The 20 Best Albums from 1970s Los Angeles : Ranked *
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- Опубликовано: 30 май 2024
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I was thinking about Deja Vu as the Crosby song, not Carry On
Tom Waits Heart of Saturday Night was a major omission. He’s been in Northern California so long, I just forgot it. 
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Thanks for including Tim Buckley
Tim Buckley’s “Greetings from LA” is my favorite TB album
I always thought Greetings from LA was Tim Buckley's best record. I absolutely love Deja Vu. One of the biggest classics of the time. I can tell you how many copies of LA Woman I beat to death over the years.
Great list, I would have made room for The 12 dreams of Dr. Sardonicus by Spirit.
My number one record of all time love it
Astoundingly great musical achievement. Brilliant songs, playing, production. Knocked Abbey Road off the #1 spot, I heard.
But is it about LA or just a superb album by an LA band?
@@harveycan5820 Me too
Holland is an amazing album. One of my favorite albums of all time. In my top 20.
@bobgordon236 WHAT!?! i feel beach boys fell off after Pet sounds i really love their beachy sound but they lost it in the 70s :(
Yes I prefer both Surf's Up and Holland to Pet Sounds...but you have omit the last three tracks from Holland in your listening experience haha
@@iconicon5642 Youre crazy!
Always said Greetings from L.A. Was ahead of it’s time, such a brilliant album, played MANY times at parties in the 80’s in Sydney Australia- love Serius by Alan Parson’s too, Eye in the Sky 🎉
That Dennis Wilson is a masterpiece I pulled my copy out after you posted it on Instagram to hear the “River Song” that whole album flows and it’s so magical love “ Friday Night”.
You said it all Mazzy: they were all GREAT records...Definitely a slice of the times...I will NEVER tire of listening to them!!!
Apostrophe has the impossibly great "Rollo Interior" nearing the end of "St. Alphonso." Ruth Underwood was just so great in that band.
I too travelled to Los Angeles in 1962. I was 11. I went to Disneyland and Knott's Berry Farm, too. I was incensed that a peanut butter sandwich was 45 cents at Knott's Berry Farm!! You could get *THREE* McDonald's hamburgers for 45 cents!
Wonderful list! Your selections captured the 70’s LA zeitgeist. I still go to most of them with a pretty good degree of frequency. They sound great!
The Tim Buckley album is amazing and is actually quite a fine soul record. Living in the UK, I remember it coming out first as an American import and being astonished by that photo of LA with the crazy smog layer. Linda Ronstadt's "Heart Like A Wheel" and its singles actually came out on Asylum outside of North America but with Capitol catalog numbers. And did you notice how many of your selection were on the WEA family of labels?
#1 for me = Bowie's Station to Station from 1976. Recorded at Cherokee Studios in late '75 in a whirlwind of cocaine psychosis. Perfectly embodies the time period with steely a soul-funk swagger
Is it about LA or was just recorded in LA?
Really enjoyed this video! I liked the regional approach as it gives more of an idea for the vibe and ethos of the area and period.
All you choices are awesome.
Great list!!! For the full LA experience I’d throw in Tom Waits, War, Van Halen, Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, Germs, and Mandrill. I ❤ LA from 370 miles away 🌵
The Linda Ronstadt 'Heart Like a Wheel' is indeed an excellent album. I am fortunate enough to have a limited edition Cisco copy that sounds fantastic.
Hello Mazzy - this is a great list - thanks for sharing. Nice to see unexpected records. Damn the Torpedos is one of my favorites.
Superb video Mazzy. Love to hear your takes on all this great music.
Holy cow (I know, Bill King is Bay Area)! Didn't realize what a year '74 was. Zevon might be my all time favorite album. Thanks for another great list.
Uncle Mazzy Strikes Again! Lovely list. I'm in the midst of compiling my LA trip playlist and it just got a lot longer.. Thank You! The top 7 were, of course, already included☺ I had the same first road trip south with my parents, but in 1976. I recall wearing a white USA '76 t-shirt as we drove past Capitol records building. A life altering moment for a 7 year old kid listening to Andrew Gold, Eagles and Sinatra. Looking forward to Dennis Wilson and Newman! Mazzy...can you send me that Buckley pop out?! 😀 I never, to rarely laugh out loud, but I do with Uncle Mazzy ....
Apostrophe is one of my favorite Zappa albums
Can you believe I made it through the entire video!?!?! Great picks! 👍🏻
Wild 🤠😎😵💫😇
Great list. Personally I could never pick 20, I just love too many.
