>
(SIDE 1) RS-6376 30992-A-1B
(SIDE 2) RS-6376 30993-B-1A

Joni Mitchell – vocals, guitars, keyboards, cover illustration
Teresa Adams – cello
Paul Horn – clarinet, flute
Jim Horn – baritone saxophone
Milt Holland – percussion
The Lookout Mountain United Downstairs Choir – vocal chorus on "The Circle Game"

"Ladies of the Canyon" is the third studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, released on Reprise Records in 1970. It peaked at No. 27 on the Billboard 200, and has been certified platinum by the RIAA. The title makes reference to Laurel Canyon, a centre of popular music culture in Los Angeles during the 1960s. The album includes several of Mitchell's most noted songs, such as "Big Yellow Taxi", "Woodstock" and "The Circle Game".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCFelQwdk84

[Verse 1]
Yesterday a child came out to wander
Caught a dragonfly inside a jar
Fearful when the sky was full of thunder
And tearful at the falling of a star

[Chorus]
And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return we can only look
Behind from where we came
And go round and round and round
In the circle game

[Verse 2]
Then the child moved ten times round the seasons
Skated over ten clear frozen streams
Words like "when you're older" must appease him
And promises of someday make his dreams

[Chorus]
And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return we can only look
Behind from where we came
And go round and round and round
In the circle game

[Verse 3]
Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now
Cartwheels turn to car wheels through the town
And they tell him take your time it won't be long now
Till you drag your feet to slow the circles down

[Chorus]
And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return we can only look
Behind from where we came
And go round and round and round
In the circle game

[Verse 4]
So the years spin by and now the boy is twenty
Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true
There'll be new dreams maybe better dreams and plenty
Before the last revolving year is through

[Chorus]
And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return we can only look
Behind from where we came
And go round and round and round
In the circle game
And go round and round and round
In the circle game

白く汚れの目立つジャケ、静かな音楽でノイズが目立ちやすい（特に前半）、「海外人気＞日本人気」なので日本では見かけず海外では高額、・・・このレコは選ぶのが難しいです。