Greetings from L.A.
Greetings from L.A. is the seventh album by singer-songwriter Tim Buckley, released in 1972. It was recorded at Far Out Studios in Hollywood, California. Like most of his other albums, Greetings from L.A. did not sell well, this is probably his best seller (seeing at least 2 different US pressings, the first with removable postcard+dark green label, the second had no perforations for the postcard+on the palm tree style WB label), getting substantial airplay in the Twin Cities on the Minneapolis FM station KQRS and sold very well at the independent record shops in Minneapolis-St. Paul and elsewhere (Detroit, New York, etc.) until it was deleted by Warner Brothers (whereupon Greetings continued to sell as a UK/European import into the '80's).
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| Released | October 1972 | |||
| Recorded | June 1972 | |||
| Studio | Far Out Studios, Hollywood, California | |||
| Genre | Funk, jazz-rock | |||
| Length | 39:38 | |||
| Label | Straight Records LP Enigma Retro CD | |||
| Producer | Jerry Goldstein | |||
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The album was later re-released on November 7, 2005 in a compilation with debut album Tim Buckley by Elektra.
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B[1] |
| FasterLouder | |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
Track listing
All tracks by Tim Buckley, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Move With Me" | Tim Buckley, Jerry Goldstein | 4:52 |
| 2. | "Get on Top" | 6:33 | |
| 3. | "Sweet Surrender" | 6:47 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 4. | "Nighthawkin'" | 3:21 | |
| 5. | "Devil Eyes" | 6:50 | |
| 6. | "Hong Kong Bar" | Tim Buckley, Joe Falsia | 7:08 |
| 7. | "Make It Right" | Tim Buckley, Larry Beckett, Joe Falsia, Jerry Goldstein | 4:07 |
Personnel
- Tim Buckley – 12-string guitar, vocals
- Venetta Fields, Clydie King, Lorna Willard – vocals
- Joe Falsia – guitar
- Reinhold Press, Chuck Rainey – bass guitar
- Harry Hyams, Ralph Schaffer – viola
- Louis Kievman – violin
- Robert Konrad – violin, guitar
- William Kurasch – violin
- Jesse Ehrlich – cello
- Kevin Kelly – organ, piano
- Paul Ross Novros, Eugene E. Siegel – saxophone
- Jerry Goldstein – percussion, arranger, producer
- Carter C.C. Collins – congas
- Ed Greene – drums
- Technical
- Chris Huston, Stan Agol - engineer
- Cal Schenkel - album design
- Bob Gordon - cover photography
References
- Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: B". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 22, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.