Linda Ronstadt - Living in the USA (1978) Vinyl LP • Back USA, Ooh Baby Baby

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Vinyl plays with occasional crackles; light clicks during parts of side 1 (play-graded). Gate-fold cover has light-scuffing (front/back/inner-gate); surface impressions on back cover, large surface abrasion where a sticker was on front cover. Inner-sleeve is generic white. Spine is partly readable with wear. Heavy shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge and corners. Opening is crisp with signs of light use. (Not a cut-out.)

Tracks:

1. Back In The U.S.A.
2. When I Grow Too OId To Dream
3. Just One Look
4. Alison
5. White Rhythm & Blues
6. All That You Dream
7. Ooh Baby Baby
8. Mohammed's Radio
9. Blowing Away
10. Love Me Tender

About The Record:

Living In The USA was Linda Ronstadt's third No. 1 on the Billboard album chart and was the first album in history to ship Double Platinum. As a measure of her impact on popular culture in this time period, the front cover photograph of a roller skating Linda in a satin exercise outfit was noted to increase the popularity of skating in the United States at the time. The album's first single release was a revved up remake of Chuck Berry's Back in the USA which peaked at No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album's biggest hit was Ronstadt's version of Smokey Robinson's Ooh Baby Baby (No. 7 Pop and No. 2 Easy Listening). Just One Look and Alison later became hit singles as well, while All That You Dream and the late Warren Zevon's Mohammad's Radio were popular tracks on AOR (Album-Oriented Radio) stations.