No stupid, affected gestures, no autotune, no dancers, no lip-sync, no soft-porn music videos - just a beautiful, delicate, powerful voice singing in perfect tune with real passion. Fuck, I hate the current music industry. Great music like this is simply no longer made - treasure this.
I fell in love with Linda Ronstadt as a young teen before I ever saw her, but once I saw her I fell completely and totally for her. In all my years I still have not loved another singer anywhere near as much as I have enjoyed Linda's music. No woman can come close to Linda. Funny...I remember being maybe 13 and thinking that when I grow up I'm gonna marry her. LoL. Well, we're both old now and I didn't marry her but I'm still in love with her voice! She's still simply the best, timeless, ageless voice out there and I still listen to her music regularly. Guess I'm hooked.🤠❤️❤️❤️
@Edwardlittle 5541, I can relate I'm in my 60s not mentally 😅. But when I was young I was stunned by Linda's everything. She had it all. And that voice will never be silenced.✌️🎹☮️🤗📻🎶🎼💖💖👍
@alanFconrad How could a man not. I still have all my records. And though I haven't looked at the cover in a while. The album with her on roller skates those legs. Her natural beauty. Even in recent interviews in her 70s. She still has that girlish face she's always had. She's a beautiful person inside and out. Imagine we may never have the Eagles if not for her. Jackson Brown, Andrew Gold, etc. Just the music of all those talented people. She not only was talented but she recognized it as well. ❤️☮️✌️📻🎶🎸🎹☮️
@@mgebi1 sad she can no longer sing and can't even hear alot of the higher register that she used to sing. But this concert and all the rest of her music is there forever! New fans will be endlessly coming along and falling for her just like us .
Power, Pitch, Vibrato, Sustain, Resonance, Timbre, Phrasing, Clarity, and above it all, the purest Tone I have heard, maybe ever. Linda had it all, and she could sing it all.
Yes!! ... I loved her songs when i waa a teen . I always did and always will!!! Canciones de mi Padres are most of my favorites, .. but I LOVE ALL her music!!
no pyrotechnics, no auto tune, no hundreds of dancers to distract you to the fact that the artist can't really sing live....just a band and a great voice.....
In 2013 Linda was presented with a National Medal of The Arts at the White House for her " one of a kind " voice. Then in 2014 she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by her good friend Glenn Frey who made it a point to give her credit for helping The Eagles to launch their own legendary career after being her back up band. And yes she may have had her incredible voice silenced by Parkinson's but her voice will never be stilled as long as we can enjoy videos like this and listen to her records.
Damn I miss the 70's. Good music never gets old. When my kids are my age they won't be playing rap on the radio. But they will still be listening to Linda. God what a voice.
My coworkers and I shot this on 1/2" Sony open-reel videotape, mono soundtrack; some of these shows had WNEW-FM's David Vanderhayden mixing an FM version live.... but many of these shows had only a PA mix combined with a house mic (by me) on a good old Shure mixer (with a dbx 160!). We were often lucky because the Capitol/Passaic had a great natural sound, so the front-of-house guy could show off his mixing chops. (And if we were lucky the band had some taste, as Linda's did, and didn't turn it up to 11.) For the video geeks out there- these were Sony industrial cameras. Somewhere around 6:40 into the show, the sound gets much better than it was during the first minutes of the show. Not sure why, 41 years later, but I was lucky to get what I got. Also, sorry about the video sync blowing up, but we had truly cheap cables with fans pouring drinks on them, and a video "switcher" lower quality than today's surveillance systems. OK, enough about us--- Linda was great back then, we could tell that she really cared about the music, and Waddy Wachtel and the others on the tour were no slouches either. Linda would apologize to some lowly tech like me if she was blocking the stairwell; she was truly a decent person. And I never heard a better singer at the Capitol; certainly Pat Benatar was equally good, but not better. And, yeah, no Autotune required.
Thom, thanks for all of your work on these. I started videotaping concerts in 1987 and the equipment was difficult back then. I can't imagine dealing with multicamera videos in the 70s. These cap theatre videos were legendary amongst the old school tape traders!
Hey Thom, thanks for this! I'm pretty sure there's no Waddy on this particular show. Looks like Andrew Gold (RIP) on guitar, piano and vocals; Kenny Edwards (RIP) on bass, banjo and vocals; Dan Dugmore on guitar and pedal steel; can't really see the drummer (maybe Michael Botts?) with Peter Asher jumping in on keyboards (and maybe bass on Love Is A Rose).
Hey Patterson...look at 18:59...standing behind Andrew...looks like a Waddy. Btw, I know you...used to always catch the All Stars at Steamboat around '79 or so.
Great concert Thom and well done videoing it on the mighty Sony machine. Good camera work. Do you know how much of the video sync loss is printed in, tape damage, or a machine issue when digitised? Some things could be improved without much effort though, like black levels in the video and audio level matching pre and post 6:40. To my ears the sound doesn't really get better after 6:40, it just gets louder, plus the audio azimuth goes awry. Quite bad when summed to mono but there are losses in the highs even as is. These things could be addressed with a retransfer. I only have access to EIAJ machines with 5" reels. Are these 7" reels?
One of the purest voices, ever. As Hank Williams, Jr. sang, "I'm in love with Linda Ronstadt". Her version of Willin' has got to be one of the best tunes ever, and hearing her do it live is just incredible.
they talk about celine dion and whitney houston.....what about linda ,I personaly think linda is or was the best voice of the world?....my prayers to her !!!
You must be young. Anyone who knows about the late 60's and 70's knows about Linda and her contemporaries - others excellent like Carly Simon and Joni Mitchell.
