VA - Laurel Canyon (A Butterboy Compilation) (4 x CD's)

 

LAURAL CANYON

VA - Laurel Canyon (A Butterboy  Compilation) (4 x CD's)

Laurel Canyon is a mountainous neighbourhood located in the Hollywood Hills district of Los Angeles, California. It is a paisley gash that runs from Schwab’s on Sunset to the suburban San Fernando Valley, and Topanga Canyon is a dusty-woodsy pass leading from Malibu Beach to the same suburban sprawl.

Laurel Canyon was a rough and rustic area made up of just a few cabins some used as hunting lodgesThe hillside region was developed by Charles Spencer Mann, an engineer and investor who built the nation’s first trackless trolley there in 1913.  With the birth of the film industry in 1910, it attracted a host of movie people, including Tom Mix, Clara Bow, Harry Houdini and even Bela Lugosi. Many of the English Tudor- and Spanish-style homes built around this time survive in the Canyon today, while some were burnt down by careless rockstars.

In a counterpoint to all this modernism and development, the rustic style of turn-of-the-century Laurel Canyon was rediscovered by musicians during the 60’s and 70’s. Laurel Canyon was second only to Haight-Ashbury as a Mecca for Hippies. This is where many artists poured their heart and soul into deeply personal songs. With its proximity to the Sunset Strip, Laurel Canyon was also the drug-friendly, party playground.  It was also, crucially, where businessmen such as Asylum’s David Geffen and Elektra’s Jac Holzman were content to run their labels and develop their roster.

The scene is associated primarily with attractive brooding singer-songwriters writing heartfelt, confessional albums about getting off with other attractive brooding singer-songwriters, who, in turn, wrote heartfelt confessional albums about the experience. However, it was also a fertile breeding ground for country-rock.  For the most part, what they all have in common (Frank Zappa being a notable exception) is that mellow, laid-back South Californian sound; a product of the warm climate and the beautiful surroundings.  (Wikipedia)

The Canyon is one of rock music’s most fabled locations.  I hope you enjoy these 88 tracks from the Laurel Canyon music scene.

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Track lists

CD1

01 David Crosby Cowboy Movie 8:11

02 Jackie Deshannon Laurel Canyon 3:20

03 Joni Mitchell Ladies of the Canyon 3:32

04 The City & Carole King I Wasn't Born to Follow 3:46

05 Mama's & the Papa's Twelve Thirty 3:26

06 Graham Nash Our House 3:00

07 Stephen Stills You Don’t Have to Cry 2:44

08 Glen Campbell Where's the Playground Susie 2:56

09 Buffalo Springfield Expecting to Fly 3:24

10 Flying Burrito Brothers Wild Horses 6:22

11 Gene Clark For Me Again 2:27

12 Judee Sill Crayon Angel 2:45

13 Rick Roberts Jenny's Blues 3:49

14 Kaleidoscope Please 3:19

15 Karla Bonoff Personally 3:36

16 John Mayall Laurel Canyon Home 4:33

17 Jackson Browne Take it Easy 3:36

18 Poco Calico Lady 3:05

19 Turtles She's My Girl 2:34

20 J.D. Souther Jesus in 3-4 Time 3:41

21 Chris Hillman Love is the Sweetest Amnesty 3:43

22 Crosby, Stills & Nash Suite - Judy Blue Eyes 7:22

CD2

23 Beach Boys In My Room 2:14

24 Neil Young The Loner 3:55

25 Doors Love Street 2:53

26 Byrds Mr. Tamborine Man 2:31

27 Flying Burrito Brothers Colorado 4:51

28 James Taylor Sweet Baby James 2:53

29 Crosby Stills Nash & Young Carry On 4:27

30 Sonny & Cher Baby Don't Go 3:12

31 Phil Ochs When I'm Gone 4:05

32 Clear Light How Many Days Have Passed 2:24

33 Nicolette Larson Lotta Love 3:06

34 Joni Mitchell Conversation 4:27

35 Brewer & Shipley Dreamin' in the Shade 2:15

36 Frank Zappa Willie the Pimp 9:28

37 Three Dog Night Easy to Be Hard 3:13

38 Bernie Leadon & Michael Georgiades As Time Goes On 3:08

39 Linda Ronstadt Prisoner in Disguise 3:56

40 Bryan Maclean Orange Skies 4:22

41 Carole King Way Over Yonder 4:44

42 Judy Collins Someday Soon 3:47

43 Love You Set the Scene 6:51

44 Buffalo Springfield For What It's Worth 2:32

CD3

45 Crosby Stills Nash & Young Déjà Vu 4:14

46 Stephen Stills Love the One You're With 3:05

47 Jackson Browne These Days 4:44

48 Poco Kind Woman 5:47

49 Neil Young See the Sky About to Rain 5:02

50 Judee Sill My Man on Love 3:28

51 Stone Pony's Stoney End 2:39

52 Lee Michaels My Friends 2:37

53 Carole King Read Between the Lines 2:54

54 Bonnie Raitt Nothing Seems to Matter 4:05

55 International Submarine Band Sum Up Broke (Single Version) 2:14

56 Linda Ronstadt Nobody's 2:57

57 Gram Parsons & the Byrds Hickory Wind 3:37

58 Nilson One (Nilsson) 2:54

59 Canned Heat An Owl Song 2:48

60 Eagles Take it Easy 3:31

61 Flying Burrito Brothers Hot Burrito #1 (I'm Your Toy) 3:40

62 Dillards Listen to the Sound 2:39

63 Denny Doherty & Jimmie Haskell To Claudia on Thursday 3:09

64 J.D. Souther Black Rose 3:56

65 Eric Burdon & the Animals White House (Single Version) 3:03

66 Eric Burdon & the Animals Serenade to a Sweet Lady 6:18

CD4

67 Neil Young After the Gold Rush 3:46

68 Carole King You've Got a Friend 5:09

69 James Taylor Fire and Rain 3:23

70 Love The Red Telephone 4:44

71 Graham Nash Lady of the Island 2:38

72 Brewer & Shipley Time and Changes 2:09

73 Lori Lieberman Killing Me Softly With His Song 4:22

74 Harry Nilsson Cuddly Toy 2:51

75 Monkees Pleasant Valley Sunday 3:09

76 Spirit Girl in Your Eye 3:14

77 Jackie Deshannon Come and Stay With Me 3:06

78 Three Dog Night Pieces of April 4:12

79 Denny Doherty & Jimmie Haskell To Claudia on Thursday 3:09

80 Mama Cass Dream a Little Dream of Me 3:13

81 Doors Not to Touch the Earth 3:54

82 Lee Hazlewood Rainbow Woman 3:13

83 Flying Burrito Brothers Christnes Tune (Devil in Disguise) 3:04

84 Emmylou Harris Bluebird Wine 3:17

85 John Mayall Vacation 2:48

86 Van Dyke Parks Donovan's Colours 3:41

87 Association Never My Love 3:13

88 Mothers of Invention Holiday in Berlin, Full Blown 6:24

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