Mazzy,, you’re an interesting dude!! Lol love a lot of your top 20,, others I hadn’t ever listened to, but I will definitely start hunting for them now. Keep the videos coming !!
Brilliant review. Highly enjoyable 🤗
Must check some of these out, great video. Cheers for that,!
'Late for the Sky' + 'After Gold Rush' + 'Paradise and Lunch' are my desert island LPs. :)
Great Video Mazzy and I love just the history you tell. Get to explore some albums I have not checked out before. Love Tim Buckley
Thanks for the post, Mazzy. You had a great selection of classic Southern California rock albums. That being said, I wish you would have included an album by War, the popular funk/rock/latin band, who was formed in Long Beach, a suburb of Los Angeles. War was very successful in the 70’s, and that’s when they put out their best music. I would choose 1971’s All Day Music, or 1972’s The World Is A Ghetto. Thanks again.
Great video Mazzy. Nice to see Tim Buckley, Little Feat, EmmyLou, Jackson Browne, Tom Petty and HB, Linda Ronstadt, Steely Dan, CSNY, Warren Z., After the Gold Rush. All of them actually. Me, I would have put LA Woman as #1, but as you said it’s not a competition. Keep them coming.
Kept waiting for Van Halen’s self titled debut. Another good video. Thank you Mazzy.
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I agree with your assessment of Ry Cooder.
Yea Mazzy! After the Gold Rush….soo my Number 1 of the 70’s from L.A…. you have my vote….I was obsessed with that album :-)
Nice video. Added a couple more records to my want list.
Great to see the Tim Buckley album highlighted. In addition - I love Pacific Ocean Blue from Dennis Wilson - a magnificent effort.
Brilliant performance. Great Records.💪💪👍👍🙌🙌 Greetings from Germany.
Great selection, Mazzy. Loads of my favourites in there. Glad to see a mention for Pacific Ocean Blue… it’s such a great album. Would love to get out to LA/SF and do some exploring with a good playlist!
I love "Greetings from L.A." by Tim Buckley. Brilliant album. Love that gritty soul/funk sound.
Great list Mazzy.
Thnx heaps for sharing!
Great as usual.
Great video. You pretty much nailed it. I thought of a few misses but they were mostly 60's or 80's..
Roger Mcguinn's first album is amazing up there with anything out of LA at the time.
I must check out that Tim Buckley album as I don’t have anything after Starsailor. I have the deluxe edition of Untitled on cd, great music. I got the Dennis Wilson album in the early ‘90’s and it’s wonderful. I love the Ry Cooder album, but then again I love everything I have by Ry.
I’ve not heard the Randy Newman, but I’ll get to it eventually.
Gene Clark’s No Other? It’s one of my all time favorites - perfect album.
I’m always amazed by your collection.
Cool video.
Thank you ✌🏼
Always interesting pics Mazzy, and interesting that you mention Jackson Browne, I was listening to that album last night, and my favorite as well. Fountain of Sorrow, such a great song. Mac’s Tusk is my favorite from them, and in my top 10 all time albums, it is their swan song or white album and Lindsey was firing on all cylinders. I would have added X to bring in that LA punk sound, but alas that came out in ‘80. I thought of Sparks too, another great band.
Great list!
Thanks!
Neil Young never made a more perfect record than After The Goldrush. Incredible melodies, nice variation between ballads and rockers, short sweet ditties like Cripple Creek Fairy and Till The Morning Comes. He had other great albums in the 70’s, but this one is pure magic from start to finish.
Agree ✌🏼
My 1 st concert in 72 was Neil Young,Stephen stills was the surprise guest . killer concert
Tom Waits Closing Time would have made my list. Other than that, good list.
Funny parallel story at the beginning. I too went on a road trip with Parents to LA from the Bay Area with my Mom who refused to fly. We did Disneyland. Knotts Berry Marine World (or Marineland?) etc..
Thinking it was probably '60 because I was starting
Second Grade in the Fall..
great albums, nice video.. we definately have a different view on the 20 best album from the 70's in LA.
17:00 Sitting in the back of someone's car going somewhere at night hearing Hotel California.
I had that exact experience in Australia, returning from 18 months in India in 1984, hearing Midnight Oil's 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 for the first time. Magical.
Carry On was written by Stephen Stills. David Crosby wrote a fantastic song called Carry Me which appeared on one of the Crosby Nash albums. It was a song written about his Mother and her passing.
As I replied early. My mistake. I was thinking of Deja Vu.
