Great video. Thank you. Legend has it that the light above Jim Morrison's head is the elevator light and it was the hotel manager coming back down to the lobby. They bolted out right after that shot was taken.
@RockessentialTimАй бұрын
!!!
@MarjorainMDАй бұрын
Great piece of legend, I’ve been looking at the light closely, it could have been the elevator light indeed.
@danzarekАй бұрын
I want to say it was written about in Jim Morrison; Life, Death, Legend. The book was written by the same person who wrote Hammer of the Gods.
@k.chriscaldwell41418 ай бұрын
That Jackson wall is fascinating.
@MicheleLaraia-j4m12 күн бұрын
Rock with YOU,however.Not Rock with me
@MicheleLaraia-j4m12 күн бұрын
Something/Anything,1972
@sweetjimmyt8 ай бұрын
The Sweet are so criminally underrated. I used to DJ records, and "AC/DC" was always in the stack.
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
Couldn't agree more. Even their older more bubblegum stuff is really, really rocking. And talk about criminally unerrated, how come Mick Tucker isn't in the GOAT drummer conversations? Thanks for the cool comment. Cheers.
@grantr54178 ай бұрын
@@RockessentialTimAfter a friend came back from a visit to Poland, he told me of this band. I bought a 45 of Fox on the Run here in Canada. Then I found a copy of this Desolation Boulevard at a local record store, but when I played it, the version of fox was different. I realized I actually bought an import version of the album! No ballroom blitz, but an awesome cover of the man with the golden arm.
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
@@grantr5417 Interesting. I think the North American version of the album was more of a greatest hits record than the British one. Like you said, same pic though
@garyserdoz69158 ай бұрын
Without a doubt. Desolation Boulevard is the first album I ever bought. They get labeled as "bubblegum and glam", but they have some absolute hard rocking tunes such as 'Action', 'Set Me Free', 'Hard Times', 'Windy City', etc. Listen to the start of 'Hellraiser" and tell me that Motley Crue didn't steal it for 'Kickstart My Heart'. Nikki Sixx was a HUGE Sweet fan.
@maxinecrawford22697 ай бұрын
Brian Connolly my all time favourite teenage crush! ❤ what a band! I'm from the UK and they were amazing in the 70s 🙌
@goodtimefolkrock8 ай бұрын
Hi Tim i aways look forward to each installment of your wonderful L.A. travelogues thank you sir
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
Right on, thank you!
@BreyerWhite8 ай бұрын
your channel is a treasure. thank you.
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
Thanks much!
@carterfam3ball2808 ай бұрын
Hey Tim! Love what you're doing. I'd love to take a Laurel Canyon walk with you if I ever get back to LA. You dig the same stuff I do. Thank you!
@john_from_eastcoast.8 ай бұрын
Hey you're back!! I grew up in Hollywood back in the mid 70s and 80s! This is an awesome video! 👍👍
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
Thanks. It was a fantastic place to be young at, right?
@martharunstheworld8 ай бұрын
Great mentioning the Minutemen!!! Mike Watt is an incredible musician! Love this episode!
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
Mike Watt is certainly worth mentioning! (and double nickels is one of my fave all-time album covers)
@Joseph_Greco8 ай бұрын
Awesome! You do brilliant work! The brick archway with Herb Alpert blew me away ...also the Late for the Sky house....fantastic stuff!
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
Thanks. I have driven by that Herb location thousands of times and before making the vid never had any idea. I must say, it is one of the coolest apartment buildings in LA.
@presidentlesh62848 ай бұрын
Tim once again another great episode!
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
Thank you Mr President.
@robertlear27126 ай бұрын
I’m 75 and I bought High Tide and Green Grass when it came out. Fabulous album. I always thought the lake on the cover was from England.
@RockessentialTim5 ай бұрын
Until actually researching for the video a couple months ago, I thought it was in England too!
@henryfung67898 ай бұрын
I love these videos. They really take you down memory lane. The 50's 60's 70's and 80's were the golden eras.
@Mandrake5918 ай бұрын
I always enjoy your shows, thank you!
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@thecoolestdad8 ай бұрын
Thanks again Tim for another great video.
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
Thanks my man, appreciated!
@toddj95488 ай бұрын
Fast becoming my favorite channel. Great work!
@rockessentialswithtim7108 ай бұрын
Love it. Thanks!
@dugaldhutchings4048 ай бұрын
Brilliant Tim once again. I can't believe you found the section of brick wall from Off the Wall !
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
I was completely stoked to have found it. Its pretty common knowledge now but I worked at the flower shop there during Valentines Day years ago and walked out that door upteen times and never had a clue!
@flynnlizzy5469Ай бұрын
WAIT, the STONES cover was shot at the same place as The Andy Griffith Sows opening sequence ? This is blowing my mind !! To this day, watching 'TAGS' and listenin' to classic Stones albums are my two favorite things to do.
@RockessentialTimАй бұрын
Best comment of the day. No, the month! Right on!
@davidwesley2525Ай бұрын
Imagine If Jim Morrison Got to Meet Andy Griffith . 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅@RockessentialTim
@ny2phillyholloway5928 ай бұрын
You my friend are an amazing self respecting rocker!! your attention to detail is truly masterful. Loved this!!💖💯
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
I still won't pay 15 bucks for a beer! Thanks much.
@TheInterGalacticFederation8 ай бұрын
03:09 Would love to see a collab with Henry Diltz - imagine a walking (or driving) tour of Laurel Canyon locations! This was another well-researched video thanks Tim.