So interesting that she sang 3 songs that would be on her "next" album: That'll Be The Day, Rivers Of Babylon & what would be the greatest opening concert song ever: Lose Again. I don't give a crap that I'm old now. I thank God that I was a teenager in this golden age of real talent. I wouldn't have missed it for anything.
Yes I've written the same whenever I see footage like this. I was a teen in the 70s and whenever I get disillusioned with life as it has become, I think back and am so grateful to have grown up during the time of high quality music and cinema.
Ms. Linda is the greatest vocal singer performer on earth , Legend in every ways the one and only nobody can beat her in the world of music industry of all time with a beautiful face, smart in everything, generous, down to earth person. Parkinson disease is not a hindrance to love you and be a devoted fan ever. God bless Ms. Linda long live!
The same here. It's a shame that our younger generation won't have the best as we did back then. The good old days. But we didn't realize what we really had back then compared to now.
got the chance to see LR probably 25 times in the 70's. Among the most beautiful human beings I've ever seen inside and outside. She is a very kind person, very bright and the loyalty all of her team had to her over the years is remarkable in a very difficult business. I think is not comparable to anyone. She stands alone as an artist as a benefactor to so many artists, as a peer and as a phenomena. Listening to this.... I'm transported to a time when I was much younger and music was something that you listened to, often eyes closed, and focused on the artist. Times change, now we listen as much with our eyes as ears... I sure miss when we just wore jeans, boots and the cleanest shirt you could find on the bus. Thank you universe for giving us this music!
It is amazing to me that footage from these concerts so long ago still exist, and thank God they do. And thanks to UA-cam, we get to see Linda in her glory days.
We can thatnk the Capitol Theatre (Passaic, NJ), it had an in-house video system, which I don't know if I've heard of any other theaters that did that. Thankfully people would bootleg the videos.
In a way, we are the luckiest ones. Our musical idols got preserved on these videos, and we get to revisit them now, the best of the best of all we've seen, decades and decades ago.
I am so envious of you Americans being able to see all these acts live We are starved of this talent in New Zealand Linda was is and always will be a goddess of song for me
***** I know NZ has talent but I miss acts Bad Company aand other international act coming here and as I am living in Westport it means I have 360km to travel just to see a decent concert. Of the acts you mentioned Dave Dobbyn is the only one I do not lke
Has anyone, anywhere, ever, ever heard this woman sing a bad note? Unlike so many other live acts at the time, Linda would just go out there, step up, and unleash those amazing pipes. What a musician. "Love Has No Pride" - still gives me chills!! Love her, she added so much to our musical landscape.
Always authentic pure vocalist. You either get it or you don't. Greatest female set of pipes and no pretentious bs. Powerful heartbreak. Glad this is preserved.
She is the most amazing singer and artist. There is no one like her. I saw her for the first time at Mississippi State University in the fall of 1974. Fell in love, for a lifetime! We love you Linda!!!
Arguably never in the history of this 3rd planet from the local sun have some video glitches mattered less, the audio and sheer musical artistry from this supremely astounding live concert blows that away like dust in the wind! Incomparable.
So true. I don't even see her at the moment while I scroll through the comments, but with the volume cranked up I can listen to her magnificence and I'm still amazed even after 50 years of listening and loving her music!
I bet very few people remember or can name the singing pop queen of 8 months ago, but I bet most people of the last 50 years remember icon Linda Ronstadt.
@@mcrdl76 I saw her in 1976 in Syracuse, NY. The set list was a lot like this. Too bad no video is available, but this is the next best thing. There's also a German concert from 1975 here on UA-cam that is also outstanding.
Sure wish a record company out there would hire someone like Eddie Kramer to polish these priceless concert tapes of Linda Ronstadt and release them for her legions of adoring fans. Such a shame that there is only the one official live album of hers for public consumption. She is truly a treasure and musical legend.
crazy steep emotional ride, back on the tonal time machine w/visuals to boot...to be sitting in colorado after the flood, after forty years, and everything's changed, but back when it was slow, cheap, beautiful and real friendly...and there were no real estate psychopaths, just rock climbers, joggers, school teachers and hippies, not necessarily in that order...to hear her voice even now, .and then when she was touring with these excellent dudes, serious thanks for posting this scenic ride, and thanks to Linda and the band, for all those amazing shows!
Holy god, that voice! I've been a fan of Linda's since forever but every now and again I'm reminded of just how beautiful her voice is ... like right now.
Lots of great singers back then and lots of great singers today. I think Ronstadt was probably the best. Seems like there wasn't anything she couldn't do flawlessly.
Back in my teen years I would have denied it was possible to have a crush on a beautiful singer you see on Don Kirshner's, or hear on the radio often. After watching this and a interview or 2 here...I was just in denial. Wow...I had forgot how she could just capture you with that smile and that voice.
First time I've seen this. 2019 Nov. I knew Linda could play guitar. Good to see in two different videos. The band the sound. Most of All... The Voice of Linda Ronstadt never quits, never falters on stage. And if you've heard her talk on any subject she's always got something worth saying.
Linda had perfect pitch, phrasing, and breath control. Such a unique and distinctive vocalist. As great as she was in the late 60's and 70's her voice got even better and stronger as she got older and matured. Just listen to her incredible music from the 80's and 90's. Brilliant through so many different styles and genres. She brings such honesty, purity and emotion into every song she sings. Becomes one with the music she interprets. That is what makes her extra special. Pure genius of a vocalist.
Thanks for posting this GEM! I can't believe it. I was there that night. Took a special girl and married her a year later. 3 grandchildren today. Thanks LInda!
Some said that Linda Ronstadt acted nervous between songs because she didn't like to talk to the audience, but I heard her say she didn't like to talk in between songs because she thought she sounded like a sports announcer. I thought that was so right on in certain ways and so funny. Johnny Carson interview I believe. I see no my nervousness with the audience here.
