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Post by cymru56 on May 23, 2017 12:21:17 GMT -5
Apologies for raising this old chestnut but the album on which this appears is available on YouTube with this track at 50.38. Its good quality sound and an excellent example of country rock. "He Darked The Sun" is also there at 25.54 but poorer quality with a few skips.
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Post by the Scribe on May 23, 2017 12:24:47 GMT -5
Linda was really pissed about her inclusion on this album at the time. I don't know if she has changed her mind after all these years. Thanks for posting it.
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Post by musedeva on May 23, 2017 14:54:24 GMT -5
why apologize? THAT is a wild cover!!
yep...that's EARLY Linda.....nothing to be pissed over
I heard the living fool a while back......I'd love to do that one!hahahh
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Post by musedeva on May 23, 2017 15:01:16 GMT -5
hey whats that track after livin fool? I like it!! sounds familiar
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Post by erik on May 23, 2017 18:18:09 GMT -5
Both "Living Like A Fool" and the Free Creek recording of "He Dark The Sun" are bonus tracks on the Australian import label Raven's single-CD combination of Linda Ronstadt and Heart Like A Wheel.
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Post by eddiejinnj on May 23, 2017 18:30:58 GMT -5
According to track listing on Wikipedia the song after LLAF is "Working In a Coalmine". Sounds familiar to me too. I didn't know the title but the singer is familiar. Clapton is on it but wasn't thinking him. Not sure. eddiejinnj
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Post by eddiejinnj on May 23, 2017 18:35:18 GMT -5
That rt, Erik. I was wondering whether that was the only album where LLAF appears (it is the original). Forgot about the Raven compilation. It is one of a few I didn't get. Her version of LLAF is great; especially the ending. I should get "Free Creek" if available reasonably. Just for that song. eddiejinnj
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Post by rumba on May 24, 2017 20:14:54 GMT -5
I especially love her voice around this time.
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Post by erik on May 24, 2017 21:21:59 GMT -5
Quote by rumba:
Linda's voice clearly had a greater drawl to it at the time, owing to her doing a lot of C&W-influenced stuff at the time, like "Living Like A Fool". You can argue that it's not polished what she's doing at this point in her career; and Linda had, up until her memoir, shown more than a little ambivalence about that period in her career. But I would argue that Linda never had to be absolutely polished to have an impact, and I would go so far as to say that a number of prominent alt-country/Americana artists such as Lucinda Williams have taken their cue from the raw, unpolished Linda of 1969-72.
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Post by eddiejinnj on May 25, 2017 7:58:43 GMT -5
Good point, Erik, about L. Williams. She has raw energy; looking at how she did "Galveston" with Jimmy Webb. My partner loves that whole album. I think Linda in the early period was experimenting with different vocal styles to see if an inflection/embellishment at times would work etc. eddiejinnj
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