10 Classic Album Covers That Were Actually Photographed in California VOLUME #2

[@spinynorman887]

Since the residents are hell-bent on turning California into America's biggest slum, you probably shouldn't make it the topic of your videos, because many of us are so sick of Commiefornia's BS that when we see the name on YT, we play it safe ant hit "dislike" without even watching the video. Much like how I did here.

[@RockessentialTim]

Wow. Thank you for sharing your courageous and awe inspiring views. Spoken like a true Patriot, albeit one who hides behind the anonymity of a completely NON POLITICAL video about music. You know that song "Short People" that i feature in the Video? The reason it's such a great song is it was written EXACTLY about people like yourself. You should take a listen. Happy Thanksgiving!

[@uroktim]

@@RockessentialTim Who pissed in that dude's cornflakes? LOLOL

[@walkoffamedocs1171]

@@RockessentialTim Troll...

[@Poppaea-Sabina]

WHAT??

[@francoamerican4632]

@spinynorman887 Your comment exemplifies your ignorance and complete lack of intelligence in a nutshell. Run along now, I think I hear your mommy calling.

[@blayneaugust]

Just when i thought your vids couldn't get any better, BAM! Mind blown once again 🎉

[@RockessentialTim]

Well I just love it when things get blown up. Thanks!

[@richardayrton2697]

Superb series. Keep them coming, Tim!

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks!

[@presidentlesh6284]

Another epic video! Hope all is well Tim

[@RockessentialTim]

I'm good. Sorry to hear about Phil. I love those guys and plan on doing a vid about them next year.

[@edjuillard4054]

Excellent Series. You, Tim, Are A Gift To All Us. Thanks For Your Style of Presenting, Wit, and Knowledge.

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks much. I love doing these and am looking forward to making a couple more in different cities.

[@Yawnyaman]

Sound of Silence is one of my all time fave album covers, brilliant concept, the portrait totally captures the mood of the record.

[@murraymclean9072]

Grew up in the 60's/70's were album covers ruled. They were what you stared at when you sat with your headphones on. There are so many memories.

[@RockessentialTim]

Album covers were our Tic Tock.

[@johnmcmahon8619]

Loved "grew up in 60's/70's when album covers ruled

[@Orbit6874]

And reading the lyrics

[@judih.8754]

Another great one Tim. Thanks so much!

[@RockessentialTim]

Right on, thanks!

[@adriancork]

The Mr Tambourine Man location is quite the find Tim. Remarkable it still looks the same. Another great video. Thank you.

[@RockessentialTim]

Tanks, Adrian.

[@bassfan41]

I thought it looked like the hill has fell off a bit. Seems to be steeper today then back then. Just an observation, but it could be the camera shot making it look that way, too

[@PeaLoop]

Love this channel. Grew up in the UK listening to lots of these bands, now I live in LA and often see these locations. I'd never guess they were so iconic without your vids. The AC/DC motel is two blocks from my house, never knew until now! Cheers.

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks much. I used to live on De Longpre and Detroit St. Lots to do in that neighborhood.

[@Gogogordy1]

These vids are awesome, and touch the right era for me. You clearly put a ton of time and effort into producing them and thats not wasted on me (did I just say “wasted??”….class of ‘77, just saying) Thank You man, these are super interesting and memory provoking.

[@RockessentialTim]

Yes, you did say "wasted" but being part of the class of 75 I totally get you!

[@jwwj30]

Thanks Tim for starting my Friday evening off on such a positive note. In my youth I probably spent hundreds of hours looking at all my LP covers while listening to the record, then flip it over, repeat. From this group, I studied Simon & Garfunkels, The Byrds & The Stones/High Tide & Green Grass (I know it was covered on part 1 of this series). I honestly think you could make a new video with different rock 10 LP covers from around Southern California once a year. Thanks again Tim, now I’ll go watch it again.

[@RockessentialTim]

Right on! I have spent a completely undue amount of time in my life staring at album covers. I'm so happy to see vinyl making a comeback because staring at album ART is good for the soul!

