There were some hideous 'CSNY' albums around then...CSNY's American Dream, Stills' Right by You, Nash's Innocent Eyes, Neil's Landing on Water etc etc etc.  Ghastly, with the odd nice song drowning in over production and nasty keyboards...

 For what it's worth, I think that 'Blue' is a miraculous thing...

 I'm doing a bit of a folk-rock(ish) tour of Bandcamp recommendations: The Bures Band have a sort of twangy Cosmic Americana thing going on, but remind me of 'Help yourself' more than anything

 
https://theburesband.bandcamp.com/track/green-town



 The Color Green do a sort of psych-pop-baroque-folk    which I think is not dissimilar to recent music by The Coral

https://colorgreen.bandcamp.com/track/fool-s-parade

Well, you might like it  

Just back from holidays in Scotland and MrsB had downloaded the 6 episodes of Legend - The Joni Mitchell Story so we listened to that in the car. I hadn't heard about her Mingus project but feel I should give it a listen what with the likes of Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter having played on it.

Having mainly only listened to her early records I feel ready to explore her more jazzy releases but think I'll avoid the 80s ones with the synths and drums machines. Makes me think of CSN's Live It Up. That awful artwork on the cover should have warned me to stay well clear of it though to be fair I think there are one of two ok tracks on it.

There are a few good Joni compilations available if you feel you want to experiment.  

Joni Mitchell is one of those artists who has never really appeared on my radar. I know some of her songs from cover versions, and obviously lots of people laud her to the skies, but for some reason I have never felt any desire to explore further.

Yes I think I strayed a little later than the third album but not by much. It was along time ago!

I find it quite bizarre that anybody could like the first three albums but be not overly keen on the fourth.  It's almost literally the conclusion (most would say zenith) of that particular body of work.

This might be a bit technical for some...but it's worth watching...AI music anybody ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5bd34C7zco

Welsh acoustic duo, Zervas & Pepper are currently getting plaudits for their Joni Mitchell show. They are excellent when they do their own material so I imagine if Joni is your bag, it would be an entertaining night out.

I'm not overly keen Blue although I'm aware it's supposed to be a classic.