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The album was released in the LP format on Capitol on January 30, 1967, in both monaural and stereophonic editions (catalogue numbers T 2666 and ST 2666, respectively).. In March 1975, Capitol reissued the album under the name The Stone Poneys Featuring Linda Ronstadt (catalogue number ST-11383), following the multi-platinum success Linda Ronstadt had in 1974-75 with her #1 album Heart Like a ...
As a result, the largely unknown first album by The Stone Poneys was more widely available in the 1970s and 1980s than the subsequent albums that featured the band's more familiar songs. In 1995, Capitol briefly issued the three Stone Poneys albums as individual CD releases. The releases were removed from the catalog within a few years.
The Stone Poneys' version went to No. 12 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart (with 'featuring Linda Ronstadt' on the single label; she was the only band member on the track). As Edwards recalled, the band based their original recording of the song on a version by The Greenbriar Boys from their 1966 album Better Late than Never!
For the remaining tracks, Ronstadt sought out material by such well-regarded songwriters as Tim Buckley and Laura Nyro, as well as songs by writers represented on the first two albums, like Michael Nesmith, and Steve Gillette and Tom Campbell, who composed the short song fragments that open the album. The Stone Poneys' only charting success ...
Different Drum is the first compilation album by Linda Ronstadt to be released by Capitol.Half of the tracks (those shown as having been recorded in 1967 and 1968) are taken from the second and third albums by The Stone Poneys; while the other half are from her first three solo albums.
The nine songs on the compilation all feature Ronstadt, a major star by the time of its release, on lead vocals; and are taken from the Stone Poneys' second and third albums, Evergreen, Volume 2 and Linda Ronstadt, Stone Poneys and Friends, Vol. III, from 1967 and 1968, respectively.
The albums discography of American singer Linda Ronstadt contains 29 studio albums, 37 compilation albums, one live album, one box set and two extended plays (EP's). Her first studio album was a dual credit with the Stone Poneys titled Linda Ronstadt, Stone Poneys and Friends, Vol. III (1968).
As The Stone Poneys, the band was signed by the late Nik Venet to Capitol and released three albums in a 15-month period in 1967–68: The Stone Poneys; Evergreen, Volume 2; and Linda Ronstadt, Stone Poneys and Friends, Vol. III.