Greetings from L.A.

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)

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 are 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 80s).

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.

Side A

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Move with Me"	Tim Buckley, Jerry Goldstein	4:52
2.	"Get on Top"		6:33
3.	"Sweet Surrender"		6:47

Side B

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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; 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

1. 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.
2. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0195313734.