[@levistubbs8949]

That's got to be the best job ever, designing album covers, and getting well paid for it . Really enjoyed that , thanks so much .

[@RockessentialTim]

Its a dirty job but someone's gotta do it!

[@bobtaylor8699]

Tim, I’m 65. Long time rock fan. Lousy guitarist. Love this stuff. THANK YOU!

[@RockessentialTim]

Right on, thanks!

[@RFToob]

Really enjoyed this. Yes, bring back Album art. And how simply poetic that the CSN cover house was bulldozed only to become a parking lot.

[@RockessentialTim]

Only in Hollywood!

[@RFToob]

@@RockessentialTim, -well done as usual. Cheers.

[@v2vroth]

Thanks Tim I really dig your channel and love all these music videos!

[@RockessentialTim]

Right on, thanks!

[@birdman1112]

As always, thanks Tim. Gotta admit I get so damn excited when a new vid shows up. Made my night.

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks, Birdman!

[@OperationNorthwoods]

What a great way to end the week; a new video! I have framed in my computer room, original album covers of "Are You Experienced?", "Exile On Main Street", "Madman Across The Water", "Led Zeppelin II", "Physical Graffiti ", and "Free For All" just to name a few. To me, great album art seals the deal on a standout recording; it's crucial. Thanks for another fun and interesting video, Tim!

[@RockessentialTim]

I have sometimes wondered if its a great album that makes for a great cover but I don't think that's always the case and vise versa. BTW: I think Exile might be my favorite ever.

[@paulallenk4830]

Always enjoy taking history lessons with you as our guide. Great work. Love your channel.

[@tomdemaline8869]

Thanks Tim, I really enjoy your informative, behind the scenes knowledge of happenings we would have never known. Your the best ! ! Thanks for all the work and time you devote to makings these videos. Makes my night.

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks, Tom. I must admit that there is a lot of this stuff I don't know about until I start researching the vids. I particularly love the Simon & Garfunkel/Tom Wilson story. There is supposed to be a video about Wilson in the works somewhere, hope it sees the light of day.

[@tomdemaline8869]

@ yes me too that would be cool

[@mountart2]

Tim, as always, you never fail to disappoint. Thanks!

[@RockessentialTim]

Right on, thanks!

[@jimM196]

found you a while back onthe Laurel Canyon vids, thank you for doing all these series and vids, they are all epic, keeps the history and music real

[@RockessentialTim]

I love hearing that and thanks for sticking with me. A lot of history in them thar hills!

[@ryanr.719]

Another great video Tim!

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks again!

[@davidmiddlebrooks5615]

That was great, Tim! I love to see where history happened. I grew up in Macon, GA where many covers for southern rock bands were shot, but they were just normal places for me.

[@RockessentialTim]

I'd love to go there some day. Allman's, Little Richard and if I'm not mistaken Otis Redding?

[@jbolf6]

Always interesting subject matter Tim. Album art has always intrigued me and seeing these locations made it real. Great job!

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks, John. Was back in Michigan twice this fall for weddings and it was just absolutely beautiful out. Once in Oscoda and once in Ann Arbor.

[@jbolf6]

Glad you could enjoy the colors when you were back here. we went to Burt Lake in middle October and I have never seen such vibranr colors. It was just amazing!

[@RockessentialTim]

@@jbolf6 Michigan might be the best place to be in October!

[@bodeans59]

Thank you Tim for another fantastic musical journey tonight!! Really look forward to your videos

[@RockessentialTim]

Right on, thanks!

[@philipallen4106]

Adore your videos Tim! Love discovering Los Angeles vicariously through you.

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks. I'm retired now and although I've lived here almost 50 years I had never taken the time to explore it warts and all until I started doing these vids. Silver lining in a silver lining.

[@bobboberson2024]

EXCELLENT post. So fun and well presented. Now, I have to go see vol 1!

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks!

[@stevewhitman1729]

Tim - every time you release a new video, you make my day - Thank You!!!!

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks, Steve!

