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The Stone Poneys - The Stone Poneys ft. Linda Ronstadt / Evergreen Vol. 2 *2008*

In 1964, Linda Ronstadt moved to Los Angeles to form a band with Bob Kimmel, who had already begun co-writing several folk-rock songs with guitarist-songwriter Kenny Edwards. As The Stone Poneys, the band was signed by Nik Venet to Capitol Records 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. The band is best known for their hit single "Different Drum" (written by Monkees member
Michael Nesmith), which reached No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The song remains one of Ronstadt's most popular recordings. While Capitol Records released The Stone Poneys from their recording contract in January 1968
(shortly before the release of their third album), Kenny Edwards recorded and toured with Ronstadt for many years thereafter.

As a testament to the enduring nature of her early work with this band, in 2008 "more than 40 years after the recording of the first Stone Poneys album" Raven released a "two-fer" compilation CD called The Stone Poneys featuring all tracks from the first two Stone Poneys albums and four tracks from the third album.

Tracks:

The Stone Poneys - The Stone Poneys ft. Linda Ronstadt:
Sweet summer blue and gold
If I were you
Just a little bit of rain
Bicycle song (soon now)
Orion
Wild about my lovin' 
Back home
Meredith (on my mind)
Train and the river
All the beautiful things
2:10 Train

Evergreen Vol.2:
December dream
Song about the rain
Autumn afternoon
I've got to know
Evergreen part one
Evergreen part two
Different drum
Driftin' 
One for one
Back on the street again
Toys of time
New hard times

Bonus Tracks:
Some of Shelly's blues
Up to my neck in high muddy water
Stoney end
Hobo