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The classic 70s albums that Ronstadt and Peter Asher made together are so much alike that they can feel like one long, well-recorded session as she effortlessly glides between emotions and genres with awesome vocal prowess and impeccable taste in material. This aesthetic was distilled to its purest essence here and not surprisingly, its greatest success.
Gone for these sessions is multi-instrumentalist Andrew Gold who has been replaced by Waddy Wachtel’s crunchier guitar tone and more rocking approach—both welcome and immediately apparent. The instrumental gang present on past albums has been paired down to fewer strings and simpler arrangements; J.D. Souther, Don Henley and Dolly Parton all add backing vocals. Famous for knocking Fleetwood Mac's Rumors out of the top spot on the U.S. Billboard Pop Album Chart and buoyed by the most reflective and compelling track sequence in her entire catalog, Simple Dreams is animated by a wonderfully fearless eclecticism. While her rousing cover of Buddy Holly's "It's So Easy" feels right, her decision to cover Roy Orbison proved life-changing. Initially sung in the lower reaches of her vocal range, she soon cuts loose on his luscious ballad "Blue Bayou," lingering on every word and fashioning the archetypal hit single that epitomizes her certain ear and broad vision for what material she could connect to emotionally and vocally make her own.
Powerful versions of two of Warren Zevon's finest songs ("Poor Poor Pitiful Me"—toughened up by Wachtel's electric guitar growl—and the junkie lament "Carmelita") show yet again the affinity Ronstadt has for Zevon's peculiar worldview. As final proof that in the 70s she could literally sing almost anything well, she zestfully digs into a credible, razor-toned, guitar-driven version of the Jagger/Richard's Exile-era hit, "Tumbling Dice." While Gilbert & Sullivan, traditional Mexican music and collaborations with Nelson Riddle were all in her future, Ronstadt's run of classic 70s albums hit a highpoint with this tour de force. © Robert Baird / Qobuz
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Val Garay, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Kenny Edwards, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals - Peter Asher, Producer, Backing Vocals - Linda Ronstadt, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Waddy Wachtel, Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals - Buddy Holly, Writer - Dan Dugmore, Acoustic Guitar - Don Grolnick, Clavinet - Norman Petty, Writer - Rick Marotta, Drums - Doug Sax, MasteringEngineer - Mark Howlett, Assistant Mixing Engineer, AssistantEngineer
© 2017 Elektra/Asylum Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1977 Elektra/ Asylum 2017 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
Val Garay, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Kenny Edwards, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals - Peter Asher, Producer - Linda Ronstadt, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Waddy Wachtel, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals - Dan Dugmore, Acoustic Guitar - Don Grolnick, Organ - Rick Marotta, Drums, Synthesizer - Warren Zevon, Writer - Doug Sax, MasteringEngineer - Mark Howlett, Assistant Mixing Engineer, AssistantEngineer
© 2017 Elektra/Asylum Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1977 Elektra/ Asylum 2017 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
J. D. SOUTHER, Writer - Val Garay, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - David Campbell, String Arranger, Viola - Kenny Edwards, Bass Guitar - Peter Asher, Producer - Linda Ronstadt, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Dan Dugmore, Pedal Steel Guitar - Don Grolnick, Electric Piano - Rick Marotta, Drums, Percussion - Doug Sax, MasteringEngineer - Charles Veal, Violin - Dennis Karmazyn, Cello - Richard Feves, Double Bass - Mark Howlett, Assistant Mixing Engineer, AssistantEngineer
© 2017 Elektra/Asylum Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1977 Elektra/ Asylum 2017 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
Val Garay, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Eric Kaz, Writer - Peter Asher, Producer - Linda Ronstadt, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Don Grolnick, Electric Piano - Doug Sax, MasteringEngineer - Mark Howlett, Assistant Mixing Engineer, AssistantEngineer
© 2017 Elektra/Asylum Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1977 Elektra/ Asylum 2017 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
Val Garay, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Peter Asher, Producer - Linda Ronstadt, Arranger, Acoustic Guitar, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Waddy Wachtel, Acoustic Guitar - Dan Dugmore, Acoustic Guitar - Traditional, Writer - Doug Sax, MasteringEngineer - Dolly Parton, With Vocals - Mike Auldridge, Dobro - Mark Howlett, Assistant Mixing Engineer, AssistantEngineer
© 2017 Elektra/Asylum Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1977 Elektra/ Asylum 2017 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
Joe Melson, Writer - Val Garay, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Kenny Edwards, Bass Guitar, Mandolin, Backing Vocals - Peter Asher, Producer - Linda Ronstadt, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Waddy Wachtel, Acoustic Guitar - Dan Dugmore, Steel Guitar - Don Grolnick, Electric Piano - Rick Marotta, Drums, Percussion - ROY ORBISON, Writer - Doug Sax, MasteringEngineer - DON HENLEY, Backing Vocals - Steve Forman, Marimba - Mark Howlett, Assistant Mixing Engineer, AssistantEngineer
© 2017 Elektra/Asylum Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1977 Elektra/ Asylum 2017 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
