Description
While Ronstadt’s interpretive skills and stunning vocals remain front and center, the all-star cast of California-based musicians that helped transform Heart Like a Wheel into a 1970s mainstream pop-rock staple – and a lasting example of the period’s laid-back West Coast sound – cannot be forgotten. Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Emmylou Harris, Maria Muldaur, Herb Pedersen, David Lindley, J.D. Souther, and Andrew Gold are just a few of the luminaries that ensure the Billboard chart-topping set rests on an unassailable foundation. Asher puts everything in the right place and, in concert with the headliner, chooses a repertoire of standards that both shakes up traditions and pays homage to them.
“Aided by a dead quiet pressing, the sound is gorgeous, with wide dynamic range, a warm, rich low end and impressive detail on Ronstadt’s mighty voice.”
—Robert Baird, Stereophile
“The simply superb sonics of this 180-gram audiophile vinyl version are [as] crisp, clean, and clear as a chamber recording—a great album reborn in another Mobile Fidelity triumph.”
—David McGee, The Absolute Sound, May/June 2018
“An audiophile staple, this 1974 LP defined Ronstadt as a Grammy-winning A-lister and it’s easy to hear why.”
—Ken Kessler, Hi-Fi News, 90% Sound Quality rating