@@johncook7281 Didn't know that-thought it was shyness. Once heard her say she remembers a lot of the shoes she wore because she was always looking down. She has remarked how she did feel the awesome responsibility of being the focus of the concert. What was she, 28 here? Too late to berate myself for missing dozens of opportunities to see her-just played my vinyls up in my room-so these live performances are just so appreciated now. Feel like I was in the front row.
@@johncook7281 It's my humble opinion that too many performers talk too much. I don't want to hear how they wrote a song, or found a song. Just sing and let the music speak for itself. I appreciate the fact that Linda sings one song after another, practically non-stop.
Critics and the public seemed so amazed later in her career when she displayed such fluency in such diverse styles of popular music and even operetta, but the roots of that diversity are here for all to hear.
(I knew from the start she was good but when I bought the album with Nelson Riddle I knew she had the greatest voice I ever heard. What range she had !
Love has no pride when I call out Linda's name, or no illusions that she's a generation ahead of me with her own life and loves. God Bless Linda Ronstadt. And Thank You for all the Music.
Her music is superb. Her voice once inside of you never really leaves. This is a treasure of a recording, not quite the superstar she would become and sadness seems to envelope here, a rare and remarkable RONSTADT
The Best and Original rock DIVA..... The band was great, rockin. Thank You You Tube.... I'm 69 YO, just got back into playing Drums after a 50 Year Hiatus.... One of the first records that I played that I attempted to play along with " Linda Ronstadt's Greatest Hits.... Volumes I and II. Effortless Voice, Brings me back to Great Times and Music. Never to be Repeated again.......NEVER !!! God Bless Her. Be well all in this COVID Madness.
I was lucky enough to see Linda live 2 or 3 times in the 80's - and she never disappointed. one of the top ten best female vocalists of our generation - and her band was always worlld class. Only recently have people realized the talent of her players - especially Andrew Gold (RIP) who played lead guitar and vocals on this tour.
I've loved her since day 1~~I was lucky to see her in concert back in the 80's~~No matter what she sings I get teary eyed because her voice is so beautiful and so is she~~I pray for her everyday~~So sad for what she's going through~~Luvs ya Linda~~🤩🤩🤩💖💖💖~~
In a vocal universe all her own. Thank you for this performance preservation, even the grainy visuals(which somehow set a mood) don't alter a once in a lifetime authentic powerful and heartbreaking voice.
No one sings sadness with the beauty and power of Ronstadt. Seems especially sorrowful here. Great visual and audio record right before she became a Superstar. Fame often seemed to be a drag for her. But lord could she deliver the songs.
I was at THIS show and also backstage. Jimmy Page and Joe Walsh visited that night. I interviewed Folk music LEGEND Tom Rush for the legendary radio station WFMU.ORG that very night. PRECIOUS MEMORIES. I met Linda on many occasions and each time was a TOTAL DELIGHT! PLEASE PRAY for her! Thanks a Million!
I jut listened to this today. I've had it in my list for years and finally put it on my phone, This is absolutely fantastic! Great sound, great band and one of the greatest voices ever! I highly recomemd this!
Crystal clear persuasion. Even the black and white sometimes jumpy visual becomes enhanced with her pipes. Great singer, fine song choices and a superb band.
At 1:02:30 comes a total surprise. Rivers Of Babylon is sung by Andrew, Linda and Kenny…and it is STELLAR. She surrounded herself with the best of the best. All of Miss Linda’s records and concerts are stellar…but hearing vocal harmonies alone is special.
Linda Ronstadt basically singlehandedly *created* the careers of the Eagles, Warren Zevon and Karla Bonoff (among, probably, others), and revived interest in the then(mid 70s)-dormant music of Hank Williams and Buddy Holly. She is a god.
WHEN WILL I BE LOVED , was the 1st record I bought . I was about 8 years old . I remember playing it on my parents console stereo . We had Linda Ronstadt's 8 track tapes too . I love to hear her sing . I love all of her song's . Thanks for sharing....!! 🙂
I saw this show in St. Louis at the Ambasador Theater. My first ever concert. What a high bar you set Linda. I have never forgotten it. You rocked that night and still do in my memories. Thank you !
That voice was something else -- glad that it was captured here and there - in concert, on record, in our memories. Linda was in mega arenas soon after this - what a rare recording.
This is a MAJOR MAJOR FIND! THANK YOU SO SO MUCH KIND PERSON FOR UPLOADING THIS SONIC GEM FOR THE AGES! (If you still don't Love Linda after hearing this, I really feel sorry for you!-lol).
thank you for posting this gem. she is on the verge of superstardom here and just a natural unassuming remarkable vocalist. perhaps the finest pure singer of the rock and roll era.
Yes, she was - unassuming. That is what has always struck me about her in an age of crazy super-stardom in crazy, super-stadiums. She was a girl who stood on a stage in her street clothes and sang. That is crazy now. She could not do it.
Peter Everts Oh, she could sing, although actually she couldn't. She no longer has a voice. What I think I was saying is standing quietly on a stage in your street clothes (as opposed to the mad stage costumes people don these days) would be difficult. No-one wants natural and unaffected and she was that to her core.
una mckillen It was a time when the music mattered. I can think of only a couple of mainstream artists in recent years who have returned to that kind of genuineness...Adele & Ed Sheerhan. My daughter introduced me to the music of a young guy named Shawn Mendes & I recently discovered an indie artist named Shannon LaBrie. They're both worth checking out. Of course, there will never be another one like Linda. IMO the greatest female voice of all time.
no one makes it professionally who cant sing, sick of these ridiculous comments and all the autotune delusions...like all the world's ills are caused by autotune...