[@purplezoid1]

Loved this so much! Thanks for doing the work for us that are too far to visit beautiful California!!! Album art work on vinyl was such a huge part of the whole experience. Glad I lived it. Thanks again, great channel 🤘👍♥

[@RockessentialTim]

I had such a good time making these Album Cover location vids I'm going to do a little traveling in the coming months and film a couple more. Thanks for the cool comment, Cheers!

[@mikebrison1838]

Spirit’s first album cover was also taken at a dive motel across the street from Hollywood High School on Sunset. Another great video, Tim. Thanks again

[@RockessentialTim]

I wonder if it was the same motel?

[@sewallyoung1480]

Their first album was titled "Spirit" and the cover was a montage of portions of the band members' faces. The song "Fresh garbage" stood out for me. The Motel 6 photo was on the cover of their second album, The Family that Plays Together. A weird aside: A friend and I were hitchhiking down the California Coast while I Got a Line on You was getting frequent airplay and Ed Cassidy and his wife picked us up on their way back from a gig in the Bay Area. Very nice and humble folks. I think it was around Santa Barbara I Got a Line on You came on the radio with its iconic drum part and Ed drumed his part on the steering wheel with his thumbs. Cool memory.

[@sewallyoung1480]

Oops. It was It's All the Same with the drum line that he tapped out with his thumbs on the steering wheel. Hey, it was 55 or so years ago so I made a mistake.

[@RockessentialTim]

@@sewallyoung1480 That is an awesomely cool story!

[@Cliffswanson]

Another drop by the ever-encyclopedic Tim! Not one of these did I know about previously so thanks again for the education my friend!

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks Cliff. There were a couple semi tough ones to figure out but I loved the challenge. Gonna have to take my jacks to another town if I want to do another episode!

[@TZ1000-zu7ki]

Absolutely fascinating video. The most surprising one for me was Simon & Garfunkel's Sounds of Silence. I would never have thought that photo of the duo all bundled up in their coats was taken in sunny California rather than a cloudy day in New England. I hope you have more iconic covers for another video. Terry

[@alq2868]

Excellent work Tim, wonderfully entertaining. Helps us lovers of Rock and Roll drift back to our good ol’ days.

[@RockessentialTim]

Right on, thanks!

[@tomeberhardt-vv5qc]

Excellent stuff Tim and thanks for doing what you obviously love to do.....60's, 70's and 80's music nerdery. Being in my early 60's, I grew up, as you did, listening to and loving the music, personalities, bands and general music scene of those special times......and the details really help tell the stories. Living around LA you have obviously had the chance to wonder these parks, neighborhoods, streets, and clubs that were all part of the west coast music scene and have gone through the work of sharing your knowledge.....Thank you! The 60's and 70's were a special time......raw, many new awakenings, experimental and more fun loving than the industry offers today. I also really enjoyed your Laurel Canyon series on the homes, studio's and artists of that era. Many of us older music lovers still enjoy this stuff, and over the past 20 yrs I've also dug back in to explore more of those musical details. I would love to see you or somebody good, do a tribute or series (or even better a movie/doc) on music producer Mike Vernon of "Blue Horizon Records" fame. Known more as a blues guy, he seemed to have had a hand in so many iconic groups and albums of the 60's both in the USA and England, and even played and wrote music a bit himself. Let me know if you ever need any help with a project like that. Thanks again for doing what you do.....which I call musical archeology....great stuff.

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks much for the impressive comment. Interesting about Vernon, I looked him up after your comments and had no idea his resume was so vast. I'm in my late 60's so I missed a lot of the Laurel Canyon stuff but I got to be in the thick of the late 70's 80's and 90's scene. Loved it and obviously I love talking about it. Thanks again, Tom.

[@retromusings]

Such a fantastic series. Album art is one of the reasons I love records. As someone from California, this was so enjoyable to see the locations. Thanks for this great vid.

[@RockessentialTim]

Album art was basically the Tic Tock my generation and I'm so glad that vinyl seems to be making a comeback (and judging from your channel I'm sure you know that better than anyone!) Thanks for the cool comment. Cheers!

[@tarrtruck2869]

Well you've done it again. Another fantastic video of classic album cover locations from the youth of our past, but not forgotten. So iconic! I always was curious where The Byrds Mr. Tambourine Man album cover was shot. I think you nailed it.

