New 47-Track Package Includes Ronstadt's Four Capitol Albums: 'Hand Sown ...
    Home Grown', 'Silk Purse', 'Linda Ronstadt' and 'Heart Like A Wheel',
  Plus Five Previously Unreleased Studio Recordings and Concert Performances

                         In Stores:  January 28, 2006

    HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Nov. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Linda Ronstadt's four seminal
Capitol Records solo albums from 1969 to 1974 have been collected for the
first time in a new 2-CD package, "The Best Of Linda Ronstadt: The Capitol
Years."  Due in stores on January 28, the 47-track collection from Capitol/EMI
Music Catalog Marketing includes "Hand Sown ... Home Grown", "Silk Purse",
"Linda Ronstadt" and "Heart Like A Wheel" in their entirety, as well as five
previously unreleased studio recordings and concert performances.
    A leading figure in California's country/folk movement of the late 1960s,
Linda Ronstadt began her musical career with the Stone Poneys, releasing three
Capitol albums with the folk group before striking out on her own with the
1969 release of her solo debut, "Hand Sown ... Home Grown".  Eager to invoke
her abilities as a country singer, she tore passionately into Nashville --
spawned songs like "Break My Mind" and "The Only Mama That'll Walk The Line."
    "Silk Purse" followed in 1970, still showcasing Ronstadt's country and
honkytonk prowess, while also stepping into new territory with the
gracefully-arranged pop ballad, "Long Long Time" (#25 Pop), earning her first
Grammy nomination.  She tapped Elliot Mazer to produce "Silk Purse",
recommended by Janis Joplin, who'd worked with him on her "Cheap Thrills"
album.  Disc 1 of "The Best Of Linda Ronstadt: The Capitol Years" is comprised
of these first two solo albums and three previously unreleased bonus tracks,
"It Won't Be Easy" (an outtake from the "Hand Sown ...  Home Grown" sessions),
"He Darked The Sun (Nashville Version)" (an outtake from the "Silk Purse"
sessions), and "Orange Blossom Special" (recorded live at the Troubadour in
1971).
    Ronstadt's convivial associations within the thriving Los Angeles
folk/rock music scene often resulted in collaborative gold.  For her 1971
self-titled album, Ronstadt enlisted producer John Boylan and some
rock-leaning session musicians from the L.A. scene, Glenn Frey, Don Henley,
Bernie Leadon, and Randy Meisner, who would later form the Eagles.  They
collaborated on an eclectic selection of country and pop/rock songs, including
tracks written by Eric Anderson, Jackson Browne and Neil Young, illuminating
Ronstadt's versatility as a vocalist and a performer.  Linda Ronstadt peaked
at #35 on Billboard's Country Albums chart and Browne's "Rock Me On The Water"
reached Billboard's Top 100 Pop Singles chart.
    1974's "Heart Like A Wheel" was Ronstadt's breakout smash, topping both
the Pop and Country Albums charts.  She topped the Pop Singles chart with the
#1 hit "You're No Good," doling out a powerful vocal and lyrical lashing.  For
this album, she partnered with producer Peter Asher and recorded a variety of
standards and contemporary hits in creative new arrangements with several Los
Angeles session musicians.  Ronstadt won her first of seven Grammy Awards for
Best Female Country Vocal Performance with "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In
Love With You)," which also reached #2 on the Country Singles chart.  "When
Will I Be Loved" hit #1 on the Country Singles chart and also reached #2 on
the Pop Singles chart and #3 on the Adult Contemporary Singles chart, further
cementing Ronstadt's enduring widespread appeal.
    Disc 2 of The Best Of "Linda Ronstadt: The Capitol Years" pairs Linda
Ronstadt with "Heart Like A Wheel" and adds three bonus tracks, including two
previously unreleased live recordings, "Kate" and "Long Long Time," and making
its CD debut is "Can It Be True," the b-side to "I Fall To Pieces."

    Linda Ronstadt continues to record and tour, regularly performing to
sold-out audiences.


    "The Best Of Linda Ronstadt: The Capitol Years":
    (2-CD TRT = 3:33:20)

    CD1
    Tracks 1-11 from LP "Hand Sown ... Home Grown" (1969)
    Tracks 13-22 from LP "Silk Purse" (1970)
    1) Baby You've Been On My Mind
    2) Silver Threads & Golden Needles
    3) Bet No One Ever Hurt This Bad
    4) A Number And A Name
    5) The Only Mama That'll Walk The Line
    6) The Long Way Around
    7) Break My Mind
    8) I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
    9) It's About Time
    10) We Need A Whole Lot More Of Jesus (And A Lot Less Rock & Roll)
    11) The Dolphins
    12) It Won't Be Easy [prev. unreleased: "Hand Sown ...  Home Grown"
        outtake]
    13) Lovesick Blues
    14) Are My Thoughts With You?
    15) Will You Love Me Tomorrow?
    16) Nobody's
    17) Louise
    18) Long Long Time
    19) Mental Revenge
    20) I'm Leavin' It All Up To You
    21) He Darked The Sun
    22) Life Is Like A Mountain Railway
    23) He Darked The Sun (Nashville Version) [prev. unreleased: "Silk Purse"
        outtake]
    24) Orange Blossom Special [prev. unreleased: recorded live at The
        Troubadour, L.A., July '71]

    CD2
    Tracks 1-10 from the LP "Linda Ronstadt" (1971)
    Tracks 14-23 from the LP "Heart Like A Wheel" (1974)
    1) Rock Me On The Water
    2) Crazy Arms
    3) I Won't Be Hangin' 'Round
    4) I Still Miss Someone
    5) In My Reply
    6) I Fall To Pieces
    7) Ramblin' Round
    8) Birds
    9) I Ain't Always Been Faithful
    10) Rescue Me
    11) Can It Be True [prev. unreleased on CD: b-side to "I Fall To Pieces"
        single]
    12) Long Long Time [prev. unreleased: recorded live at The Troubadour,
        L.A., July '71]
    13) Kate [prev. unreleased: recorded live at The Troubadour, L.A., July
        '71]
    14) You're No Good
    15) It Doesn't Matter Anymore
    16) Faithless Love
    17) The Dark End Of The Street
    18) Heart Is Like A Wheel
    19) When Will I Be Loved
    20) Willing
    21) I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)
    22) Keep Me From Blowing Away
    23) You Can Close Your Eyes

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