Wonderful to see J D Souther with Linda on stage.First time seeing them wonderfully talanted souls. Brilliant.Thanks for the posting this concert. Love Linda and J D Souther
Thankfully videos on you tube will help future generations remember great female singers like Linda and Melanie... just beautiful pure voices singing great songs without overtly sexualizing themselves .. no one will care about Lady Gaga or Katy Perry 50 years from now but they will cherish the music of greats like Linda.
Great early concert!!!!!Nice to see it and hear Linda early on.I have all of the early albums.I miss the Capitol theater.Too bad they didn't want to save it and make it a gem.from reading Linda's book Simple dreams she loved those small intimate theaters.amen.
I agree with everyone on here who shared their compliments of this extraordinary performer...when you compare her to the women of her time and even today inn music, she many times is under rated. she was always a huge voice with less publicity...she is a LIVING LEGEND!
Christopher Gust I couldn’t have said it any better...Ms. Ronstadt is a league of her own...her magnificent voice can never ever be replicated. Watching this again...January 2020 and I never get tired of it.
Ms Linda will always be part of my heart, family, our neighborhood! I was coming off a dedicated Opera-destined career, and she came along just at the right time for me. And it didn't hurt that I had the round face (her Hispanic heritage, my Native American Indian). So sorry Ms Linda, but many in Austin TX thought I was you! But truly, there will never be another you, anymore than there will ever be another me! Thanks be to God, for some of the most amazing songs you have given us!
A nice treat to hear her sing not only her big hits, but also less frequently performed things like "Hey Mister...", "Willing" and "Many Rivers to Cross". Thanks for posting this concert. I really enjoyed it.
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Real vocals…no auto tune, real instruments….no backing tracks, real players…no synths.
No stupid, affected gestures, no autotune, no dancers, no lip-sync, no soft-porn music videos - just a beautiful, delicate, powerful voice singing in perfect tune with real passion.
Fuck, I hate the current music industry.
Great music like this is simply no longer made - treasure this.
hit the nail on the head there my friend, sent Rodney carrington's "put your clothes back on" to Taylor swift, rofl
This gal just sings better than everyone else. Glorious pipes and a songwriter's champion.
Indeed she does
Not as much as I loved her period
Linda r an inspiration to all
She's songs so good my heart crys
She's a complete lady that l respect
I fell in love with Linda Ronstadt as a young teen before I ever saw her, but once I saw her I fell completely and totally for her. In all my years I still have not loved another singer anywhere near as much as I have enjoyed Linda's music. No woman can come close to Linda. Funny...I remember being maybe 13 and thinking that when I grow up I'm gonna marry her. LoL. Well, we're both old now and I didn't marry her but I'm still in love with her voice! She's still simply the best, timeless, ageless voice out there and I still listen to her music regularly. Guess I'm hooked.🤠❤️❤️❤️
@Edwardlittle 5541, I can relate I'm in my 60s not mentally 😅. But when I was young I was stunned by Linda's everything. She had it all. And that voice will never be silenced.✌️🎹☮️🤗📻🎶🎼💖💖👍
I hear ya.....love her too
@alanFconrad How could a man not. I still have all my records. And though I haven't looked at the cover in a while. The album with her on roller skates those legs. Her natural beauty. Even in recent interviews in her 70s. She still has that girlish face she's always had. She's a beautiful person inside and out. Imagine we may never have the Eagles if not for her. Jackson Brown, Andrew Gold, etc. Just the music of all those talented people. She not only was talented but she recognized it as well. ❤️☮️✌️📻🎶🎸🎹☮️
@@mgebi1 sad she can no longer sing and can't even hear alot of the higher register that she used to sing.
But this concert and all the rest of her music is there forever!
New fans will be endlessly coming along and falling for her just like us .
Did you know that Linda never married?!!!
Maybe.......... ?
Power, Pitch, Vibrato, Sustain, Resonance, Timbre, Phrasing, Clarity, and above it all, the purest Tone I have heard, maybe ever. Linda had it all, and she could sing it all.
Well stated!
Linda could sing anything she wanted to!! I would stand and listen!! Bless her!!
Your description is absolutely perfect. She had it all in spades.
Yes your right... the purest tone, the perfect picture of her voice...
Yes!! ... I loved her songs when i waa a teen . I always did and always will!!! Canciones de mi Padres are most of my favorites, .. but I LOVE ALL her music!!
no pyrotechnics, no auto tune, no hundreds of dancers to distract you to the fact that the artist can't really sing live....just a band and a great voice.....
Ahh yes, talent. Very few of those left these days!
a GREAT band!
Amen to that!!!!!!
And no stupid people with raised hands filming with cell phones obstructing the view.
Ms. Ronstadt's vibrato provides the pyrotechnics.
The incomparable miss Linda. A voice that never cracked. If a Diamond could sing it would sound like that.
Crystal
love your "diamond" line....oh so true
In 2013 Linda was presented with a National Medal of The Arts at the White House for her " one of a kind " voice.
Then in 2014 she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by her good friend Glenn Frey who made it a point
to give her credit for helping The Eagles to launch their own legendary career after being her back up band. And yes
she may have had her incredible voice silenced by Parkinson's but her voice will never be stilled as long as we can enjoy
videos like this and listen to her records.
Well-said!
I hear her voice in my head , simply unforgettable.
yeah -- despite all that -- she was authentically great al by herself -- didn't need any parasites to validate her
Yes indeed Lisa from west va
I just love her voice
Damn I miss the 70's. Good music never gets old. When my kids are my age they won't be playing rap on the radio. But they will still be listening to Linda. God what a voice.