Val Garay, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Kenny Edwards, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals - Peter Asher, Producer, Tambourine - Linda Ronstadt, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Waddy Wachtel, Electric Guitar - Dan Dugmore, Acoustic Guitar - Don Grolnick, Clavinet - Rick Marotta, Drums, Synthesizer - Warren Zevon, Writer - Doug Sax, MasteringEngineer - Larry Hagler, Backing Vocals - Mark Howlett, Assistant Mixing Engineer, AssistantEngineer
© 2017 Elektra/Asylum Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1977 Elektra/ Asylum 2017 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
J. D. SOUTHER, Backing Vocals - Val Garay, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Kenny Edwards, Bass Guitar - Peter Asher, Producer, Backing Vocals - Linda Ronstadt, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Waddy Wachtel, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals - Doug Sax, MasteringEngineer - Waddy Watchtel, Writer - Mark Howlett, Assistant Mixing Engineer, AssistantEngineer
© 2017 Elektra/Asylum Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1977 Elektra/ Asylum 2017 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
Val Garay, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Kenny Edwards, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals - Peter Asher, Producer - Linda Ronstadt, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Waddy Wachtel, Electric Guitar, Solo Guitar, Backing Vocals - Dan Dugmore, Electric Guitar - Don Grolnick, Piano - Rick Marotta, Drums - Doug Sax, MasteringEngineer - KEITH RICHARDS, Writer - MICK JAGGER, Writer - Mark Howlett, Assistant Mixing Engineer, AssistantEngineer
© 2017 Elektra/Asylum Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1977 Elektra/ Asylum 2017 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
Val Garay, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Herb Pedersen, Additional Vocals - Kenny Edwards, Backing Vocals - Peter Asher, Producer, Additional Vocals, Backing Vocals - Linda Ronstadt, Arranger, Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Traditional, Writer - Doug Sax, MasteringEngineer - Mike Auldridge, Dobro - Mark Howlett, Assistant Mixing Engineer, AssistantEngineer
© 2017 Elektra/Asylum Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1977 Elektra/ Asylum 2017 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
Kenny Edwards, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals - Peter Asher, Producer, Backing Vocals - Linda Ronstadt, Vocals, MainArtist - Waddy Wachtel, Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals - Buddy Holly, Writer - Dan Dugmore, Acoustic Guitar - Norman Petty, Writer - Rick Marotta, Drums
© 2017 Elektra/Asylum Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S. All Rights Reserved ℗ 2017 Elektra/ Asylum
Joe Melson, Writer - Kenny Edwards, Bass Guitar, Mandolin, Backing Vocals - Peter Asher, Producer - Linda Ronstadt, Vocals, MainArtist - Waddy Wachtel, Acoustic Guitar - Don Grolnick, Electric Piano - ROY ORBISON, Writer - DON HENLEY, Backing Vocals
© 2017 Elektra/Asylum Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S. All Rights Reserved ℗ 2017 Elektra/ Asylum
Kenny Edwards, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals - Peter Asher, Producer, Tambourine - Linda Ronstadt, Vocals, MainArtist - Waddy Wachtel, Electric Guitar - Dan Dugmore, Acoustic Guitar - Rick Marotta, Drums, Synthesizer - Warren Zevon, Writer - Larry Hagler, Backing Vocals
© 2017 Elektra/Asylum Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S. All Rights Reserved ℗ 2017 Elektra/ Asylum
Albumbeschreibung
The classic 70s albums that Ronstadt and Peter Asher made together are so much alike that they can feel like one long, well-recorded session as she effortlessly glides between emotions and genres with awesome vocal prowess and impeccable taste in material. This aesthetic was distilled to its purest essence here and not surprisingly, its greatest success.
Gone for these sessions is multi-instrumentalist Andrew Gold who has been replaced by Waddy Wachtel’s crunchier guitar tone and more rocking approach—both welcome and immediately apparent. The instrumental gang present on past albums has been paired down to fewer strings and simpler arrangements; J.D. Souther, Don Henley and Dolly Parton all add backing vocals. Famous for knocking Fleetwood Mac's Rumors out of the top spot on the U.S. Billboard Pop Album Chart and buoyed by the most reflective and compelling track sequence in her entire catalog, Simple Dreams is animated by a wonderfully fearless eclecticism. While her rousing cover of Buddy Holly's "It's So Easy" feels right, her decision to cover Roy Orbison proved life-changing. Initially sung in the lower reaches of her vocal range, she soon cuts loose on his luscious ballad "Blue Bayou," lingering on every word and fashioning the archetypal hit single that epitomizes her certain ear and broad vision for what material she could connect to emotionally and vocally make her own.
Powerful versions of two of Warren Zevon's finest songs ("Poor Poor Pitiful Me"—toughened up by Wachtel's electric guitar growl—and the junkie lament "Carmelita") show yet again the affinity Ronstadt has for Zevon's peculiar worldview. As final proof that in the 70s she could literally sing almost anything well, she zestfully digs into a credible, razor-toned, guitar-driven version of the Jagger/Richard's Exile-era hit, "Tumbling Dice." While Gilbert & Sullivan, traditional Mexican music and collaborations with Nelson Riddle were all in her future, Ronstadt's run of classic 70s albums hit a highpoint with this tour de force. © Robert Baird / Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:43:20
- Main artists: Linda Ronstadt
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Rhino - Elektra
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2017 Elektra/Asylum Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S. All Rights Reserved ℗ 2017 Elektra/Asylum Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S. All Rights Reserved. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
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