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks. For me, the Byrds portion of the vid was my favorite cuz I really didn't know if i'd be able to find it or not. A big assist to the commenter from my last Album Covers vid, I would have had no idea where to look.

[@tarrtruck2869]

@RockessentialTim Yeah, that was a great find!

[@RJHouseOfficial]

@@RockessentialTim You're welcome 🙂 I brought it up on the first vid. I am a big Byrds geek and I read a blurb about it somewhere online 3-4 years back, I too walked the trail and found it back then, the band shot a few other pics in the park but that one obviously was the biggie that made history via the album cover. Thanks for all your cool videos Tim, keep doing what you do.

[@RockessentialTim]

@@RJHouseOfficial Well a big big big thank you. I have lived here for almost 50 years and walked that Ferndell trail many times and didn't know about the cover. I really enjoyed looking for it and I owe it to you. Thank you again!

[@jevans9359]

Amazing video again Tim! I love then and now videos in general, especially rock history. Considering how many great artists have since passed, it’s both sad and inspiring. Keep doing your thing!

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks much. I love making them and as long as I don't keel over with old age I plan on continuing!

[@jevans9359]

Sorry, didn’t mean to be depressing, I was just thinking about Croz.

[@RockessentialTim]

@@jevans9359 Not at all!

[@RockessentialTim]

@@jevans9359 Not at all!

[@RockessentialTim]

Hey everybody, welcome! So one good (I hope) vid deserves another and there are just so many interesting Album Cover photographs that have been taken out here on the West Coast over the years that I couldn't resist making a Volume 2. Feel free to share it and let me know what you think!

[@goatcheeta]

Another wonderful video. Your sleuthing skills are amazing as well as your diligence in making sure you have a match.

[@parlance.electricco]

I could watch another few Volumes...

[@karlfonner7589]

Out of curiosity, where did the smashing pumpkins film 1979?

[@RockessentialTim]

@@karlfonner7589 i believe it was at The Masque, an old punk club in the basement of the former Pussy Cat Theater on Hollywood Blvd. The building is now the home of Ru Paul's Drag Race offices.

[@jamesfitzgerald6636]

AC/DC motel is the same one SPIRIT took took their Album cover. Sitting on the stairs. I’ve photographed it myself.

[@guitarplayer_de]

Thanks for this great video! 👍🏻 Makes me feel nostalgic. How quickly time flies. 🙂

[@bew92683]

Once again, I learned something new from you. Thanks for the GNR info.

[@RockessentialTim]

Right on.

[@blueser100]

Fantastic as always Tim. 🤗👍

[@RockessentialTim]

Thank you.

[@David-u1v7p]

Hey, thanks Tim for another awesome video! Keep them coming! Don't want to tune in to KZbin, and hear some sounds of silence!

[@johntomas6291]

Really enjoy your work Tim, thx.

[@RockessentialTim]

Yer welcome, thanks!

[@darowsings]

Wonderful video Tim! I used to walk through Ferndell Park all the time, so cool to learn that Byrds album cover was shot there ✌️Look forward to more great vids!

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks much. I walk through there on the way to the observatory every so often when I hike up to the Observatory and I didn't know it was there until someone commented on it.

[@gailhoffmann9498]

Thank you Tim; you are the rock music/rockin movie information master. Love your videos! ✌❤

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks much. I love it!

[@sadielampduo3762]

Tim , your episodes are so Epic and we're so intreeged on your study of the history of Rock and Roll ! So ,, Rock and Roll Never Dies and we hope you have those neverending stories to continue to share with us 🎬🎸🎸🎸

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks you two. Cheers!

[@stevenmeadows6917]

Thanks Tim for posting this! Never knew the Dirty Deeds cover was even in CA. Rock on brotha!

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks much, I will!

[@unclerudy9797]

Hey Tim! Another great one! Keep them coming! ✌️ Peace! Rudy

[@RockessentialTim]

Hey Rudy! Good to hear from you. I'm planning on producing one of these Album Cover vids in New York next year when the weather gets better. We're still on for coffee!

