As with all of Mobile Fidelity's Linda Ronstadt albums, Hasten Down The Wind is also released in the GAIN 2™ Ultra Analog 180g LP format. The twelve tracks were mastered at MSFL in Sebastopol, CA by Rob LoVerde on the Gain 2 System™. Their 2009 Original Master Recording is presented on a Ultradisc II 24KT Gold CD. Mobile Fidelity has been setting the audophile standard for thirty years. Hasten Down The Wind is Linda Ronstadt's tenth studio album and her fourth record to achieve platinum status. Photographers have captured evocative photographs of Linda Ronstadt for many years. Her albums reflect her virtuosity, overall style and tremendous vocal prowess. Whether it be rock, country, pop, or stylistic ventures in big band music, jazz, opera, Broadway standards or Mexican and Afro-Cuban music, Ronstadt has worked with an incredible dedication to her craft. "What I've always done is set myself in a traditional genre and tried to be completely faithful to what the genre demands," says Ronstadt. Her love for the art of recording helped her form a long standing partnership with legendary engineer George Massenburg, whom she proudly calls a "friend as well as a musical guiding light." With a platinum track record, it's obvious the workmanship has never wavered. With seven Grammy awards and over 50 million albums sold to her credit, Ronstadt says the only formula she's ever lived by is an undying allegiance to the slow craft of songmaking. We'd record all day and end up with so much stuff I'm still not sure what made it on to the records." Few knew in those early days that both artists would go on to rewrite pop history. He'd call up and say 'I'm making a record, come on down.' He had a recording studio on this ranch. It was soon after that she began working with Neil Young. Ronstadt made her pop debut in 1967 with the Stone Poneys. Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs Original Master Recording of Hasten Down The Wind (UDCD 783, 2009) delivers the "ultimate listening experience" to Linda's timeless 1976 classic. Wikipedia presents an outstanding biography and an equally astounding view of her full discography. Linda Ronstadt has released 29 albums and 60 singles, contributed to 11 compilation albums and has had four No. With an impresario's ear, and a voice that resonates with a haunting gift-like quality, she's crossed all genres, always defying expectations as to what a pop record should be. One of the first artists to spawn our interest in female vocalists in the early 1970s, her career is a virtual testament to the idea that nothing quite lifts the human spirit like a good song. For more than four decades, she has remained one of the most beloved singers of our generation. (22 August 2009) Few artists approach their work with the grace and dignity of Linda Ronstadt. Of album artwork and links to both internet-based resources are always included. Current concise reviews of the albums by adult alternative, contemporary, and crossover artists.
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