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Linda Ronstadt/Nelson Riddle

Just picked up a 3 record box set of Linda Ronstadt singing old standards with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra. I think the records may be original Asylum/Electra pressings made in the early/mid 80s.

Folks, Linda Ronstadt and Nelson Riddle were very special artists. I suggest that if you can source these classics on vinyl or CD that you treat yourself to real music.

@Oregonpapa ... I think the Linda/Nelson experience is being helped along by my ARC Ref 150 SE amp which just came back from the factory. Out if the box, it's very magical.
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dcbingaman
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This was also released on DVD-A as a multi-channel recording. Great sound, back in the day when Linda could sing like an angel.
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marco1
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Picked up the set for 5 bucks at a flee market about a year ago. Records/box are mint. What a find!! What a buy!! What a recording(s)!!!
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dodgealum
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I'm waiting for Acoustic Sounds or somebody qualified to reissue the trio of LPs using the original masters--maybe done at 45rpm. I have the MOFI "What's New" and the regular releases of the other two--love them all but "Sentimental Reasons" is my personal favorite. Her version of "Goodbye" off "What's New" just blows my mind and "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" off "Sentimental Reasons" is another one that just takes hold of me when I'm in the mood for schmaltz. Sometimes when I put these records on I wonder what I would have thought if my dad played the same recording when I was 17. What has happened to me???
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yogiboy
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" What has happened to me ???"
You grew up ! It happens to the best of us !
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chazro
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I enjoyed the Ronstadt/Riddle recordings very much, and than Natalie Cole released 'Unforgettable, With Love' and I pretty much forgot about the Ronstadt recordings!
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