Greatest Hits, Vol. 1

Performer: Linda Ronstadt
Artist: Andrew Gold; J. D. Souther; Nino Tempo; Bernie Leadon; Herb Pedersen
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: Personnel includes: Linda Ronstadt (vocals); Ed Black (guitar, steel guitar); Kenny Edwards (guitar, bass); Danny Kortchmar, Richard Bowden, Pete Wade, Al Viola (guitar); David Lindley (fiddle); Jim Fadden (harmonica); Jim Gordon, Nino Tempo (saxophone); Mac Johnson, Darrel Leonard (trumpet); Spooner Oldham (piano); John Boylen (electric piano); Kenny Anderson, Mike Bowden (bass); Micky McGee, Dennis St. John, Andrew Gold, David Kemper (drums); Andrew Gold, John David Souther, Chris Ethridge, Waddy Wachtel, Bernie Leadon, Sneaky Pete, Russ Kunkel, Clydie King, Herb Pedersen (background vocals). Producers: Peter Asher, John David Souther, John Boylan, Elliot F. Mazer, Nikolas Venet. Engineers include: Val Garay, John Haeny, Elliot F. Mazer. Remastered by Steve Hoffman (July 1993). Personnel includes: Linda Ronstadt (vocals); Ed Black (guitar, steel guitar); Kenny Edwards (guitar, bass); Danny Kortchmar, Richard Bowden, Pete Wade, Al Viola (guitar); David Lindley (fiddle); Jim Fadden (harmonica); Jim Gordon, Nino Tempo (saxophone); Mac Johnson, Darrel Leonard (trumpet); Spooner Oldham (piano); John Boylen (electric piano); Kenny Anderson, Mike Bowden (bass); Micky McGee, Dennis St. John, Andrew Gold, David Kemper (drums); Andrew Gold, John David Souther, Chris Ethridge, Waddy Wachtel, Bernie Leadon, Sneaky Pete, Russ Kunkel, Clydie King, Herb Pedersen (background vocals). Producers: Peter Asher, John David Souther, John Boylan, Elliot F. Mazer, Nikolas Venet. Engineers: Val Garray, John Haeny, Elliot F. Mazer, Lee Hazin, John Krause, Peter Abbot. Remastered by Steve Hoffman (July, 1993). Unlike the crop of West Coast artists with whom she was associated (e.g., the Eagles, Jackson Browne), Linda Ronstadt is a singer, pure and simple. Her extraordinary, clarion voice enabled her to distinguish herself as an interpreter of other people's songs in an era that prized the singer/songwriter. Whether she sang country, straight-ahead pop, '50s rockers, or even soul, the results were contagious. This package provides the essentials from the Golden Age of Ronstadt, the early- to mid-'70s, when she ruled the radio. All her major chart hits are here, from "Different Drum" with her pre-solo-career group, the Stone Poneys, to the country-rock of "Desperado" to her sprightly renditions of hits by Buddy Holly (That'll Be the Day") and the Everly Brothers ("When Will I Be Loved.") She belts her way through the soul classic "Heat Wave," and turns in an aching cover of Smoky Robinson's "Tracks of My Tears" that does ample justice to that poignant ballad. "You're No Good," perhaps her signature song of the era, captures all of the things that characterize her work: a strong melody, imaginative arrangement and crisp production, all carried by that inimitable voice.

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 showed her diversity by cutting albums of jazz standards, traditional Mexican music, and pure country

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