Linda Ronstadt - BBC Sessions, Volume 2: In Concert, Arlington Theatre, Santa Barbara, CA, 3-9-1984

Back in early 2024, when I posted a Linda Ronstadt BBC concert from 1976, I wrote in my write-up that I would probably change the name of that album eventually, because she was so famous that it was likely she did other BBC concerts. Recently, I had time to do a deep dive, and I found this one. So that's good. But unfortunately, I think it's pretty likely she didn't do any others, since I couldn't find any hints of them. 

In the mid-1980s, Ronstadt dove deeply into Great American Songbook - that body of classic songs from the pre-rock and roll era, mostly the 1930s and 40s. In 1983, she released the album "What's New." Then, in 1984, the album "Lush Life." Finally, she released "For Sentimental Reasons" in 1986. All three consisted only of covers from that era, all of them recorded with famed conductor Nelson Riddle and his orchestra. (She's backed by that orchestra here as well.) This concert took place after the first album, "What's New." But already she went all in. ALL of the songs here were decades old at the time of the concert, with NONE of her hits from the 1970s. I think that's cool that she went all the way with this style, but just be ware if you're looking for her most famous songs.

The "What's New" album only contains nine songs, but she performed 14 songs here. She only did seven songs from that album, so where are the other songs from? "Falling in Love Again" would appear on her next album, "Lush Life." But the others pretty much were only done by her live during this tour. (A version of "Mr. Sandman" would eventually appear on her "Trios" album with Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris.) So this concert is pretty important for serious fans, as there's almost an album's worth of songs she never put on studio albums.

By the way, if you want to get the renamed "Volume 1," here's the link:

https://albumsthatshouldexist.blogspot.com/2024/02/linda-ronstadt-bbc-sessions-old-grey.html

This album is 53 minutes long.

01 I've Got a Crush on You (Linda Ronstadt)
02 What's New (Linda Ronstadt)
03 talk (Linda Ronstadt)
04 Keepin' Out of Mischief Now (Linda Ronstadt)
05 Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry (Linda Ronstadt)
06 talk (Linda Ronstadt)
07 Falling in Love Again (Linda Ronstadt)
08 Someone to Watch Over Me (Linda Ronstadt)
09 Daddy (Linda Ronstadt)
10 Mr. Sandman (Linda Ronstadt)
11 I've Got a Guy in Kalamazoo (Linda Ronstadt)
12 Dream [When You're Feeling Blue] (Linda Ronstadt)
13 Choo Choo Ch'boogie (Linda Ronstadt)
14 I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance (Linda Ronstadt)
15 Lover Man [Oh Where Can You Be] (Linda Ronstadt)
16 Goodbye (Linda Ronstadt)

https://bestfile.io/en/58WuWlvWqBWDkgI/file

The cover photo is from a concert at the Poplar Creek Music Theater in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, on July 3, 1984.