RAP IS CRAP not music
@@holdouts I miss the sixties,the seventys. Today there is no comparison no heart or little! Sex driven shit. It's all jiberishFFFFFFFF
My coworkers and I shot this on 1/2" Sony open-reel videotape, mono soundtrack; some of these shows had WNEW-FM's David Vanderhayden mixing an FM version live.... but many of these shows had only a PA mix combined with a house mic (by me) on a good old Shure mixer (with a dbx 160!). We were often lucky because the Capitol/Passaic had a great natural sound, so the front-of-house guy could show off his mixing chops. (And if we were lucky the band had some taste, as Linda's did, and didn't turn it up to 11.) For the video geeks out there- these were Sony industrial cameras. Somewhere around 6:40 into the show, the sound gets much better than it was during the first minutes of the show. Not sure why, 41 years later, but I was lucky to get what I got. Also, sorry about the video sync blowing up, but we had truly cheap cables with fans pouring drinks on them, and a video "switcher" lower quality than today's surveillance systems. OK, enough about us--- Linda was great back then, we could tell that she really cared about the music, and Waddy Wachtel and the others on the tour were no slouches either. Linda would apologize to some lowly tech like me if she was blocking the stairwell; she was truly a decent person. And I never heard a better singer at the Capitol; certainly Pat Benatar was equally good, but not better. And, yeah, no Autotune required.
Thom, thanks for all of your work on these. I started videotaping concerts in 1987 and the equipment was difficult back then. I can't imagine dealing with multicamera videos in the 70s. These cap theatre videos were legendary amongst the old school tape traders!
Hey Thom, thanks for this! I'm pretty sure there's no Waddy on this particular show. Looks like Andrew Gold (RIP) on guitar, piano and vocals; Kenny Edwards (RIP) on bass, banjo and vocals; Dan Dugmore on guitar and pedal steel; can't really see the drummer (maybe Michael Botts?) with Peter Asher jumping in on keyboards (and maybe bass on Love Is A Rose).
Hey Patterson...look at 18:59...standing behind Andrew...looks like a Waddy. Btw, I know you...used to always catch the All Stars at Steamboat around '79 or so.
My God, what else do you have? I saw the B-52's one, and now I'll look for Pat Benatar, but what else do you have!
Great concert Thom and well done videoing it on the mighty Sony machine. Good camera work. Do you know how much of the video sync loss is printed in, tape damage, or a machine issue when digitised? Some things could be improved without much effort though, like black levels in the video and audio level matching pre and post 6:40. To my ears the sound doesn't really get better after 6:40, it just gets louder, plus the audio azimuth goes awry. Quite bad when summed to mono but there are losses in the highs even as is. These things could be addressed with a retransfer. I only have access to EIAJ machines with 5" reels. Are these 7" reels?
One of the purest voices, ever. As Hank Williams, Jr. sang, "I'm in love with Linda Ronstadt". Her version of Willin' has got to be one of the best tunes ever, and hearing her do it live is just incredible.
Love Willin.
Asking Hank about a singing voice is like asking a blind man to judge a painting.
@@pipefitter2222 That's just stupid. I can't sing worth a lick, but I can tell when someone has a great voice. SMH
Linda's voice is so pure, rich and beautiful. She is the best vocalist of my generation and my true musical inspiration. ❤
they talk about celine dion and whitney houston.....what about linda ,I personaly think linda is or was the best voice of the world?....my prayers to her !!!
Angel's Music you pray TO a person??????
You must be young. Anyone who knows about the late 60's and 70's knows about Linda and her contemporaries - others excellent like Carly Simon and Joni Mitchell.
gisthylight
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my favorite singer of all time - I saw her in Waterbury - Palace Theatre - anybody remember the date?
So interesting that she sang 3 songs that would be on her "next" album: That'll Be The Day, Rivers Of Babylon & what would be the greatest opening concert song ever: Lose Again. I don't give a crap that I'm old now. I thank God that I was a teenager in this golden age of real talent. I wouldn't have missed it for anything.
Very nicely put Don. Right there with ya'.
Yes I've written the same whenever I see footage like this. I was a teen in the 70s and whenever I get disillusioned with life as it has become, I think back and am so grateful to have grown up during the time of high quality music and cinema.
Same here. And being “old” is actually better. We grew at the best time to be a teenager/young adult!!☮️
Ms. Linda is the greatest vocal singer performer on earth , Legend in every ways the one and only nobody can beat her in the world of music industry of all time with a beautiful face, smart in everything, generous, down to earth person. Parkinson disease is not a hindrance to love you and be a devoted fan ever. God bless Ms. Linda long live!
The same here. It's a shame that our younger generation won't have the best as we did back then. The good old days. But we didn't realize what we really had back then compared to now.
got the chance to see LR probably 25 times in the 70's. Among the most beautiful human beings I've ever seen inside and outside. She is a very kind person, very bright and the loyalty all of her team had to her over the years is remarkable in a very difficult business. I think is not comparable to anyone. She stands alone as an artist as a benefactor to so many artists, as a peer and as a phenomena. Listening to this.... I'm transported to a time when I was much younger and music was something that you listened to, often eyes closed, and focused on the artist. Times change, now we listen as much with our eyes as ears... I sure miss when we just wore jeans, boots and the cleanest shirt you could find on the bus. Thank you universe for giving us this music!
It is amazing to me that footage from these concerts so long ago still exist, and thank God they do. And thanks to UA-cam, we get to see Linda in her glory days.
indeed! and the audio quality is surprisingly good!
Mmmmmmmm
We can thatnk the Capitol Theatre (Passaic, NJ), it had an in-house video system, which I don't know if I've heard of any other theaters that did that. Thankfully people would bootleg the videos.
In a way, we are the luckiest ones. Our musical idols got preserved on these videos, and we get to revisit them now, the best of the best of all we've seen, decades and decades ago.
