Difficult to sing that way. Plain, almost no vibrato, no weird vocal growls, or trills, or falsetto, or any other ornamentation to hide behind. It makes you feel very exposed. As with a lot of things, it looks a lot easier than it actually is.
The 40 years that have now passed since this recording have done little to diminish its impact, a feat few can achieve , and even fewer seldom get this close to perfection ,
Richard and Linda were just magical together saw them in 1980 at Theatre Royal in Stratford East London they were magical
Especially on Dimming of the Day
Beautiful, I always think she's thinking about Nick Drake when singing this as he died only a,month before the recording of this Ogwt she was very close to him:)