Linda Ronstadt Jardin Azul Las Canciones Favoritas (cd, Comp)

Linda Ronstadt began as the clear-voiced, country-influenced singer for '60s folk-rockers the Stone Poneys, where she covered tunes by the likes of Mike Nesmith and Tim Buckley. That knack for choosing material served her well in the second half of the '70s, when she became a pop superstar interpreting songs by everyone from Dave Edmunds and Elvis Costello to Chuck Berry and Roy Orbison. Subsequently, she has shown her diversity by cutting albums of jazz standards, traditional Mexican music, and pure country. While Ronstadt was a student at Arizona State University, she met guitarist Bob Kimmel.

The threesome released two albums together, "Trio" (1987) and "Trio II" (1999), which have combined to sell more than five million copies worldwide and win three Grammy Awards. Both of these classic albums have been newly remastered for a three-CD collection packed with rare and unreleased music produced by Harris. The bonus disc is loaded with 20 songs, including alternate takes and completely unreleased recordings from the trio spanning both album sessions.

The threesome released two albums together, "Trio" (1987) and "Trio II" (1999), which have combined to sell more than five million copies worldwide and win three Grammy Awards. Both of these classic albums have been newly remastered for a three-CD collection packed with rare and unreleased music produced by Harris. The bonus disc is loaded with 20 songs, including alternate takes and completely unreleased recordings from the trio spanning both album sessions.

The album "Linda Ronstadt - Sausalito, Nov '73" is a live recording of Linda Ronstadt's performance in November 1973 in Sausalito, California. This album captures Ronstadt during a period when she was evolving from a country-rock artist into a mainstream rock and pop star.

STUNNING 1973 BROADCAST RECORDING FROM A YOUNG LINDA RONSTADT This superb late ‘73 live radio broadcast, from the renowned Record Plant recording facility based in Sausalito, California, highlights some of the very best material that Linda Ronstadt performed during the first few vital years of her solo career. During this period Linda used Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Bernie Leadon and Randy Meisner of The Eagles either in the studio or as members of her live backing band. A version of ‘Nightingale’, then an unreleased Jackson Browne number although included on The Eagles debut album, is featured here. Ronstadt’s Don’t Cry Now (1973), her first album for Asylum Records, was released just two months prior to this recording. It was her most successful to date, spending more than a year on the Billboard album chart and peaking at number 45. Although not released until a year after this show, her Heart Like A Wheel follow-up is represented at this show by four cuts: ‘I Can’t Help It’ (If I’m Still In Love With You), ‘It Doesn’t Matter Any More’ (previously a hit for Buddy Holly), soul classic ‘Dark End Of The Street’ and ‘You’re No Good’.

STUNNING 1984 BROADCAST BY LINDA RONSTADT WITH THE NELSON RIDDLE ORCHESTRA Having released over 30 studio albums and 15 compilations to date, and charted 38 Billboard Hot 100 singles, with 21 reaching the top 40, 10 in the top 10, three at number 2, and one chart topper, Linda Ronstadt remains among the most successful American performers of all time, having sold over 100 million records in her lengthy career. In 1983, wishing to diversify, Ronstadt had enlisted the help of 62-year-old orchestral band-leader and conductor, Nelson Riddle. The two embarked on an unorthodox and original approach to rehabilitating the Great American Songbook , recording a trilogy of traditional pop albums: What's New (1983) Lush Life (1984) and For Sentimental Reasons (1986), cumulatively sold almost seven million copies in the US alone. Following the release of What s New, Linda, with Riddle and his band in tow, put on a number of concerts in the US, showcasing the first two albums of the trilogy, and on March 9th 1984, at Santa Barbara s Arlington Theater, they performed a stunning set which was broadcast across FM radio along the West Coast. One of the finest performances of the short tour, this previously unreleased recording is now available in its entirety on this CD for the first time.

Linda Ronstadt began as the clear-voiced, country-influenced singer for '60s folk-rockers the Stone Poneys, where she covered tunes by the likes of Mike Nesmith and Tim Buckley. That knack for choosing material served her well in the second half of the '70s, when she became a pop superstar interpreting songs by everyone from Dave Edmunds and Elvis Costello to Chuck Berry and Roy Orbison. Subsequently, she has shown her diversity by cutting albums of jazz standards, traditional Mexican music, and pure country.