David Geffen and Elliot Roberts ... That song deserves its own place in the story of Joni Mitchell’s interactions with her boys. It has long played a central and complicated role in her legend.

While it's unusual to highlight sleevenotes, Joni's own to this four-disc box are remarkable: she slams the record company for burying this uncommercial work, and disses individual tracks.

Bottom line: Joni Mitchell has always gone against the grain ... "Free Man in Paris" is about philanthropist and music ...