After the success of Heart Like A Wheel, Linda Ronstadt released Prisoner In Disguise in 1975, which further fortified her standing as one of America's most popular interpretive singers. On Prisoner In Disguise Ronstadt delivers another collection of well-crafted, carefully arranged rock, pop and country songs that wonderfully exemplify her fine talent and taste.

• Limited Edition
• Numbered Edition
• 180 Gram High Definition Vinyl pressed at RTI USA
• Half-Speed mastering on MFSL Gain 2 Ultra Analog System
• Mastered by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
• Cut from the Original Analog Master Tapes
• Mastered by Rob LoVerde
• Special Static Free & Dust Free Inner Sleeves
• Deluxe heavy duty cover

Linda Ronstadt Prisoner in Disguise on Numbered Limited-Edition 180g LP from Mobile Fidelity. Mastered from the Original Master Tapes: Detailed, Intimate, Transparent Sound.

What do Emmylou Harris, James Taylor, David Grisman, J.D. Souther, Maria Muldaur, and Lowell George have in common? The famed artists all guest on Linda Ronstadt's Prisoner In Disguise, a rootsy 1975 treasure that advanced the vocalist's reputation as a champion interpreter of popular song and drew acclaim for its outstanding session musicianship. This is the famed 70s California sound at its peak – and a must for fans of the Eagles, Jackson Browne, and Crosby, Stills, and Nash.

Ronstadt makes folk, bluesy rock, and soul her own. Taylor's "Hey Mister, That's Me Up on the Jukebox" and Neil Young's "Love Is a Rose" are among the tunes she lends her trademark country flair. Her Top 30 rendition of Smokey Robinson's "The Tracks of My Tears" and upbeat version of Martha Reeves and the Vandellas' "Heatwave" are among the truest Motown covers ever recorded. And while overlooked at the time, Ronstadt's poignant take of Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You" outshines any other.

Now you can experience Ronstadt's whippoorwill tones with a clarity and depth never thought possible. Remastered from the original master tapes, Mobile Fidelity's version throws open the window on the singer's rich range and erases the artificial ceiling that formerly rounded off her highs. Integral to her phrasing and emotion, every vocal hiccup, vibrato, and shiver is presented amidst a natural, organic backdrop. The vivid detail and immediacy also extend to the brilliant arrangements. And those harmonies! Ronstadt's duet with Harris on "The Sweetest Gift" is a clinic on how overlapping voices should sound. Simply gorgeous.

Track Listing:

01. Love Is A Rose
02. Hey Mister, That's Me Up On The Jukebox
03. Roll Um Easy
04. Tracks Of My Tears
05. Prisoner In Disguise
06. Heat Wave
07. Many Rivers To Cross
08. The Sweetest Gift
09. You Tell Me That I'M Falling Down
10. I Will Always Love You
11. Silver Blue

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