Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams (1977, Asylum Japan 1st Press 6E-104-2)

Genre: Country Rock, Folk Rock

Disk Country: Japan

Disc release year: 1984 (rec. 1977)

Publisher (label): Asylum-Japan

Part Number: 6E-104-2

Audio Codec: WavPack (*.wv)

Rip type: image+.cue

Audio bitrate: lossless

Duration: 32:09



Featuring a broader array of styles than any previous Linda Ronstadt record, Simple Dreams reconfirms her substantial talents as an interpretive singer. Ronstadt sings Dolly Parton ("I Never Will Marry") with the same conviction as the Rolling Stones ("Tumbling Dice"), and she manages to update Roy Orbison ("Blue Bayou") and direct attention to the caustic, fledgling singer/songwriter Warren Zevon ("Poor Poor Pitiful Me" and "Carmelita"). The consistently adventurous material and Ronstadt's powerful performance makes the record rival Heart Like a Wheel in sheer overall quality.



Tracklist:

01. It's So Easy (To Fall in Love)

02. Carmelita

03. Simple Man, Simple Dream

04. Sorrow Lives Here

05. I Never Will Marry

06. Blue Bayou

07. Poor Poor Pitiful Me

08. Maybe I'm Right

09. Tumbling Dice

10. Old Paint



Personnel:

Linda Ronstadt - vocals, acoustic guitar

Dan Dugmore - acoustic guitar, steel guitar

Waddy Wachtel - acoustic, electric & slide guitars, background vocals

Mike Auldridge - dobro

Charles Veal - violin

David Campbell - viola

Dennis Karmazin - cello

Don Grolnick - organ, Clavinet, electric piano

Steve Forman - marimba

Richard Feves - acoustic bass

Kenny Edwards - bass

Rick Marotta - drums, percussion

Peter Asher - percussion, background vocals

Herb Pederson, Larry Hagler - background vocals