Linda Ronstadt "Get Closer" (1982) -Westcoast Rock-

  

 Label : Elektra / Asylum Records

 Side One

01 - Get Closer (Jimmy Webb)
02 - The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress (Jimmy Webb)
03 - I Knew You When (Joe South)
04 - Easy For You To Say (Jimmy Webb)
05 - People Gonna Talk (William Wheeler, Lee Dorsey, Morris Levy & Clarence L. Lewis)
06 - Talk To Me Of Mendocino (Kate McGarrigle)

Side Two

01 - I Think It's Gonna Work Out Fine (Rose Marie McCoy & Sylvia McKinney)
02 - Mr. Radio (Roderick Taylor)
03 - Lies (Buddy Randell & Beau Charles)
04 - Tell Him (Bert Russell)
05 - Sometimes You Just Can't Win (Smokey Stover)
06 - My Blue Tears (Dolly Parton)


Produced by Peter Asher
Recorded & Mixed by Val Garay at Record One & by George Massenburg at the George Massenburg Studios
Assisted by Niko Bolas, Barbara Rooney & Bruce Wildstein
Recorded August 10th, 1981 - August 15th, 1982
Mastered by Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab


Side One

01 - Get Closer

Drums : Russ Kunkel
Bass : Bob Glaub
Electric Guitars : Andrew Gold, Danny Kortchmar & Waddy Wachtel
Wurlitzer Electric Piano : Bill Payne
Background vocals : Patti Austin, Rosemary Butler & Linda Ronstadt

02 - The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress

Drums : Russ Kunkel
Bass : Bob Glaub
Electric Guitar : Danny Kortchmar
Pedal Steel : Dan Dugmore
Piano : Bill Payne
Strings arranged & conducted by Bill Payne

03 - I Knew You When

Drums : Russ Kunkel
Bass : Bob Glaub
Electric Guitar : Danny Kortchmar
Piano & Organ : Bill Payne
Background vocals : Patti Austin, Rosemary Butler & Linda Ronstadt 

04 - Easy For You To Say

Drums : Russ Kunkel
Bass : Bob Glaub
Electric Guitars : Dan Dugmore, Danny Kortchmar & Waddy Wachtel
Fender Rhodes : Bill Payne 

05 - People Gonna Talk

Drums : Russ Kunkel
Bass : Bob Glaub 
Piano : Bill Payne
Sax : Jerry Peterson

06 - Talk To Me Of Mendocino

Ferrington Acoustic Bass Guitar : Bob Glaub
Acoustic Guitar : Andrew Gold
Mandolin : David Grisman
Accordion : Lindsey Buckingham
Cello : Dennis Karmazyn

Side Two

01 - I Think It's Gonna Work Out Fine 

Drums : Rick Shlosser
Bass : Bob Glaub
Electric Guitars : Dan Dugmore & Waddy Wachtel
Prophet : Don Grolnick
Percussion : Andrew Gold
Baritone Sax : Jim Horn
Vocals : Linda Ronstadt & James Taylor 

02 - Mr. Radio

Drums : Russ Kunkel
Bass : Bob Glaub
Pedal Steel : Dan Dugmore
Acoustic Guitar : Andrew Gold
Percussion : Peter Asher & Andrew Gold
Fender Rhodes & Synthesizer : Bill Payne
Harmony Vocal : Andrew Gold

03 - Lies

Drums : Russ Kunkel
Bass : Bob Glaub
Electric Guitars : Dan Dugmore & Danny Kortchmar
Keyboards : Bill Payne
Background vocals : Rosemary Butler & Edie Lehman

04 - Tell Him

Drums : Rick Shlosser
Bass : Bob Glaub
Electric Guitars : Andrew Gold & Waddy Wachtel
Keyboards : Bill Payne
Percussion : Peter Asher & Andrew Gold
Background vocals : Rosemary Butler, Debbie Pearl & Linda Ronstadt

05 - Sometimes You Just Can't Win 

Drums : Rick Marotta
Bass : Kenny Edwards
Acoustic Guitar : Waddy Wachtel
Electric Guitar : Danny Kortchmar
Pedal Steel : Dan Dugmore
Piano : Andrew Gold
Organ : Don Grolnick
Vocals : Linda Ronstadt & J.D. Souther 
Recorded June 3rd, 1977

12 - My Blue Tears

Acoustic Guitar : Emmylou Harris
Vocals : Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton & Linda Ronstadt 
Recorded by Stuart Taylor
Produced by Brian Ahern
January, 18th, 1978