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Post by fabtastique on Oct 20, 2017 1:50:54 GMT -5
We’ve been somewhat blessed recently with the reissues that have come on the market - CdmP, Mas Canciones, Frenesí, Trio, Trio II, Heart Like A Wheel, Just One Look collection .... (have I missed any?)
However we’ve been really shortchanged with bonus tracks (apart from Trio)!
2019 is the 30th Anniversary of CLARHLTW - I’ve love a remastered reissue especially as its one of Linda’s biggest selling albums and probably one she’s most known for in a certain age of “fans”. It would be nice to have some extras, the bonus tracks floating around from that period that I know of are :
I’m Restless
Every Little Bit Hurts
Trouble Again - the alternative “sparse” arrangement
World I Never Made - did she ever record a vocal for this in the studio?
Any others?
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Post by rick on Oct 20, 2017 2:48:23 GMT -5
Am wondering if Linda and Aaron recorded any other songs for this project? Perhaps there were left offs so it wouldn’t seem like an all duets album.
I know “Bandit and a Heartbreaker” was on the boxed set, but I love the track. We’ve had discussions on here about which project it was recorded.
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Post by the Scribe on Oct 20, 2017 4:08:57 GMT -5
I posted the full version of The World I Never Made (either here or on the old forum). It was a live version. I don't believe it was a youtube thing. I tried to find it again once and never could which is why I think it may be on the old forum. I don't recall a studio version.
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Post by eddiejinnj on Oct 20, 2017 7:58:48 GMT -5
It probably was the live version Linda did with Dave Bromberg in Delaware rt? She said this was the first time doing it. eddiejinnj
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Post by the Scribe on Oct 20, 2017 16:20:04 GMT -5
It probably was the live version Linda did with Dave Bromberg in Delaware rt? She said this was the first time doing it. eddiejinnj
Yes, although I cannot say it is my favorite song. It has a pretentious feel to it and bugs me for some reason. Hope it resurfaces for those who like it. |
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Post by Out-Of-Press CDs on Oct 20, 2017 17:11:48 GMT -5
I would love to get reissues of the CDs that are now out-of-Print(Press) that are sooooo... expensive now. To me, Mad Love is one of her best albums. Get Closer, the second and third Nelson Riddle albums, and her 1990s albums are pretty expensive too.
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Post by rick on Oct 20, 2017 22:38:56 GMT -5
“What’s New?” was released in 1983. Next year would be the 35th anniversary of it. If someone were paying attention, they’d not only release all three Riddle albums along with the unreleased Riddle-conducted “Keepin’ Out of Mischief Now,” alternate takes, live versions, etc. , but also a Blu-Ray of “What’s New? In Concert.” This could a very nice package.
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Post by erik on Oct 20, 2017 23:00:27 GMT -5
Quote by rick:
Well that's the question, isn't it? Is anybody paying attention? To be extraordinarily blunt, at this point I am by no means sure that anybody handling these Ronstadt re-releases really knows who Linda Ronstadt is, or even gives a rat's a**.
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Post by jhar26 on Oct 20, 2017 23:21:53 GMT -5
Quote by rick: Well that's the question, isn't it? Is anybody paying attention? To be extraordinarily blunt, at this point I am by no means sure that anybody handling these Ronstadt re-releases really knows who Linda Ronstadt is, or even gives a rat's a**. The answer to all of those questions is "probably not." Almost all of her contemporaries of note have had their entire catalogue rereleased in superior sound quality and often with bonus tracks, or even bonus cd's. |
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Post by rick on Oct 21, 2017 13:13:48 GMT -5
I fear I may get flamed for this, but I think part of the reason is John Boylan. I know Linda needs someone to help her with these things and, at this stage of her life, she wants someone she knows and trusts.
I just don’t think he is the enterprising type.
I attended Linda’s appearance in Santa Monica that was filmed where Linda sat down to talk with Patt Morrison about “Simple Dreams,” her then-new memoir.
