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Happy birthday to Linda Ronstadt’s New Wave album Mad Love, released 40 years ago, in March 1980. It’s the weirdest oddity in her catalog, with three Elvis Costello covers. Mad Love is forgotten by time, written out of her official history. Not even Linda has a kind word for this …

With the hectic schedules of three in-demand performers to consider, it’s a wonder the long-discussed and often-delayed LP project that combined the supreme talents of Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt ever came to fruition. The three had collaborated on several one-off recordings together since first becoming fans of …