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Post by Partridge on Dec 1, 2012 18:46:54 GMT -5
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Post by Long Long Time Fan on Dec 2, 2012 21:45:04 GMT -5
I was just wondering if anyone here knows why Mobile Fidelity has not remastered and reissued this wonderful album? I was very pleased with the previous four albums that had been remastered and reissued and was hoping this would be next. Actually, I was hoping all albums up until the mid 80's, when albums were issued in both album and CD format, would be remastered and reissued. Any thoughts?
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Post by the Scribe on Dec 3, 2012 13:27:04 GMT -5
I remember that press book well!
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Post by linda2006nicci on Dec 6, 2012 10:29:37 GMT -5
The following remastered albums are issued in 2010 by Warner Music Japan.
Don't Cry Now (Asylum 1973)
Prisoner In Disguise (Asylum 1975)
Hasten Down The Wind (Asylum 1976)
Simple Dreams (Asylum 1977)
Living In The U.S.A. (Asylum 1978)
I have Mobile Fidelity reissues, too, and think sound quality of WMJ reissues is better than that of Mobile Fidelity.
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Post by linda2006nicci on Dec 6, 2012 10:30:27 GMT -5
Partridge, thank you for the wonderful pictures.
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Post by Partridge on Dec 6, 2012 18:21:40 GMT -5
Partridge, thank you for the wonderful pictures. You're welcome. In the same vein, I will try to get the Living in the USA tour book posted soon. I wanted those WMJ reissues of Linda's albums but they were just too darned expensive to justify the purchase. There's beginning to be a Skeeter Davis syndrome with Linda's re-issues- you keep seeing the same music over and over. If they want to sell me the same music again, they should release it in the SACD format. |
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Post by linda2006nicci on Dec 7, 2012 10:26:29 GMT -5
Partridge, thank you for the wonderful pictures. There's beginning to be a Skeeter Davis syndrome with Linda's re-issues- you keep seeing the same music over and over. If they want to sell me the same music again, they should release it in the SACD format. Partridge, as you may already know, "What's New" album is availabe in SACD/CD hybrid format. www.amazon.com/Whats-New-Linda-Ronstadt/dp/B0052VI2VQ/ref=ntt_mus_dp_dpt_2 |
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Post by Dianna on Dec 7, 2012 14:16:18 GMT -5
I have that music book back in so ca. sighs..
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Post by musicaamator on Dec 11, 2012 14:35:27 GMT -5
Never seen these before. Drool....
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Post by erik on Dec 11, 2012 15:37:58 GMT -5
Quote by Partridge:
Or do what the Australian import label Raven did with Linda's four Capitol/EMI albums, and re-release them with bonus and/or unused tracks.
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Post by Long Long Time Fan on Dec 11, 2012 17:22:18 GMT -5
Thank You, linda2006nicci, for the information on Warner Music Japan and their remaster and reissue of Living In The USA. I was intrigued to hear you thought their sound was better than Mobile Fidelity. I Googled Warner Music Japan and have spent over an hour on various sites and still have not found where or how to order this reissue. Now I see that someone feels that WMJ reissues are too expensive to justify the purchase (?). Also, what is SACD/CD format? Any chance that any of these CD's will be remastered and reissued in this format? Any information is greatly appreciated.