No problem. Love your videos and often go searching for obscure records at your recommendation. Bought the John Simon album and the Buckley album as a result of previous videos. Carry Me is probably David’s best song
Loved The Byrds from the very first record. I actually saw this version of the group at the Fillmore East in the village. They were a great band. They did all the songs from the history of the group and did them well. This group could sing! The live 8 miles high they did fantastic After the solos Mcguinn came back with that opening riff and the audience cheered and applauded. in my opinion, outside of The Beatles, there wasn't any group more innovative than the byrds.
Yes, The Byrds were great. Almost from their start to their last album. Of course all rock bands have have their ups and downs, but all in all The Byrds were outstanding. They were the true inspiration for the whole country-rock moviment. Not only the californian one, but for all country-rock bands from everywhere.
Even though being a Bay Area band, the Doobies' Takin' It To The Streets and Livin' On The Fault Line gives me vibes and images of L.A every time I hear them. Another favorite: Souvenirs by Dan Fogelberg. Walsh, Nash, Henley, Frey, Kunkel etc etc and of course Henry Diltz photography. Maximum L.A, wonderful record.
Great list 🎉 with 3 of my favorite albums: Petty, Clark and 🥇Zevon.
I own your top 10 + Buckley and Harris on vinyl.
I have most of the records you presented in this video. I loved that you put After The Goldrush on top. But I do missed something from John Mayall here. He´s a great fav of mine from this period. Laurel Canyon. Otherwise thanks again!
I just love that Byrds album. The Zappa Apostrophe is a fantastic album. Everyone should have it. Ladies of the Canyon, another fine album. The California sound !! Im going to stop commenting or i’d be talking about each one. Eagles is a no brainer. You are spot on with this video. Tusk… so much money spent.
Ry Cooder, you are hitting all of them. All killer no filler.
Yes. Heart like a Wheel. I knew i liked your channel for a reason.
Csny…. Yes by all means.
I enjoyed your list and love most of those albums. In my list, I would definitely have The Gilded Palace of Sin by The Flying Burrito Brothers and Tapestry by Carole King. You mentioned these artists, but I like other albums by them much better: Desperado by The Eagles, Countdown to Ecstasy by Steely Dan, Morrison Hotel by The Doors, Excitable Boy by Warren Zevon. I like Dennis Wilson's album, but I would pick the Beach Boys Sunflower or Surf's Up over that. Really glad you had No Other in there. Thanks for the thoughtful video.
Good suggestions. Gilded Burritos was the 60s
Steely Dan yes ❤,
Good Old Boys has the song of the day on it - Guilty.
Spent quite of bit of time in my early-mid 20's in LA - was more interested in the punk scene (X, Blasters, saw Violent Femmes, Runaways) but as I have aged have grown to enjoy most of these. Just don't listen very often so put a Tidal playlist together of the top 12 or so - including Tom Waits. Thanks for the inspiration and curation Norm enjoying the music on shuffle as I type.
Dennis Wilson's album Yes! And Yes Tom Petty And Linda! 1974 was a great year in my life because of many of these albums! Thank you fot the Memories! Steely Dan, The Doors! CSNY! Living in the EAST never really Discreminated West Coast from East, Consciously, I did with the English sound and The American blues. odd now that I thought that way then! EX. for along time in the 70's I sworn CCR was from down south! great job BUT I would Warren #1 Warren.................and Neil #2
Ry Cooder - Paradise and Lunch - what a great record
Great choices
Can't agree about LA Woman. It's all fantastic. Love the juxtaposition of the blues and Jim's yes I'll say it, poetry.
New Kid In Town was one of my favorite songs when I was a kid.
When I drove from Temecula to Ontario Airport I thought I'd see backed up traffic with some crazy guy who just could not take it anymore. Instead, nothing, Nobody. I'll have to check out the Wilson record. Groovy. Thanks.
How about a spotlight on Ned Doheny sometime!? Love your channel.
Yeah! Ned Doheny please! Also Marc Jordan “Blue Desert”
Bob Seger's "Stranger In Town" could be included on your list from 1978. Great list. Thanks for the takes.
I never think of him as La but I guess so🤷🏻♂️
*Wow, no Shuggie Otis?! I would have tossed on "Pass the Dust, I think I'm Bowie" on there too. No Waits?*
Black Randy and the Metrosquad - - YES!!!
