Fortiches, these English! For those who read Shindig! Or Record Collector, Grapefruit’s thematic compilations provide the soundtrack, both meal complement and feast. Already satisfied with the box Heroes and Villains: The Sound Of Los Angeles 1965-68, here we are nearby, on the dizzying heights of Laurel Canyon, where the stars of pop music settled — among themselves! — with the money from success. In 72 titles spread over eight years, evoking places through little or unknown songs, we embrace the most astonishing musical curves, a journey much more than tourist stopping with the Mamas & the Papas, Zappa and his Mothers, the brilliant songwriter Warren Zevon, the strange beast named Kim Fowley, the Byrds together and separately, through Rick Nelson and his aptly named Stone Canyon Band, Judy Collins, Little Feat, Linda Ronstadt, and so on until Fleetwood Mac on the side of the highway. Fascinating hike.
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