Following a 2025 Record Store Day Black Friday release, Linda Ronstadt’s The Early Years compilation comes to general retail on 2LP vinyl and single CD. The set from Irving Azoff’s Iconic Artists label brings together 15 songs from Ronstadt’s 1967-1974 Capitol Records period (with some surprising omissions, such as “Desperado”). Selections include “Different Drum,” “Faithless Love,” “You’re No Good,” “Long, Long Time,” and “When Will I Be Loved.”
The Early Years is a stunning new compilation that celebrates the formative era of one of music’s most powerful and pioneering voices — Linda Ronstadt.
Featuring breakout hits like “Different Drum” and the Grammy-nominated “Long, Long Time,” The Early Years traces Ronstadt’s artistic…