Linda Ronstadt Classics

Linda Ronstadt - Silk Purse (1970) {Capitol Records 80126 rel 1995}
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© 1970, 1995 Capitol Records | 0777 7 80126 2 7
Rock / Soft Rock / Country Blues / Country Rock

Abandoning California for Nashville, Linda Ronstadt does take a stab at relatively straight-ahead country on her second album, Silk Purse. She's changed location and producers – Elliot Mazer, who'd later be Neil Young's right-hand man for archival projects, helmed this – but she hasn't quite thrown herself into the maelstrom of Music City here. Many of the soft, flowery flourishes of Hand Sown…Home Grown have been traded in for steel guitars and echoing acoustics, a move that definitely reads country, but Ronstadt's sensibility remains rooted on the West Coast, favoring great emerging songwriters and revived, reworked versions of classics.

Prisoner In Disguise debuted in October 1975. The album peaked on the Billboard album chart at #4. It also reached #2 on the Country album chart and has been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.

(wikipedia)

Linda Ronstadt - Dedicated To The One I Love (1996) {Elektra 61916-2}
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© 1996 Elektra / Warner | 61916-2
Pop / Vocal / Dream Pop / Lullabies

This is such an awesome and unique album. Linda recorded this music right after she adopted a child. The love and tenderness of these amazing songs is so refreshing. Queen's "We Will Rock You" is done in a way you would never imagine. You can hear the heartbeat, almost as if you were inside the womb and listening to your own mother's heartbeat. It's just simply amazing. All of the songs a beautiful and Linda's incomparable voice is exquisite.

Linda Ronstadt - Heart Like A Wheel
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1974 | Genre: Pop/Rock | Label: Capitol | SW-11358 | US pressing | Vinyl: NM

But what really makes Heart Like a Wheel a breakthrough is the inventive arrangements that producer Peter Asher, Ronstadt, and the studio musicians have developed. Finding the right note for each song — whether it's the soulful reworking of "When Will I Be Loved," the hit "You're No Good," or the laid-back folk-rock of "Willing" — the musicians help turn Heart Like a Wheel into a veritable catalog of Californian soft rock, and it stands as a landmark of '70s mainstream pop/rock.

(Stephen Thomas Erlewine - All Music Guide, rated 5 out of 5 star)

That's What I Call Country Classics '70s is an installment in the popular NOW series and the 5th in the Country Classics series. The project is a joint venture between Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment. NOW That's What I Call Country Classics '70s includes country superstars including Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Don Williams, and many more.

After the success of the first Classics delivers the musical range of the singer-songwriters enough good material to make a second part to be able to build. This time with gems of artists that we missed on the first part such as Sting, Janis Ian, Cat Stevens, Lyle Lovett, and even the old stalwarts such as Leonard Cohen, Chris Rea, Bob Dylan, JJ Cale, Joni Mitchell and Paul Simon.

The Greatest Singer-Songwriter Classics Vol.2 (2016)
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Genre: Pop, Art Rock, Folk Rock, Blue-Eyed Soul, Country | Label: Sony Music Entertainment

After the success of the first Classics delivers the musical range of the singer-songwriters enough good material to ease a second part to compile. This time with gems of artists we missed out on some one like Sting, Cat Stevens and Lyle Lovett, and also the old stalwarts such as Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell and Paul Simon. The song was inspired by Mitchell's room in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City. The inspiration for the first verse comes partly from the distinct decor of her apartment. While in Philadelphia, Mitchell and friends had made a mobile from shards of colored glass they had found in the street and wire coat hangers. VanWarmer was inspired to write Just When I Needed You Most by a devastating breakup with a girlfriend: he wrote the song six months after that breakup co-writing it with Tony Wilson of the group Hot Chocolate two years before it became a hit.