Linda Ronstadt, The Stone Poneys – Stoney End (VG/VG+) – LP, US 1978

Stoney End is an LP by Linda Ronstadt, The Stone Poneys from 1978 released on the Pickwick label.

About this album

Stoney End gathers Linda Ronstadt and the Stone Poneys’ key folk-pop recordings into one compact overview of the group’s brief but important career. Best known for “Different Drum”, the band bridged California folk, harmony pop and a more polished Nashville-influenced sound, helping introduce Ronstadt as a major voice before her solo breakthrough. The compilation shows how the group moved from delicate acoustic material to stronger pop songwriting and richer arrangements, with songs that anticipate the genre-crossing confidence Ronstadt would later bring to her solo work. It is a useful snapshot of a transitional act whose best-known single became a lasting AM-era staple.