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Post by Partridge on Oct 8, 2023 15:41:46 GMT -5
Radio and Records, May 2, 1980Billboard, May 3, 1980CashBox, May 3, 1980Record World, May 3, 1980
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Post by erik on Oct 9, 2023 8:33:49 GMT -5
Linda was definitely all over the place during the spring of 1980, both here in America and abroad. It should be said, though, that, in this era before MTV and Entertainment Tonight, she was never overhyped and oversold the way that Queen Bey and Tay-Tay are in this day and age, apart maybe from her continued dalliance with Jerry Brown (though she did get plenty of exposure for that).
She just went ahead and made the kind of music she wanted to make, critics (and occasionally audiences) be damned.
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Post by eddiejinnj on Oct 9, 2023 10:23:04 GMT -5
Dream Babies Go Hollywood by John Stewart was at no. 100 on chart above. Too bad the album didn't do as well as his previous as Linda is on the song "Odin (Spirit of the Water)". I think it a great song and with some edgy Linda vocals that were superb. I think stylistically it was too similar to other songs he has had. eddiejinnj
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Post by MokyWI on Oct 9, 2023 10:33:04 GMT -5
Dream Babies Go Hollywood by John Stewart was at no. 100 on chart above. Too bad the album didn't do as well as his previous as Linda is on the song "Odin (Spirit of the Water)". I think it a great song and with some edgy Linda vocals that were superb. I think stylistically it was too similar to other songs he has had. eddiejinnj I agree, too similar. Isn’t this the Stewart/Linda duet that sounds very similar to his duet “Gold” he did with Stevie Nicks the year before?
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Post by RobGNYC on Oct 9, 2023 17:55:05 GMT -5
“Dream Babies”—Wendy Waldman is credited as background vocal arranger. Nicolette also sang backup on the album.
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Post by eddiejinnj on Oct 9, 2023 19:04:55 GMT -5
Yes, "Gold" was on his last album before "Dream Babies". I wish there was an alt-version of "Gold" with Linda on it. eddiejinnj
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Post by erik on Oct 9, 2023 19:16:51 GMT -5
Quote by eddiejinnj:
John and Linda do have something of a shared history in that, back in 1967, both had been signed to Capitol Records by Nick Venet. John had been a member of the Cumberland Three during the first explosion of the folk era, and in 1961 replaced Dave Guard in The Kingston Trio (he is on the Trio's memorable 1962 hit recording of Pete Seeger's "Where Have All The Flowers Gone"). He was signed by Venet as a solo artist (following the dissolution of The Kingston Trio) at the same time he had signed Linda and the Stone Poneys.
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