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Post by Partridge on Dec 11, 2012 18:46:36 GMT -5
Those reissues are available from this website: www.cdjapan.co.jp/When they first came out, the price was about 40USD each, but now they seem to be in the 20USD range. Subscribe to their newsletter. It is informative and they don't fill up your mailbox with a ton of mailings. |
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Post by linda2006nicci on Dec 12, 2012 10:11:09 GMT -5
Thank You, linda2006nicci, for the information on Warner Music Japan and their remaster and reissue of Living In The USA. I was intrigued to hear you thought their sound was better than Mobile Fidelity. I Googled Warner Music Japan and have spent over an hour on various sites and still have not found where or how to order this reissue. Now I see that someone feels that WMJ reissues are too expensive to justify the purchase (?). Also, what is SACD/CD format? Any chance that any of these CD's will be remastered and reissued in this format? Any information is greatly appreciated. Sorry, I have no idea about the reissues in SACD/CD format. |
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Post by linda2006nicci on Dec 12, 2012 10:23:44 GMT -5
Thank You, linda2006nicci, for the information on Warner Music Japan and their remaster and reissue of Living In The USA. I was intrigued to hear you thought their sound was better than Mobile Fidelity. I Googled Warner Music Japan and have spent over an hour on various sites and still have not found where or how to order this reissue. Now I see that someone feels that WMJ reissues are too expensive to justify the purchase (?). Also, what is SACD/CD format? Any chance that any of these CD's will be remastered and reissued in this format? Any information is greatly appreciated. Purchasing from HMV Japan may be an option. www.hmv.co.jp/en/search/keyword_linda+ronstadt/target_SEARCH/type_sr/They sell 2010 reissues at 1,800 yen each, and "What's New" SACD/CD at 3,200 yen. They often offer you "multi buy price". The international shipping charge to U.S.A. is 1,200 yen for two CD's and 1,500 yen for three CD's. I often purchase the CD's and the blu-rays at shis store, although I have never ordered the items to the overseas address. |
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Post by rick on Dec 12, 2012 13:39:02 GMT -5
I remember that press book well! ' Tony, thanks for posting this online where we can see it. I was editor of my college newspaper and my roommate was entertainment editor. He was not the Linda fan that I am. He gave me the press kit and poster as did all of his predecessors. The one thing I remember about his review of the album was he said that in recording "All That You Dream" that Linda was trying to copy Bonnie Raitt. Now, the song style and the guitar work may be reminiscent of Bonnie Raitt, but I do not think that Linda tries to copy anyone. That line always made/makes me bristle! I also remember when the single of "Back in the U.S.A." was released, my friend LeAnn said, "Linda Ronstadt has a new record out and and she doesn't sound like herself!" Of course, I then heard it on the radio and said, "No, sounds like Linda to me." I love it when she gets to the part, "Did I miss the skyscrapers? Did I miss the long freeways?" And that way that she uses that rougher/tougher edge to her voice. Tony, thanks for the memories! |
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Post by erik on Dec 12, 2012 15:39:59 GMT -5
Quote by rick:
I almost have the feeling that your entertainment editor was trying to get under your skin. Clearly, Linda and Bonnie don't sound alike. Just as clearly, though, there are dozens of musically like-minded women who sound like them (IMHO).
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Post by sliderocker on Dec 12, 2012 17:50:18 GMT -5
I almost have the feeling that your entertainment editor was trying to get under your skin. Clearly, Linda and Bonnie don't sound alike. Just as clearly, though, there are dozens of musically like-minded women who sound like them (IMHO). I think maybe the entertainment editor was trying to get under Rick's skin as well. That or he didn't listen to either Linda or Bonnie and didn't know the difference between their two voices. I think Bonnie did have some influence on Linda's music although I believe Linda had been pretty much established as an artist for quite some time. Was Bonnie even recording at the time Linda was just getting her start in 1966-67? I pretty much remember seeing Bonnie on tv around 1973-74 but didn't remember seeing her before that. And her musical career didn't take off until several years after that. |
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Post by erik on Dec 12, 2012 18:28:27 GMT -5
I think Bonnie did a lot of work in folk and blues clubs on both coasts before her first album came out in 1972. She had a fair amount of success at that time, but not necessarily the home-run success that she'd have with "Nick Of Time" in 1989. In fact, her biggest hit up to that one was a bluesy 1978 reworking of the 1961 Del Shannon classic "Runaway."
So often the critics like to play artists off against one another, but it's a touch ridiculous when it comes to Linda and Bonnie; they've been friends and colleagues for nearly forty years.
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Post by the Scribe on Dec 12, 2012 20:42:41 GMT -5
So often the critics like to play artists off against one another, but it's a touch ridiculous when it comes to Linda and Bonnie; they've been friends and colleagues for nearly forty years.
Unfortunately fans do the same thing. Just look at the youtube comments under the videos. Drives me crazy when people do that but I guess it is human nature to be stupid.