[@jongibson2205]

Well done, Tim. I still spend an excessive amount of time staring at my original album covers from 50 or 60 years ago as the associated vinyl LPs spin on my vintage Dual 1218 turntable, much to my musical enjoyment. And I award you a Rock Essentials Gold Star for your dedicated sleuthing to locate the iconic Byrds photo site in Griffith Park....

[@RockessentialTim]

Someone here commented about Album Covers being the Tick Tock of our generation and I think that was pretty right on. And yes, the Byrds segment of this vid was my favorite part of the actual filming of it. Thanks for the comment!

[@markwayne]

these tours are just effin' neat.

[@WildflowerNJ1]

Wow, very cool!! Love knowing more about these things! Going to watch Part 1 now....thank you!

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks and glad you liked it!

[@williambenner701]

Growing up in Southern California in th 70's I am familiar with almost all these locations. ❤

[@RockessentialTim]

Its amazing how these sometimes totally mundane places were the backdrop for such amazing art!

[@MplsTodd]

Great info as always, Tim! On one of my trips to LA, I walked that entrance to Griffith Park trying to find where Mr Tambourine Man’s cover was taken. I wasn’t sure at the time (since I foolishly didn’t have a photo of the album cover with me), but I was right where you were. Anyway, it’s just cool finding spots like that. And I really appreciate your videos!

[@RockessentialTim]

I hike up to the observatory every once in a while and have walked by that spot at least a couple of dozen times and had absolutely no idea.

[@wingrider687]

Great job Tim, love all these back stories and photo spots!!

[@RockessentialTim]

Right on, thanks!

[@PlayThatPodcast]

Another great video! I learn something new every time I tune in. Nice work, Tim!

[@RockessentialTim]

Right on, thanks!

[@huescahuesca3294]

You're such a legend Tim! Awesome videos!

[@RockessentialTim]

Aw Shucks :) Thanks!

[@Joseph_Greco]

Thoroughly enjoyed this...some of my favorite album covers.....you make the best location videos! Bravo! Thank you! 😎

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks, some of my faves too. The Simon & Garfunkel gets me every time!

[@Joseph_Greco]

@@RockessentialTim Absolutely! I met Guy Webster back in 1973 in Italy. I knew he had done The Doors cover but at that time I did not know he did the S&G cover. If I'd have known I would have told him what a great shot that was.

[@RockessentialTim]

@@Joseph_Greco I didn't know he did the Doors but I'll check it out. He lived somewhere up there in Coldwater Canyon I believe.

[@georgeshaw8925]

Love your show’s Tim. Thank you 🙏 Amigo.

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks, George!

[@victorhawkins3461]

Tim -- ALWAYS a pleasure! Somehow you always manage to visit many, many, many of the places I used to hang when I first got to L.A. back in '91. To borrow from Bob Hope's appropriated theme song, "Thanks for the memories..."

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks, Victor. I actually hike a couple of these places fairly regularly and had no idea until I shot the vids!

[@Catdad76801]

Keep 'em comin'!

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks, will do!

[@plane-fuzz]

OUTSTANDING!!! Thanks for sharing! > MY day is COMPLETE! > Pure BLISS!

[@RockessentialTim]

Love it, thanks!

[@JRRTOKIN420]

Greetings from Saskatchewan, Tim. So there i was, scrolling through my subscriptions when i noticed you had a new video out. Talk about perfect timing, man, because it was only a couple of minutes before that that i had fired up my herbal pipe and took a few hits. So when i noticed the video, i was in the right frame of mind to watch it. Great buzz, great vid. What a perfect way to start a Saturday. 😊

[@RockessentialTim]

I'm so glad I could be of some help!

[@SteveJones379]

Enjoyed the video!! The Doors "Morrison Hotel" was taken in downtown Los Angeles. ☮ Just saw it on your "Vol. 1" video! 🤘

[@Rickenbackerfanatic]

Thank you Jim, you always give us great lessons😊👍👍👍👍

[@RockessentialTim]

Right on, thanks!