Ouch! Not that long ago. At least that’s how it feels to those of us who were riding high in 1975. Forever young ☺️
The voice is so honest. The raw footage of this show is such a great find. She was something special.
Is. Linda Ronstadt is something special.
Linda, a big guitar, and what a big voice. Just the most amazing voice of my time.
I am so envious of you Americans being able to see all these acts live We are starved of this talent in New Zealand Linda was is and always will be a goddess of song for me
***** I know NZ has talent but I miss acts Bad Company aand other international act coming here and as I am living in Westport it means I have 360km to travel just to see a decent concert. Of the acts you mentioned Dave Dobbyn is the only one I do not lke
+Interesting amp Neil Fin !
+john bethell you dont have to live there
been here 61 out of 63 yrs so too late to change now
concerts here are no expensive. when i was a teenager they were only 6
dollars. now someone like diana ross can get 300
steven
It doesn't matter that the picture and audio quality isn't great, this performance still shines!!
like an old bootleg tape it has authenticity ...
They need to restore this footage.
Has anyone, anywhere, ever, ever heard this woman sing a bad note? Unlike so many other live acts at the time, Linda would just go out there, step up, and unleash those amazing pipes. What a musician. "Love Has No Pride" - still gives me chills!! Love her, she added so much to our musical landscape.
Thanks for the so true kind words Claudia! Keep Praying for Linda!
+Claudia Gibson She and Karen Carpenter stand alone in that department.
Claudia, I'm with you, she had the same beautiful quality in her voice that I've heard from other singers with good hearts. it shines through.
Always authentic pure vocalist. You either get it or you don't. Greatest female set of pipes and no pretentious bs. Powerful heartbreak. Glad this is preserved.
I'd rather not cry but when I'm weak or tired, Linda's tenderly expressive voice evokes tears.
Amen!
She is the most amazing singer and artist. There is no one like her. I saw her for the first time at Mississippi State University in the fall of 1974. Fell in love, for a lifetime!
We love you Linda!!!
Arguably never in the history of this 3rd planet from the local sun have some video glitches mattered less, the audio and sheer musical artistry from this supremely astounding live concert blows that away like dust in the wind!
Incomparable.
So true. I don't even see her at the moment while I scroll through the comments, but with the volume cranked up I can listen to her magnificence and I'm still amazed even after 50 years of listening and loving her music!
Back in those days I had never heard an angel sing until I heard Linda sing.
That's the truth!,
Best of all time. No other singer has the purity and power of her voice together with her range and versatility.
Well said
I bet very few people remember or can name the singing pop queen of 8 months ago, but I bet most people of the last 50 years remember icon Linda Ronstadt.
I was at this concert. Linda and the band put on a fantastic show.
I was at this concert.
You are loved Linda by millions.
What Capitol theater?
@@joseramirez-oq2mk Pasaic NJ
Loved by millions who would still love her if they knew her outside her singing occupation. I speak for myself of course. But I suspect many agree.
@@mcrdl76 I saw her in 1976 in Syracuse, NY. The set list was a lot like this. Too bad no video is available, but this is the next best thing. There's also a German concert from 1975 here on UA-cam that is also outstanding.
She's doing a Jimmy Cliff song... How amazing is that?
This was my first concert and it was worth the admission! Listening to this now, I am relieving my youth!
This is REAL music, the way I recall. I love how she interacts with the audience. SHE HAS A VOICE LIKE NO OTHER. God bless her.
💖💖💖~~
Passionate Pipes from the beginning. Linda made boys and men melt - and so many remain devoted. Very special songbird.
She made some women melt, too.
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My favorite all time singer
Linda is so colourful and beautiful singer ! Thank you linda, you bring happiness to the world
Linda IS a national treasure. 'Nuf said.
Sure wish a record company out there would hire someone like Eddie Kramer to polish these priceless concert tapes of Linda Ronstadt and release them for her legions of adoring fans. Such a shame that there is only the one official live album of hers for public consumption. She is truly a treasure and musical legend.
Agree Bernie Grundman Chad Kassem and company should tackle her albums
We lost a beautiful voice when Linda had to stop singing. Thank Heaven there is such a thing as a recording!
crazy steep emotional ride, back on the tonal time machine w/visuals to boot...to be sitting in colorado after the flood, after forty years, and everything's changed, but back when it was slow, cheap, beautiful and real friendly...and there were no real estate psychopaths, just rock climbers, joggers, school teachers and hippies, not necessarily in that order...to hear her voice even now, .and then when she was touring with these excellent dudes, serious thanks for posting this scenic ride, and thanks to Linda and the band, for all those amazing shows!
best singer of my lifetime. so glad I was able to hear her sing so many songs.
Best singer of any lifetime.
i attended this concert!! Wow--can't belive someone recorded it
I see Eagle Bernie Leadon playing and singing harmony.
Holy god, that voice! I've been a fan of Linda's since forever but every now and again I'm reminded of just how beautiful her voice is ... like right now.
Lots of great singers back then and lots of great singers today. I think Ronstadt was probably the best. Seems like there wasn't anything she couldn't do flawlessly.
Not PROBABLY the best; THE BEST!
“Lose Again” is one of her two most hauntingly-written songs that only Ms.Ronstadt can do justice. Absolutely beautiful..
The other has to be "Love Has No Pride." Classic despite it not reaching the Top 40 in its day.
When I hear Linda sing out that first line, "Save me," I hear a soul crying out for redemption. But that's just me.
September, 1975 - Linda, The Eagles, Jackson Brown - all on the same bill, Phoenix, Az. I had just turned 18 and this was my very first concert.
That’s the one I wish I had been at
Back in my teen years I would have denied it was possible to have a crush on a beautiful singer you see on Don Kirshner's, or hear on the radio often. After watching this and a interview or 2 here...I was just in denial. Wow...I had forgot how she could just capture you with that smile and that voice.