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Post by sliderocker on Dec 12, 2012 22:43:42 GMT -5
So often the critics like to play artists off against one another, but it's a touch ridiculous when it comes to Linda and Bonnie; they've been friends and colleagues for nearly forty years. Unfortunately fans do the same thing. Just look at the youtube comments under the videos. Drives me crazy when people do that but I guess it is human nature to be stupid. Sadly, that is all too true and what makes it sadder is I don't think it's so much a worldwide phenomenona so much as it's a US thing. We're the most fanatical of fanatics when it comes to music. Politics too. I love Linda and she will always come first with me but I love other female musical performers and recognize their accomplishments. In no way do their accomplishments take away from Linda so I have no reason to villify them or tear them down. I'm also an Elvis fan and a Beatles fan and it bothers me when I see one group of fans hellbent on tearing down the accomplishments of the other. (On that, it's mostly a group of rabid fans on one side who are doing it.) There's no need to be doing that but it's like there are certain fans who are so petty and jealous of the success of another that they consider it a threat to the success of their hero or heroes. And while they may think they are defending the superiority of their heroes, all they are doing is bringing shame to their musical heroes, because what they are saying to me is that the artist or artists they admire aren't really all that great. The artists don't need that kind of fandom. |
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Post by rick on Dec 13, 2012 1:56:12 GMT -5
So often the critics like to play artists off against one another, but it's a touch ridiculous when it comes to Linda and Bonnie; they've been friends and colleagues for nearly forty years. Unfortunately fans do the same thing. Just look at the youtube comments under the videos. Drives me crazy when people do that but I guess it is human nature to be stupid. Sadly, that is all too true and what makes it sadder is I don't think it's so much a worldwide phenomenona so much as it's a US thing. We're the most fanatical of fanatics when it comes to music. Politics too. I love Linda and she will always come first with me but I love other female musical performers and recognize their accomplishments. In no way do their accomplishments take away from Linda so I have no reason to villify them or tear them down. I'm also an Elvis fan and a Beatles fan and it bothers me when I see one group of fans hellbent on tearing down the accomplishments of the other. (On that, it's mostly a group of rabid fans on one side who are doing it.) There's no need to be doing that but it's like there are certain fans who are so petty and jealous of the success of another that they consider it a threat to the success of their hero or heroes. And while they may think they are defending the superiority of their heroes, all they are doing is bringing shame to their musical heroes, because what they are saying to me is that the artist or artists they admire aren't really all that great. The artists don't need that kind of fandom. Slide, I made mention of my very good friend Mark's comments about Linda as a memory about the "Living in the U.S.A." press kit. He was the entertainment editor. He wrote a review. He was entitled to his opinion. I disagreed with him, but, of course, it was a review, and, so, it is his opinion. This discussion reminds me of my Communications Law course at American University in Washington, D.C., in graduate school. There was a time when performers could sue for a bad review. This led to a case where -- what was said to be a really sad act -- The Cherry Sisters sued over a bad review. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_Sisters The court decision rendered led to what is now referred to as "fair comment and criticism." To me, that means that it is a person's right to say whether they deemed a performer's album or concert had flaws, imperfections, etc. Yes, I think that online especially it is easy for anonymous people to write deplorable things about others (artists or non-artists). I belong to a Motown Forum. There is a woman (who shall remain nameless) who thinks Martha Reeves walks on water. Now, do I think that Martha Reeves walks on water? No. Do I like the way that Martha Reeves sang back in the 1960s? Absolutely. And I don't take time from my day to point out to this woman that Martha Reeves is not what she thinks. However, and this has come up on this board, if I don't think that ___________ is able to sing standards, I do have a right to my opinion about it. Maybe another way to put this is to say that an artist like Kellie Pickler is not going to see me shelling out any money for her songs. I do not think that because I prefer the body of work of Linda Ronstadt that I need to be so generous to Kellie Pickler to bend over backward to make it some kind of equivalent where "Kellie Pickler is good, too." Since this is a Linda board, I do take exception when people on this board and its predecessor have made gratuitous and unnecessary slams against Linda. I think that speaks more about the person and their need to stir the pot and garner negative attention. Each of us may have Linda albums that work less for us, but there is a way ON A LINDA RONSTADT FORUM to say it diplomatically. But I don't think as human beings we waive our right to say we don't care for artist A or artist B. And I don't think that is stupidity to do so. I think that's called being discerning. |
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Post by the Scribe on Dec 13, 2012 11:12:47 GMT -5
But I don't think as human beings we waive our right to say we don't care for artist A or artist B. And I don't think that is stupidity to do so. I think that's called being discerning.