The event was sponsored by The Writers Guild. The woman who runs the guild had said people who bought the book there could have it signed. I got there early and purchased six books to have signed to give as gifts. I waited in line and then we were told it would happen afterwards. Part of this could easily have been Linda was not up for sitting down, talking with fans, etc. When the program was over, it was announced that Linda had signed copies of the book backstage and those were gone in a flash. No attention was paid to people who got there early, lined up, and then bought books (a man next to me bought more than 10 copies). When I asked the woman who ran the Guild she said she kept getting different messages “from Linda’s People.” I saw John Boylan in the lobby of the theater. He saw the fans lined up. There were fairer ways to do this. I saw Linda again at the Valley Performing Arts Center and the interviewer was so sub-par compared to Patt Morrison. I think Boylan just flies by the seat of his pants. And if someone at Warner’s/Rhino makes a cursory look into what might be available, no real thought or energy or time is expended.
I hesitated writing this post.
But I mentioned the Motown reissues. Harry Weinberg, Andy Skyrow and George Solomon create these beautiful reissues full of extras. It’s a labor of love but quite intensive labor and a lot of love. They do it for the fans because they are fans themselves. I can’t imagine John Boylan has listened to all of Linda’s albums the way that many of us have. I may be wrong. But that’s my two cents’ worth.
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Post by fabtastique on Oct 22, 2017 0:38:36 GMT -5
Linda has never been that enterprising I don’t think. It’s been all about the music for her and I’m not sure she has ever been that business minded. I’m pleased to have all the current reissues but some of them have been lazy - with no attempt at celebrating them with new packaging, or real extras.....
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Post by the Scribe on Oct 22, 2017 1:06:01 GMT -5
I don't think we would have anything if it weren't for John Boylan. That being said he may have other priorities plus he is no spring chicken either. It may have something to do with demand and fronting the money to put these things together and then hope for a return.
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Post by rick on Oct 22, 2017 4:20:53 GMT -5
I hear what you're saying, but look at the "Trio" compilation. I somehow have in my mind that that has more to do with Emmylou's and/or Dolly's team(s) than Boylan and Linda. Both of them have active careers but I have a feeling that they have actual real managers who care about the output. This was lovingly done.
Rob, I hear you that Boylan is no spring chicken. But he can hire someone who can spend time to go through the archives at Warner Bros./WEA/Rhino and look through logs. People are still alive who worked on those sessions. Someone has to have a memory about what might be out there. Master tapes have to exist. It just takes time -- lots of time -- to comb through these things.
Someone with a burning desire to hunt down this material would care enough to not leave any stones unturned. If I were younger and healthier and allowed to do it, I'd love to do it if given the opportunity. As someone said here, it is as if someone at Rhino is more enamored with The Monkees than with Linda. In the best of all possible worlds there would be the time and effort put into making Linda's reissues more comprehensive.
The other thought I had is that I have a feeling that Linda's kids don't really have a burning desire about this stuff either. They might like the revenue it generates, but I doubt they would know her back catalog the way that the Sinatra kids manage their father's legacy or Lucie Arnaz does with her late mother Lucille Ball.
It shouldn't just be about the business side only. It should also be about having a passion for the artist. Karen Swenson is a huge Streisand fan and she was tasked to go into the Columbia vaults and find rare recordings and that become the four-CD set "Just for the Record," which had plenty of rare, unreleased tracks.
Linda certainly has ultra-fans like a Karen Swenson. I wish someone would champion her legacy.
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Post by erik on Oct 22, 2017 12:48:10 GMT -5
Quote by rick:
There is one more possibility that I am really reticent to consider out in the open because I think some might consider it blasphemous:
What about Linda herself?
It's still disheartening to know that she still doesn't like any of her albums, so what does that say about how she approaches the specialized re-releases of this treasure trove when she seems, well, indifferent to their aesthetic value? As a fan myself, I just don't know how to put this in any less blunt a fashion; there's no room for being "politically correct" here. If she isn't going to give these projects her blessing in some form or another, why even go about doing them?
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Post by Guest on Oct 22, 2017 14:42:31 GMT -5
Just saw Tom Cruise's new film American Made and Linda is prominent w/Blue Bayou on the soundtrack. Boylan is very versed in Linda's music - but he is an engineer/producer by trade not a promoter/manager. Ronstadt is so beloved in California especially(the 100 most important people on the cover of the recent issue of California Politics - Sacramento Today)and the sold out tributes - she could have top representation albeit for a legend not a current pop star - but she herself doesn't give a damn. Odd songbird but still the greatest natural set of pipes ever.
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