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Greetings from L.A. is the seventh album by singer-songwriter Tim Buckley, released in August 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, although this is probably his best seller (there at least 2 different US pressings: the first with removable postcard and dark green WB label, the second had no perforations for the postcard and had the Burbank WB label), getting substantial airplay in the Twin Cities on the Minneapolis FM station KQRS and selling 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).

Greetings from L.A.
Studio album by Tim Buckley
Released	August 1972
Recorded	June 1972
Studio	Far Out Studios, Hollywood, California
Genre	Funk, R&B
Length	39:38
Label	Straight Records LP Enigma Retro CD
Producer	Jerry Goldstein
Tim Buckley chronology
Starsailor (1970) Greetings from L.A. (1972) Sefronia (1973)

The album was later re-released on November 7, 2005, in a compilation with debut album Tim Buckley by Elektra.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Christgau's Record Guide	B[1]
FasterLouder	link
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
Jerk Music Critic	link

Track listing

All tracks by Tim Buckley, except where noted.

Personnel

• Tim Buckley – 12-string guitar, vocals
• Venetta Fields, Clydie King, Lorna Willard – vocals
• Joe Falsia – guitar; string arrangements on "Sweet Surrender" and "Make It Right"
• Chuck Rainey – bass guitar
• Reinhold Press - bass guitar on "Make It Right"
• Harry Hyams, Ralph Schaeffer – viola
• Louis Kievman – violin
• Robert Konrad – violin, guitar
• William Kurasch – violin
• Jesse Ehrlich – cello on "Make It Right"
• Kevin Kelly – organ, piano
• Paul Ross Novros, Eugene E. Siegel – saxophone on "Move With Me"
• Jerry Goldstein – percussion, arranger, producer
• Carter C.C. Collins – congas
• King Errisson - congas
• Ed Greene – drums

Technical

• Chris Huston, Stan Agol – engineer
• Cal Schenkel – album design
• Bob Gordon – cover photography

References

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Después de la pobre acogida de Starsailor, Buckley espero un tiempo antes de grabar Greetings from L.A. Durante ese tiempo, introdujo nuevos estilos e influencias en su repertorio como el jazz o el funk y junto con Larry Beckett comenzó a tocar con otros músicos que pudieran llenarle musicalmente. El resultado de todo esto fue un disco colmado de pasión y de talento en el que Buckley deja atrás el folk para lanzarse a nuevos estilos, algo que sin embargo no encajaba con la imagen de trovador de Buckley. El primer sonido que indica que Buckley rompió con su pasado es el piano desenfrenado de Move with me, la pista introductoria al álbum, una descarriada mezcla de trompetas, coros y la potente voz de Buckley, pero cuyo música no es tan potente como su sexual letra que describe un encuentro amoroso que solo es superado por el get on top, un desenfrenado crujir de camas mezclado con la orgía sexual de la letra y la musical que impera en el disco. La lujuria queda patente en Nightwakin´ y en Devil eyes, donde unos teclados causan el clímax del álbum.

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