I would agree with that (somewhat depending where and how it is said) unless I interpret it as "bullying" which is when my inner pit-bull-for-Linda shows itself.
I don't know why anyone would have to or want to go to a Ronstadt youtube performance (which to me is analagous to a fan site) and start railing and ragging how so and so is better than Linda or whoever. That is when I step in with some instant Karma. I wouldn't even think of going to their favorite singers youtube post to cut that person down in favor of Linda. Many lies get perpetuated unless confronted at that time. Believe it or not there are people who go out of their way to do these things on a regular basis.
Another site which bugs the bejesus out of me is that Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Alt site where a few pseudo critics feel it is their duty to lie and dismiss every accomplishment of Linda's as valid entry into the RRHOF. It is a "must" to point out their mistruths and misconceptions that aren't even opinion but blatant lies. Even when proven wrong they move the goal post or continue with their misogynistic blather to discredit Linda's existence. Definitely a double standard going on at and outside of that Hall of Fame.
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Post by sliderocker on Dec 13, 2012 15:40:20 GMT -5
But I don't think as human beings we waive our right to say we don't care for artist A or artist B. And I don't think that is stupidity to do so. I think that's called being discerning. I agree with you for the most part, but I'm talking about the lunacy of certain fans who think their idols must remain supreme above all others, and who go apesh*t ballistic because the act they idolize isn't at the top of the heap. As mentioned, I'm an Elvis fan and Beatles fan and both of them are reported as being over a billion in sales - the Beatles somewhere over a billion and Elvis near or exceeding the two billion mark. No one beyond the record companies and their accountants know the true figures on either but for some reason, there are many Beatle fans who get their noses out of joint if you dare say or imply that Elvis exceeds the Beatles in terms of sales. And vice versa. Beatle fans say that Elvis's record company exaggerates the number of sales - which could be true but why couldn't the same be true of the Beatles's record company as well? Fans don't have access to the accounting books, so neither side can actually prove the claim one way or the other. Both are basing their claims on what the record companies have said. Their argument has nothing to do with the music per se and everything to do with bragging rights. When it comes to criticism or opinion, I think everyone is entitled to say whether or not they liked something, but there are critics out there who don't like an act in the first place and as such, the act could never do anything which that kind of critic would like. And it's dishonest for a critic a like that to pretend they have nothing against the artist. I've always felt a critic like that shouldn't even bother with writing a review as whatever criticism he or she would write wouldn't be or perhaps should be considered as credible. Unfortunately, that kind of criticism is protected as free speech and by the "fair comment and criticism" the courts alluded to, even though such criticism is not a fair comment. But, I think those guilty of intellectually dishonest criticism need to be called out for their dishonesty. (I don't mean any of this as a swipe against your friend Mark, since I don't know what he wrote. But, I am referring to other critics -some known to the board members here and many unknown - who have perceived artist dislikes and who often write negative reviews about those artists.) |
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Post by Dianna on Dec 14, 2012 12:19:53 GMT -5
So often the critics like to play artists off against one another, but it's a touch ridiculous when it comes to Linda and Bonnie; they've been friends and colleagues for nearly forty years. Unfortunately fans do the same thing. Just look at the youtube comments under the videos. Drives me crazy when people do that but I guess it is human nature to be stupid. I know, funny, I find myself doing this as well sometimes for artists.... mostly for other things tho.. and sometimes put my foot in my mouth.. for instance, i can't stand stainless steel appliances and granite countertops (see there I go again) lol not because of how it looks or functions, but everybody has the same damn thing in their houses.. this is why I love retro appliances by big chill in retro colors. new with old look.... so there is my rant. lol |
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