Like most live albums, this two-record set was a profit-taking release on which the artist re-presented many of her old songs for a new acceptance now that she had a larger pop audience. Backed by the pop-jazz ensemble the L.A. Express Mitchell reprised the best from her first five albums, pointedly ignoring Court and Spark, and including two new cuts, "Love or Money" and "Jericho." ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
Track List
(try tracks 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 and 13)
Why does this reviewer think he can generalize the motives for "most" live album as "profit-taking"? How about seeing it for what it simply is- a record of the live, performed music of a given performer/artist at a particular time & place, therefore worthy of serious consideration on its own merits? Usually, of course, a live album in almost any genre means a repeat of previous material...