California Dreaming: the Cream of La’s Seventies Rock
California Dreaming: the Cream of La’s Seventies Rock
Customer Review: Highway 1 - Revisited
Concur fully with the previous review by Country Grumpkin (what a wonderful pseudonym) that this excellent compilation represents perfect accompaniment for a long drive. Where better for that than Highway 1, which runs down the West Coast of California from the North in San Francisco, through Monterey and Carmel, past Big Sur and Saint Simeon on South towards Laurel Canyon and L.A.
What particularly appeals about this offering, is the attention paid by the compiler to linking the sequence of tracks by some kind of association to what precedes and that which follows. For example, we have Buffalo Springfield followed by Stephen Stills and then Crazy Horse. Later, there is Jackson Browne followed by The Eagles, The Flying Burrito Brothers by Gram Parsons and finally Canned Heat by The Grateful Dead, both of whom appeared at The Woodstock Festival. Consequently, this set has very good continuity, it really flows from one track to the next like a gently flowing tide. I would like to endorse the inclusion of the following tracks, not mentioned in the previous review: Love`s - Alone again or (From the majestic “Forever changes” Album), Joni Mitchell`s - Blue (From the Album of the same title) Fleetwood Mac`s - Don`t stop ( From their platinum disc “Rumours”) and last but not least two singles Jo Jo Gunne`s fine “Run, Run ,Run” and America`s beautiful “Horse with no name”.
However, perhaps the biggest surprise is the exclusion of the Title Song itself “California Dreaming”, since in essence that song would carry this collection forward from The Long Hot Summer thru The Fall and into Winter, when the song was composed by John Phillips in New York City. Thus making this a good all year round choice, especially when driving. Have a good trip.
Customer Review: Hit that highway, man, with the sounds of sunny California
As our long, hot summer bears down on us, here’s another California compilation to play - loudly - in the car. Just to annoy the neighbours, and all those who may be parked alongside you on the M1 or M25. It follows the same pattern of previous compilations such as ‘Take It Easy: The Sound Of California’, ‘Back To California: Ladies And Gentlemen Of The LA Canyons’ et al. Most of the usual suspects are here, with mostly a different (if familiar) track from their repertoire, including: Byrds, Eagles, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, La Ronstadt and JT. It’s good to see that Judee Sill, Ned Doheny and John David Souther are here also, though Karla Bonoff would have been a treat. Many songs are very familiar: ‘Witchy Woman’ (Eagles), ‘Take It Easy’ (Jackson Browne), ‘Fire And Rain’ (James Taylor), ‘Werewolves Of London’ (Warren Zevon), ‘Everybody’s Talkin” (Nilsson), ‘You’re So Vain’ (Carly Simon), and suchlike. But there’s also Gene Clark’s ‘Life’s Greatest Fool’, Arlo Guthrie’s ‘When The Ship Comes In’, ‘Miles Away’ (Marc Cohn) and ‘Road To Cairo’ (David Ackles). Inevitably, on any compilation, some are missing - even one or two who arguably may have had more impact on California music than some of those here. The Beach Boys, Pure Prairie League and John Phillips (solo) are in absentia. Still, we shouldn’t be churlish. As Napoleon nearly once said, all the best compilers are sitting in their armchairs. The 40 tracks here should get you well over 150 miles if the roads are good. If not, let the sunny sounds of California transport you somewhere else. Right then, where are we headin’?
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