[@johnstrange6799]

Album cover shoots aside, it's amazing how seemingly trivial moments captured in a candid snapshot of time change the world by bringing the past into focus as the years roll by.

[@RockessentialTim]

Absolutely!!!

[@helixdork]

No clue who Tim is, but he kicks ass. He has that camera presence, voice, and cool attitude

[@joseguzmanofficial]

just discovered this channel and it was an instant subscribe for me. you have a great narration style and the topics covered in these video are entertaining and fascinating.

[@RockessentialTim]

Right on, I love it! Thanks and thanks for the sub.

[@OG785]

Ditto for me

[@kevinhensley4643]

Another excellent video. Thank you for sharing

[@Twobarpsi]

Incredible video Tim! I enjoyed all of them, especially the AC/DC one. I never knew that! I also found that triva about "short people" very interesting. 🤘😎👍

[@RockessentialTim]

I too always assumed the pic was Australian! Who knew?

[@kellyleavitt7738]

Nicely done! ✅ I just bought a hardback book on the album artwork of Hipgnoises. There's some great stories on how the art came together and the interactions with the bands and single artists.

[@RockessentialTim]

I didn't know one existed but now you piqued my interest and I'm gonna have to get me one. I'm going to say thanks a lot but I am saying it in a sarcastic tone cuz I'm sure this is gonna cost me about 50 bucks. Thanks a lot :)!

Hi Tim !

[@RockessentialTim]

Hey there!

[@antonchigurh3794]

As a kid , I used to stare at that Simon and Garfunkel album. Being that many of their songs were about NYC , I had always thought it was shot in the north east.

[@RockessentialTim]

Exactly!

[@jesseharper5598]

it's just more than informative but solved my lifetime mysteries that i ever got into rock & roll 45 years ago. thanks very much!

[@RockessentialTim]

That’s great to hear....I think!

[@emmanuelrichard9129]

When D.S. Citroën...french car...De Gaulle's car...was on motel parking lot on Sunset Bd...cool! Thanks for this Volume 2....and all your great stuff.🇨🇵

[@RockessentialTim]

Those cars are still the coolest! Right on, thanks!

[@mcarp555]

"Kosh" is John Kosh, who was basically Apple Records' entire art department at one point. A brilliant designer.

[@charlesavino8826]

What great, fun channel! I love this stuff. Keep it up! I used to study album covers and read the liner notes and got myself familiar with some of the people and companies responsible for some of the covers. Love your laid back, yet admiration, reverence and acknowledgement of all those involved with the covers. Thank you.

[@RockessentialTim]

A lot of comments have mentioned studying album covers and sleeves and I've come to the conclusion that it was rather like our generation's Tick Tock. Thanks much for your cool comment!

[@SydneyDrums]

That AC/DC album cover is so strange to us in Australia.. I really like it though, a good step up

[@RockessentialTim]

That's great to hear and interesting that you think so because most of the Aussies commenting on it here don't like it at all. As a matter of fact I think you're the first to say you like it! Thanks for the comment and rock on!

[@hom296]

I really enjoyed this presentation of album cover locations! I've grown up being a music fan and a photographer, so the locations of where many of my treasured albums was photo'd is amazing to me.

[@RockessentialTim]

This series has been somewhat of an eye opener for me too. I live here in LA and have passed by most of these locations literally hundreds of times with no inkling. It really sheds the spotlight on how creative and talented these photographers and graphic artists were to see beyond the mundane.

[@Scott-Andy]

Wonderful. Griffith Park walks really took me back. So many memories there. Absolutely enjoyed this. Thanks so very much for sharing and the research you did outstanding.

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks much. I still try to get out and hike Griffith every few months.

[@cminner6195]

Deserves a third and more. Love these tim

[@RockessentialTim]

I like the way you think....

[@Penpalinflorida]

Great video Tim. I also miss the album cover art. Occasionally you might get a poster thrown in with the album. Great times they indeed were. Thanks for bringing back the memories.

