Linda Ronstadt - Community Theater: Berkeley, California July 18, 1974 (FM) - KMET-FM Rebroadcast 1975

Linda Ronstadt
Community Theater
Berkeley, California
Recorded: July 18, 1974
Broadcast By 94.7 KMET-FM in February 1975
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Source: Off Air Master

Source Lineage:
KMET-FM > Fisher 600T Receiver > Dokorder r2r @ 3 3/4 ips On An Ampex PRT 1800 Tape

2015 Transfer:
Revox B77 > Korg mr2000-s @ 1 bit 5.6 MHz DSD

Mastering:
AudioGate (24-96) > iZotope RX4A and Adobe Audition 3.0 (prep and track splits) > AudioGate Aqua (16-44) > TLH (flac 8)

01 - Bill Graham Introduction
02 - Colorado
03 - Silver Threads & Golden Needles
04 - I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love With You
05 - Desperado
06 - When Will I Be Loved
07 - Long Long Time
08 - You're No Good
09 - Heatwave
10 - Heart Like A Wheel

Total Playing Time: 31mn 56sc

Not On The KMET Re-broadcast:
11 - It Doesn't Matter Anymore
12 - Hey Good Lookin'

Linda Ronstadt vocals

Possible Backing Band:
Ed Black guitar, pedal steel guitar
Herb Pederson steel guitar
Kenny Edwards bass
Mike Botts drums
Andrew Gold guitars, vocals
Glen D Hardin keyboards

Uploader's Mastering Notes:
One of my early live radio recordings and it had some issues (the Fisher receiver and my FM reception). A 60Hz hum and a high pitch tone at 8.1 KHz were removed with iZotope RX4A. Removing the 8.1 KHz tone makes this very nice sounding. Some dropouts were repaired by pasting the opposite channel over the defect.

I just love Linda Ronstadt's voice. She sings more beautiful than she looks, and that my friends is saying a lot! I am not going to dwell on her looks too long but will say a little more. Do you remember her iconic photo, singing in the cub scout uniform. Yeah Madonna you owe Linda Ronstadt money! You wouldn't be able to walk around singing "Like A Virgin" in a pointy bra and stockings if not for Linda Ronstadt crooning "Blue Bayou" in a cub scout uniform.

On to her voice which is the inner beauty of this woman. Like another beautiful woman & voice (Pat Benetar) Linda Ronstadt has a multi octave range, contralto to soprano. When I went over to my guitar players house to talk music for the first time I was surprised by his extensive Linda Ronstadt album collection. He said to me "Dave if I could convince Linda Ronstadt to sing Thrash Metal, you're out of a job! Her or Ian Gillan" I told him I would bow out gracefully and buy every album! Linda never sang Thrash but she sang Country, Country Rock (California Sound), Punk, Rock, Broadway, Jazz, Mariachi and more.

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