Linda Ronstadt-A Retrospective (1977)


 


Artist: Linda Ronstadt

Title: A Retrospective

A1When Will I Be Loved
A2Silver Threads And Golden Needles
A3Hobo
A4I Fall To Pieces
A5Birds
A6I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love With You
B1Different Drum
B2Some Of Shelly's Blues
B3I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
B4Louise
B5Long, Long Time
C1Faithless Love
C2Rock Me On The Water
C3Lovesick Blues
C4Rescue Me
C5Just A Little Bit Of Rain
C6The Long Way Around
D1You're No Good
D2Ramblin' Round
D3Crazy Arms
D4It Doesn't Matter Anymore
D5Will You Love Me Tomorrow

Label: Capitol

Format: 8-Track

Catalog Number: 8XWW 11629

Year of Release: 1977

Country and Year of Edition: US 1977

Sell Price: $2.99

Sell Date: 11/25/24

Condition: VG/VG untested

Discogs Last Sold: 9/20/22 VG+/generic $1.99

Low: $1.95

Median: $1.99

Average: $2.31

High: $2.99

Current low price: $1.35

Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 2

Have/Want: 16/7

Where Sold: Danville, WV

Time It Took To Sell: 3 days

Where and When Bought: ebay 8-track lot

Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B

Sad To See It Go: No

Ronstadt's first label released this gold selling compilation to CAPITOL-IZE on her ascending stardom codified with her Asylum releases.  When Ronstadt bolted, her deal had her doing Don't Cry Now for Asylum then back to Capitol for her contractual obligation Heart Like A Wheel.  That 1974 album was a double platinum breakthrough rock and pop hit maker that her previous work wasn't. 

She certainly had some pop hits dating back to 1967 with the Stone Ponys "Different Drum."  However, her solo career in 1969-1973, including her Asylum debut with her pal Peter Asher veered more country. A Retrospective gets to license one track from Don't Cry Now ("Silver Threads and Golden Needles") presumably in exchange for Asylum to raid the cabinet for 1976's Greatest Hits which to date has been certified Platinum in the US 7 times over.

Looks like Capitol got the short shrift, but these years outside of Heart Like A Wheel didn't really sound like what she did later.  Sure she does Dylan ("I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" from Hand Sown...Home Grown) and Jackson Browne ("Rock Me On The Water from her self-titled 1972 album).  The 60's AM pop of the Stone Ponys sounds like another world.  Overall, this compilation does a good job of giving an overview of 1967-1974, but it has been revised in 2006 for the more exhaustive The Best of Linda Ronstadt: The Capitol Years.  This one has all the makings of taking quick advantage of the marketplace.

A retrospective replaced by another retrospective.

FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION:

What's New (1983)

Emmylou Harris-Luxury Liner (1977)

Bonnie Raitt-Home Plate (1975)




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