Joni Mitchell – Hejira (LP Vinyl)

Recorded in 1976 after Mitchell spent time traveling solo across the country, *Hejira* captures a restlessness that went far beyond any previous road record. Jaco Pastorius's fretless bass runs through nearly every track like a second voice, a contribution that still sounds unlike anything else in the folk canon and pushed Mitchell's writing toward territory that took the rest of the decade to fully absorb.