Guy Van Halen 1 is the album missing, I may not like it but it was unstoppable!🎉
I don't think you can leave out Boz Scaggs "Silk Degrees", 1976.....it's an L.A. album, recorded at Davlen Sound Studios in N. Hollywood and at Hollywood Sound Recorders....the musicians included future members of Toto, an L.A. band through-and-through....4 hits came off the album ("Lowdown", "Lido Shuffle", "It's Over", "What Can I Say")....others got radio play: "Georgia", "Harbor Lights", "We're All Alone" (the Rita Coolidge cover went Top 10)....a great album by any measure.
I love Silk Degrees. Even though it’s a slick LA production, Boz will always be SF Bay Area to me
Just because it was made in LA does not make it an LA album. Literally THOUSANDS of albums were made in LA that had nothing to do with LA.
Wilson - That's an interesting one and you are right about his voice (sounds strangely like Don Henley at times). Though the production washes over him at times.
Tusk is a great record. I bought it when I was a school and mainly listened to Led Zeppelin, Queen & Kiss. Just moving into more adult music before punk hit. Still love it. Picked up a reissue of Apostrophe last week, another brilliant record. Going to hit up Discogs for a copy of Welcome To LA next. As someone mentioned, it’s about the music stupid.
….and LA Woman (swoons). I think I’ll have an LA weekend at home, maybe some LA movies, Confidential, Live & Die, the QT film. Great video Mr M.
I think those two Ian Matthews records, "Valley Hi" and " Some Days You Eat The Bear...." give me a major LA Seventies vibe.
Love that dubble album from The Byrds. The shrink foil means that you don't listen enough FZ. I go play my cd from Tusk, that I forgot I owned it.
Little Feat Spanish Moon such a great song intro especially the 'Columbus' version.
Tim Buckley is an acquired taste for a lot of people, I suspect. His avant-garde vocal stylings can grate on the nerves. That said, Greetings from L.A., is a good (accessible) entry point into his work. I don't get the appeal of Pacific Ocean Blue. Gene Clarke was a excellent artist who deserved a lot more commercial success that what he received.
I find it super interesting to see people talking about cities. As a person who lives in a very rural town (pop. ~1500), I pretty much hate all cities. They're just not for me. I've been to Boston (lived for years in southern New Hampshire) and NYC...and that's not it. Fascinating that people can tolerate such environments.
Outside of sports the rivalry between SF and LA is a bigger deal for people in SF. Chavez Ravine was for the most part empty when the Dodgers built Dodgers stadium. Almost all families were gone by 1951.
I prefer Eagles earlier albums and tunes, such as debut + Desperados, Peaceful Easy Feeling.
Great list! But I was waiting for Station to Station. I guess an Englishman/European was excluded here because of his roots.
I like the ranking but I'm disappointed that some Spirit albums didn't appear
My favorite song from Tusk is Think About Me. Perfection.
Gram Parson’s Grievous Angel should not only be there it should be no 1 with GP close behind!
Maz... Funny you should mention Hotel California... I recently got the MoFi edition... It still rocks...
Now, for a completely different view of L.A. How about David Bowie’s Station To Station?
Buckley's "Starsailor" is a classic in his discography
Juan Marichal one of my faves
Would knock down hitters as a matter of course.
LA Woman is in my top 10 of all time.
Kokomo is not a bad song it’s one of those there’s a reason it’s so famous things
Is Kokomo a suburb of LA?
@@harveycan5820 I think it’s on the dark side of the moon
The funny thing is I love the San Fran sound and LA sound the best with the Brits at a not so distant third!
At various points in my life, I’ve lived in Southern, Central Coast, and Northern California. I prefer the San Francisco Bay Area and the Sacramento area.. Now, my wife and I live in Portland Oregon.
Pacific Ocean Blue... great... great music
I'm still out here chasin the LA sound, baby.
Can't fault that selection. Only have them all on CD not vinyl. Bought the 2 CD set of Pacific Ocean Blue as soon as it came out.
Almost Cut My Hair!! His best protest tune. I play it frequently.
Actually turns out to be a very sad time in the history of rock 'n roll. Rock almost died in the 70's. Thank G for punk and new wave.
...special thanks to Tom Petty. One of the great Pillars of the Earth.
The Byrds Untitled would have been better served as a single studio album and maybe releasing a separate live album. Wasn’t Dennis Wilson the only surfer in the Beach Boys. Emmy Lou Harris was so good at background vocals. Because of that I bought a few of her solo albums but did not like them. Her voice sounded so thin on its own. Tusk is a 2LP turd. Have you seen the movie Leaves Of Grass? The music of Little Feat plays a small part in the movie. I just listened to Deja Vu yesterday. This is a great idea for a video. I will do a take on this.