Simply amazing... one of the greatest instruments of all time
Thank You Linda. Found myself singing along through tears of wonderful memories and appreciation. Thank You Linda.
First time I've seen this. 2019 Nov. I knew Linda could play guitar. Good to see in two different videos. The band the sound. Most of All... The Voice of Linda Ronstadt never quits, never falters on stage. And if you've heard her talk on any subject she's always got something worth saying.
Linda had perfect pitch, phrasing, and breath control. Such a unique and distinctive vocalist. As great as she was in the late 60's and 70's her voice got even better and stronger as she got older and matured. Just listen to her incredible music from the 80's and 90's. Brilliant through so many different styles and genres. She brings such honesty, purity and emotion into every song she sings. Becomes one with the music she interprets. That is what makes her extra special. Pure genius of a vocalist.
You never had to wonder if they were lip syncing any of their music back then.....the BEST!
Thanks for posting this GEM! I can't believe it. I was there that night. Took a special girl and married her a year later. 3 grandchildren today. Thanks LInda!
me too
@@DAM1825 That's the only time I've seen her play guitar. Also, what the heck was she wearing?
I saw her the week before this in Dallas. Front row seats. Wonderful concert. Incredible artist.
Lady was amazing. absolutely mind blowing in concert. she would own and mesmerize an audience in ten seconds.
Some said that Linda Ronstadt acted nervous between songs because she didn't like to talk to the audience, but I heard her say she didn't like to talk in between songs because she thought she sounded like a sports announcer. I thought that was so right on in certain ways and so funny. Johnny Carson interview I believe. I see no my nervousness with the audience here.
@@johncook7281 Didn't know that-thought it was shyness. Once heard her say she remembers a lot of the shoes she wore because she was always looking down. She has remarked how she did feel the awesome responsibility of being the focus of the concert. What was she, 28 here?
Too late to berate myself for missing dozens of opportunities to see her-just played my vinyls up in my room-so these live performances are just so appreciated now. Feel like I was in the front row.
@@johncook7281 It's my humble opinion that too many performers talk too much. I don't want to hear how they wrote a song, or found a song. Just sing and let the music speak for itself. I appreciate the fact that Linda sings one song after another, practically non-stop.
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Critics and the public seemed so amazed later in her career when she displayed such fluency in such diverse styles of popular music and even operetta, but the roots of that diversity are here for all to hear.
Best voice ever... she is wonderful delivering this song, just perfect. 🌹😘🙏🏻
(I knew from the start she was good but when I bought the album with Nelson Riddle I knew she had the greatest voice I ever heard. What range she had !
"Love Has No Pride" Chills...
I was at this concert, and so many at the Capitol. Great memories
"Lose Again" always got to me...still does to this day.
No Auto-Tune or lipsync here, just pure unadulterated talent.
Love has no pride when I call out Linda's name, or no illusions that she's a generation ahead of me with her own life and loves. God Bless Linda Ronstadt. And Thank You for all the Music.
I appreciate you uploading this. It's really a beautiful performance throughout. Thank you
Is there ANY song this woman can't sing ?!!! Love her so much. She's ingrained as an integral part of my youth and music influence.
Even with an old video like that, I watch the whole concert because it is simply a video relic. A real singer.
Her music is superb. Her voice once inside of you never really leaves. This is a treasure of a recording, not quite the superstar she would become and sadness seems to envelope here, a rare and remarkable RONSTADT
Thanks for your wonderful comments!
Maybe the best girl singer ever. Pipes from heaven.
The Best and Original rock DIVA..... The band was great, rockin. Thank You You Tube.... I'm 69 YO, just got back into playing Drums after a 50 Year Hiatus.... One of the first records that I played that I attempted to play along with " Linda Ronstadt's Greatest Hits.... Volumes I and II. Effortless Voice, Brings me back to Great Times and Music. Never to be Repeated again.......NEVER !!! God Bless Her. Be well all in this COVID Madness.
Man that girl could sing. The new Documentary on her musical life will knock you out. The voice is divine.
I was lucky enough to see Linda live 2 or 3 times in the 80's - and she never disappointed. one of the top ten best female vocalists of our generation - and her band was always worlld class. Only recently have people realized the talent of her players - especially Andrew Gold (RIP) who played lead guitar and vocals on this tour.
Faithless Love. Still squeezes my heart like it did the first time I heard it almost 50 years ago.
A heart wrenching masterpiece .
I've loved her since day 1~~I was lucky to see her in concert back in the 80's~~No matter what she sings I get teary eyed because her voice is so beautiful and so is she~~I pray for her everyday~~So sad for what she's going through~~Luvs ya Linda~~🤩🤩🤩💖💖💖~~
Love has no pride- she blasted that one way off the charts!
In a vocal universe all her own. Thank you for this performance preservation, even the grainy visuals(which somehow set a mood) don't alter a once in a lifetime authentic powerful and heartbreaking voice.
Linda, incomparable. The Best. Ever. Her band in the 70s was just as awesome.
No one sings sadness with the beauty and power of Ronstadt. Seems especially sorrowful here. Great visual and audio record right before she became a Superstar. Fame often seemed to be a drag for her. But lord could she deliver the songs.
I was at THIS show and also backstage. Jimmy Page and Joe Walsh visited that night. I interviewed Folk music LEGEND Tom Rush for the legendary radio station WFMU.ORG that very night. PRECIOUS MEMORIES. I met Linda on many occasions and each time was a TOTAL DELIGHT! PLEASE PRAY for her! Thanks a Million!
I jut listened to this today. I've had it in my list for years and finally put it on my phone, This is absolutely fantastic! Great sound, great band and one of the greatest voices ever! I highly recomemd this!
