Both Sides Now Joni Mitchell Live high quality recording

Both Sides Now by Joni Mitchell. Keyboard Arrangement by Chris Magrath Sung here by Viv Lyneham. Both Sides, Now" is a single by Joni Mitchell. Her recording first appeared on the album Clouds, released in 1969. She re-recorded the song in a Jazz style for the album of the same name, released in 2000. It is one of Joni Mitchell's best-known songs (with "Big Yellow Taxi," "Woodstock," and "A Case of You"). It was written in March 1967, inspired by a passage in Henderson the Rain King by Saul Bellow.[1]

Judy Collins made the first commercially released recording of the song in 1968, shortly after Mitchell wrote it, which reached #8 on the U.S. pop singles charts and won a 1968 Grammy Award for Best Folk Performance. The record peaked at #3 on Billboard's Easy Listening survey, and has become one of Collins' signature songs.

Fairport Convention recorded the song as a demo in 1967. The band's recording did not become available until 2000, however, when it appeared on The Guv'nor Vol 4 by Ashley Hutchings. (A live recording featuring Judy Dyble from 1981 is included on Fairport's Moat on the Ledge album.)

Both Joni Mitchell's album Both Sides Now and a 2003 Mitchell rerecording of the song are featured in the 2003 movie Love Actually.

Rolling Stone ranked "Both Sides, Now" #170 on its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

The song was published by Scholastic as a picture book, Both Sides Now, illustrated by Alan Baker, in 1992. Glen Campbell Also recorded a version of Both Sides Now. As did Tina Arena.

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[Ulysses4real]

Nice video accompaniment to a fine song. Keep up posting vids. i love your vision and your sense of taste helped me wind down my day.

[vivtaunton]

@Ulysses4real

Hello thanks for your kind comments much appreciated !

[u2kool6]

Loved her voice and a wonderful song. The vid needs a lot of work. Nonetheless, Thank You.

[vivtaunton]

@u2kool6

Hello Thanks for your kind comments. Regarding Video, I take on board what you say this was done sometime ago with a poor quality Tape Camcorder, but at the time was intended as an audio track only and this I thought was better than looking at a blank screen :) Nevertheless, 1 day who knows we may even get to see Viv singing this live on youtube :)

[smt1955]

brilliant singing viv and great arrangement by chris magrath :) very enjoyable

[vivtaunton]

@smt1955

Thanks Steve. Glad you liked Chris's Piano Arrangment! :)

[skylolo50]

I was quite mesmerized by your voice and the piano version. The tone of your voice is in perfect synch with "How" this song should be interpreted not to mention the deep emotion that you put into singing it.

Keep up the great work :)

[TheFishenigma]

A very nice rendition of one of my all time favorite songs. Very well done. Thanks for sharing this, I enjoyed it very much.

[TheFishenigma]

A very nice rendition of one of my all time favorite songs. Very well done. Thanks for sharing this, I enjoyed it very much.

[vivtaunton]

@MrKeys57

Hi Levi Thanks very much for your kind comment.

[MrKeys57]

very nice performance by both of you, smooth! - all the best - Levi