I collected a LOT of vinyl from estate sales in Seattle the last year I lived there before moving to my new farm house in central KY. I ended up with multiple copies of everything she’s done, coupled with whatever I already owned. Those Nelson Riddle ones were an incredible treat.
I read a book a few years ago called Hotel California, where her days at the Troubadour were chronicled along with a lot of other bands. It makes you appreciate her stuff even more.
http://www.amazon.com/Hotel-California-True-Life-Adventures-Mitchell/dp/0470127775
Fun fact about “Hotel California”.
I mentioned Steve Hoffman’s re-mastered versions of Linda’s albums with the best sonics.
Steve also re-mastered the Eagles, “Hotel California”. Due to the poor tape used during that period, Steve literally had to bake the tapes to get them to playback properly...and then it was only a temporary “fix”.
Steve has been a very kind friend and gifted me with many, many CDRs burned direct from the raw studio master tapes...including unreleased studio demos of Beatles from their White Album daze. Amazing sonics (pre-reverb) and so cool to hear studio chatter.