Crystal clear persuasion. Even the black and white sometimes jumpy visual becomes enhanced with her pipes. Great singer, fine song choices and a superb band.
At 1:02:30 comes a total surprise. Rivers Of Babylon is sung by Andrew, Linda and Kenny…and it is STELLAR. She surrounded herself with the best of the best. All of Miss Linda’s records and concerts are stellar…but hearing vocal harmonies alone is special.
Linda Ronstadt basically singlehandedly *created* the careers of the Eagles, Warren Zevon and Karla Bonoff (among, probably, others), and revived interest in the then(mid 70s)-dormant music of Hank Williams and Buddy Holly. She is a god.
WHEN WILL I BE LOVED , was the 1st record I bought . I was about 8 years old . I remember playing it on my parents console stereo . We had Linda Ronstadt's 8 track tapes too . I love to hear her sing . I love all of her song's . Thanks for sharing....!! 🙂
My love Linda, I will always be your desperado. I will cherish your beautiful voice and music till the day I die and beyond.
I saw this show in St. Louis at the Ambasador Theater. My first ever concert. What a high bar you set Linda. I have never forgotten it. You rocked that night and still do in my memories. Thank you !
That voice was something else -- glad that it was captured here and there - in concert, on record, in our memories. Linda was in mega arenas soon after this - what a rare recording.
This is a MAJOR MAJOR FIND! THANK YOU SO SO MUCH KIND PERSON FOR UPLOADING THIS SONIC GEM FOR THE AGES! (If you still don't Love Linda after hearing this, I really feel sorry for you!-lol).
thank you for posting this gem. she is on the verge of superstardom here and just a natural unassuming remarkable vocalist. perhaps the finest pure singer of the rock and roll era.
Yes, she was - unassuming. That is what has always struck me about her in an age of crazy super-stardom in crazy, super-stadiums. She was a girl who stood on a stage in her street clothes and sang. That is crazy now. She could not do it.
una mckillen Of course she could.
Peter Everts Oh, she could sing, although actually she couldn't. She no longer has a voice. What I think I was saying is standing quietly on a stage in your street clothes (as opposed to the mad stage costumes people don these days) would be difficult. No-one wants natural and unaffected and she was that to her core.
una mckillen It was a time when the music mattered. I can think of only a couple of mainstream artists in recent years who have returned to that kind of genuineness...Adele & Ed Sheerhan. My daughter introduced me to the music of a young guy named Shawn Mendes & I recently discovered an indie artist named Shannon LaBrie. They're both worth checking out. Of course, there will never be another one like Linda. IMO the greatest female voice of all time.
I'm 60, and I agree with you. Thank god for Adele and Ed Sheeran. They are great!
She just walks up to the microphone and sings flawlessly, effortlessly. Who does that anymore? gawd.
Sarah Brightman, Charlotte Church, and a lot of other singers.
Right? Just talent. That’s all.
no one makes it professionally who cant sing, sick of these ridiculous comments and all the autotune delusions...like all the world's ills are caused by autotune...
No but most of them can't do with out it
Timeless and hauntingly beautiful voice! A very intelligent and compassionate person as well! Thank you for you, Linda!!! ❤️💕
Wonderful to see J D Souther with Linda on stage.First time seeing them wonderfully talanted souls. Brilliant.Thanks for the posting this concert. Love Linda and J D Souther
Maybe that’s Andrew Gold, not JD?
@@donnabresnahan1835 Andrew gold I believe.
Thankfully videos on you tube will help future generations remember great female singers like Linda and Melanie... just beautiful pure voices singing great songs without overtly sexualizing themselves .. no one will care about Lady Gaga or Katy Perry 50 years from now but they will cherish the music of greats like Linda.
Great early concert!!!!!Nice to see it and hear Linda early on.I have all of the early albums.I miss the Capitol theater.Too bad they didn't want to save it and make it a gem.from reading Linda's book Simple dreams she loved those small intimate theaters.amen.
I am so glad I stumbled upon this on UA-cam! Thank you so very much for posting it! Long live Linda!!!
I agree with everyone on here who shared their compliments of this extraordinary performer...when you compare her to the women of her time and even today inn music, she many times is under rated. she was always a huge voice with less publicity...she is a LIVING LEGEND!
Christopher Gust
I couldn’t have said it any better...Ms. Ronstadt is a league of her own...her magnificent voice can never ever be replicated.
Watching this again...January 2020 and I never get tired of it.
One of the best female singers of all time! Just a girl and her guitar and spectacular voice!! Stay strong Linda and God Bless!! ❤️
I could listen to her all day every day.
That's made my Friday night in cloudy old Brixton, South London. Thank you Thom...and to whoever did the posting. Linda had the best voice ever.
Thank you so much! I was 15 years back then. Linda and these songs mean more to me than EVER! A TREASURE!
Loved her concert! She had one of my favorite voices of all time!
Love every grainy black and white minute of it, never seen this rare 1975 footage before, wonderful stuff :)
Ms Linda will always be part of my heart, family, our neighborhood! I was coming off a dedicated Opera-destined career, and she came along just at the right time for me. And it didn't hurt that I had the round face (her Hispanic heritage, my Native American Indian). So sorry Ms Linda, but many in Austin TX thought I was you! But truly, there will never be another you, anymore than there will ever be another me! Thanks be to God, for some of the most amazing songs you have given us!
Andrew Gold. An absolute gem.
A nice treat to hear her sing not only her big hits, but also less frequently performed things like "Hey Mister...", "Willing" and "Many Rivers to Cross". Thanks for posting this concert. I really enjoyed it.
Thank you Thom for posting this. Linda Ronstadt is one of rock's greatest voices, so pure and beautiful.