Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams - LP

Lacquers Cut from the Analog Master by Chris Bellman

Released in September 1977, Simple Dreams knocked Fleetwood Mac's Rumours off the top of the Billboard album chart after a 29-week run, and topped the country albums chart too. Peter Asher produced, and the song selection ranges from Buddy Holly and Roy Orbison to two Warren Zevon songs, "Carmelita" and "Poor Poor Pitiful Me."

It generated four hit singles, including "Blue Bayou" and "It's So Easy," sold over three million copies in its first year, and won a Grammy for Best Recording Package. Dolly Parton sings harmony on "I Never Will Marry."

For this reissue, Bernie Grundman Mastering's Chris Bellman cut the lacquers straight from the analog master, working from the 2024 remaster. Gatefold jacket, pressed in Germany.

Features

• Lacquers cut from the analog master by Chris Bellman
• 2024 remaster
• Gatefold jacket
• Pressed in Germany
• Single LP reissue of the 1977 album — five weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
• Produced by Peter Asher
• Label: Elektra

Track Listing

Side One:

1. It's So Easy
2. Carmelita
3. Simple Man, Simple Dream
4. Sorrow Lives Here
5. I Never Will Marry

Side Two:

1. Blue Bayou
2. Poor Poor Pitiful Me
3. Maybe I'm Right
4. Tumbling Dice
5. Old Paint