[@RockessentialTim]

My grandson streams lots of rap and there is a little thumbnail that comes on but they're never very interesting, usually some poser provocative picture of the artist. He has recently started listening to my CD's and he loves the booklets that come with them and he's totally discovered Nirvana and Greenday. I'll take it!

[@artvandelay409]

Another fantastic video! Always look forward to your videos!!!

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks much!

[@terrymcmann8516]

🎉 Huzzah a Tim drop. It always makes my day 😊

[@hansutrecht6555]

Hey Tim, as always great content! Keep’m coming 👍🏻

[@RockessentialTim]

Thank you, will do!

[@AltonW521]

Hot dog! My weekend is off to great start. Tim has put out a new video. 🎵

[@RockessentialTim]

Ironic but I feel EXACTLY the same way! Thanks!

[@dailyflash]

It's nice to live so close to a lot of these places!

[@george-st-george]

I love this one !!! A bit of time travel and a lot of fun !!!! Thanks so Much !!!!

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks, George!

[@marktaft6467]

thanks Tim , much appreciated 👍 Cheers from Ontario Canada

[@RockessentialTim]

@@marktaft6467 yer welcome. Where in Ontario ?

[@doctorbohr1585]

The Byrds are one of my favourite bands. I reckon the photo on the cover of 5D defined them; but the MTM cover is low key cool. The use of the fish eye was genius. Amazing how little the park has changed.

[@RockessentialTim]

Ferndell is still a really cool place. I prolly walk through it ever couple years on a cool hike up to the observatory.

[@doctorbohr1585]

@RockessentialTim Nice. As an Aussie I knew the Observatory, but I didn't know Ferndell trail. I had a squizz in Google maps. There's a lot going on under that Hollywood sign!

[@RockessentialTim]

@@doctorbohr1585 If its not hot Griffith Park has hours and hours of excellent urban hiking.

[@agomodern]

Safe as Milk, 1967 also has fisheye, 3 years after The Byrds album release. Would be interesting to find other fisheye album covers.

[@anthonymarasco8009]

Thanks again Tim for another fab video - Anthony

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks, Anthony!

[@davidholden4543]

These are really cool videos you put together. Interesting back stories that I've seen all my life right in front of me without knowing it.

[@RockessentialTim]

Right on.

[@dcee7234]

Would love one just on Henry Diltz. I've always wondered what made him such a goto photographer for many bands. Thanks Tim for another fascinating episode.

[@RockessentialTim]

I love him and couldn't agree more! I happen to know his attorney and have thrown out an invitation to get together but so far no dice.

[@heywilbur]

I was a Midwestern kid in the 60s and love seeing where all that great music happened. Thanks from all of us who only lived it through our transistor radios 👍

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks much. I was a Midwestern kid too and I came out here at 18 to see for myself and never left! Funny, I can still describe my little Magnavox transistor in detail.

[@RogerRamjet156]

As kid in the 60's, I too was lucky enough to have a transistor radio which was usually strapped to my bike...

[@heywilbur]

@@RogerRamjet156 Me, too...! Transistor on one side of the handle bars and a first baseman's glove on the other (I'm a lefty...)...

[@anthonymarasco8009]

another great video Tim! thank you - Anthony

[@RockessentialTim]

Right on, thanks!

[@Chiller11]

I love the Citroen DS in the parking lot of the AC/DC album cover.

[@SuperNevile]

Can't read the number plate. Wonder if it is "significant", like the VW number plate on Abbey Road was, or not, depending on who you asked.

[@greggarza4226]

Thanks for the informative tour. 👍

[@RockessentialTim]

Right on, thanks!

[@DavidGutierrez-ib7rg]

Really love your channel, Tim! Has been important for me lately with all the political mess. Thank you and Long Live Rock and LA!!!

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks, I feel exactly the same way. Thankful I have something to do besides watch the news!

[@agomodern]

What political mess?

[@ednieto05]

Super cool video! Great work! Fascinating stuff!!

[@RockessentialTim]

Right on, thanks!

[@Nihaowilson]

Much appreciated to you for doing this.... This is what the internet should be used more for! 😉

[@RockessentialTim]

Best comment of the day. Thank you!