In August 1976, Ronstadt released the studio album "Hasten Down the Wind." It continued her steady rise in popularity, though her next album, "Simple Dreams," would be her biggest seller. Six of the songs here are from "Hasten Down the Wind" - tracks 2, 3, 10, 12, 14, and 17. The rest come from her previous albums.
Everything here is unreleased. I haven't seen any audio bootlegs of this concert anywhere. However, it was a TV appearance, and I found a high quality video file of it. So I converted it to audio and broke it into mp3s. The sound quality is excellent throughout.
The only downside is that this is shorter than a typical concert, no doubt edited down to fit the time allowed on the TV show. This album is 48 minutes long.
01 talk (Linda Ronstadt)
02 Lose Again (Linda Ronstadt)
03 That'll Be the Day (Linda Ronstadt)
04 Love Has No Pride (Linda Ronstadt)
05 Silver Threads and Golden Needles (Linda Ronstadt)
06 talk (Linda Ronstadt)
07 Willin' (Linda Ronstadt)
08 It Doesn't Matter Anymore (Linda Ronstadt)
09 When Will I Be Loved (Linda Ronstadt)
10 Crazy (Linda Ronstadt)
11 talk (Linda Ronstadt)
12 The Tattler (Linda Ronstadt)
13 talk (Linda Ronstadt)
14 Lo Siento Mi Vida (Linda Ronstadt)
15 talk (Linda Ronstadt)
16 Love Is a Rose (Linda Ronstadt)
17 Hasten Down the Wind (Linda Ronstadt)
18 Tracks of My Tears (Linda Ronstadt)
The cover photo comes from this exact concert.
Thank you very much for this one. I love vintage LR. Her version of Lowell George's Willin' is always a pleasure.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much, Paul, for a "new to me" Linda Ronstadt concert! Your research and writeups are always interesting and helpful to the enjoyment of the music.
ReplyDeleteThanks again for the thanks. A lot of stuff seems to only exist on video. I don't know why more people don't convert them to audio.
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