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
Love to but I don't know him or anybody that does. Great idea though.
@TheInterGalacticFederation8 ай бұрын
@@RockessentialTim Maybe ask one of the galleries where he has done an exhibition such as the Woody Guthrie Center
@levistubbs89498 ай бұрын
Glad l caught this, really made my day, great video 👍
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
Thanks, Levi.
@michaelmayoАй бұрын
I miss LA, so thanks for the nostalgic tour...
@RockessentialTimАй бұрын
Yer welcome.
@thomasrobinson1828 ай бұрын
MIA: The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man (Griffith Park), Notorious Byrd Brothers (stone house in Topanga, also used for Linda Ronstadt's 'Hand Sown...Home Grown), (Untitled) at the Griffith Park Observatory.
@emmanuelrichard9129Ай бұрын
Great job Tim!! As always... Thx for the ride.🇫🇷
@RockessentialTimАй бұрын
As always, thanks!
@gazelamАй бұрын
I was definitely hoping you’d get to Late For The Sky. The location is very interesting, but the photography technique of proper exposure on the sky and under exposure of the foreground is very distinctive. Matching the look of the Magritte painting got me to read about the painter and in fact understand a bit about why he did that look. Here in Northern Arizona, occasionally the sky will remind me of a Magritte painting and my wife calls the clouds on such a day, “fake clouds” because they look like they are painted on a background. I believe that the album is JB’s pinnacle of songwriting, performance, and production. If I recall correctly, he spent a very long time on the project (18 months?) and was able to get every song evolved to the point that he wanted. It’s certainly not the most spontaneous sounding music, but finely honed. I love the songs and I believe the writing on this album is what prompted Rolling Stone magazine to call him “the tear ducts of a generation” if I got that quote right. Well done, sir!
@RockessentialTimАй бұрын
I did a piece on Tom Petty a couple years ago and in reading about him I found out that they once went to Arizona to shoot a video specifically to get those clouds in the shot. They had to wait a few days but it did finally happen. If memory serves, did perhaps the photographer Bob Seidman painstakingly cut those clouds in from another photograph on the Late For The Sky photo? Anyways, thanks for the cool comment, I loved it!
@gazelamАй бұрын
@ I know that back in the day, before Photoshop, there were multiple ways to create that kind of a photo effect and cutting out a sky to go with the rest of the photo and compositing them together is one. Another way is to use a neutral density filter to allow the under exposure of the foreground while the lighter sky gets greater exposure. A more typical way was during printing to create a paper mask that was the shape of the portion of the photo you wanted to manifest the effect on and hold it over the image as projected by the enlarger on the photo paper. All of these are possibilities, I suppose. I’ve used the neutral density filter trick myself and I had a friend that used the paper mask trick.
@jamesftoland8 ай бұрын
Great episode. Worth waiting for. You never fail to impress, Tim.
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
Right on, thanks!
@chacod.hastiin37758 ай бұрын
Now I know, the Sweet album cover location. I love love that Desolation Blvd. Album, every last song. Cranking No You Don't to 10 and hearing the drums is always a must. Cool video.
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
I'll say it again. Why isn't Mick Tucker in the GOAT Drummer convo?
@BeliaLastes8 ай бұрын
I had The Sweet Desolation Boulevard on vinyl back when I was 13 , I'm 54 now and wish I still had the original copy, those were good memories listening to that album 😊❤⚡🎤🎸🎻🥁🎹
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
Streaming just isn't the same experience, right?
@jwwj308 ай бұрын
Thanks Tim for another awesome & interesting video about my favorite subject, music! I too spent hours checking out every detail on The Doors & The Rolling Stones LP covers. I knew the Morrison Hotel photo was taken in Los Angeles, but always thought the High Tide & Green Grass photo was in England someplace. Very cool, thank you so much for the rock trivia.
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
A real stunner that I didn't include was the Simon & Garfunkel Sounds Of Silence Album Cover where they're wearing coats and scarves and walking up the dirt road and looking back at the camera. It was shot at the same Beverly Hills Park as High Tide & Green Grass!
@johnsweet85083 ай бұрын
Tim, You're killing it with every video. Love these album cover shots! Late for the Sky is such an iconic album, and great to see the Hancock Park location.
@RockessentialTim3 ай бұрын
Fun fact: When I first came to LA as a teen aged musician I delivered the LA times to a couple hundred places from my car and that house was on my route. I can't remember if I delivered to it specifically but I really grew to love the architecture there over the couple months I did it.
@Cliffswanson8 ай бұрын
Morrison Hotel is my fave of the bunch. Great vibe, that one. And Late For the Sky is one I could stare at for a long time too. Really great video, Tim. I got an education. Thanks for doing what you do!
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
Thanks. Up until just a few years ago the Morrison Hotel was fairly intact. I think they decided to redo that building and Covid came and the bottom fell out of the downtown commercial real estate market and it was left halfway done and boarded up.
@Cliffswanson8 ай бұрын
@@RockessentialTim Unfortunate.
@Porsche996driver8 ай бұрын
Had to go back and listen to the Minutemen and Corona from that album, what a classic. I grew up in Long Beach but couldn’t get up to LA enough ha, memories.
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
You can't listen to them without instantly being transported to Pedro. My wife and I lived near Ximeno in LB for a short time when we first got together over forty years ago!
@robertowolfo21288 ай бұрын
I had the la sweet album. Way cool. Great episode.
@rogbrown19658 ай бұрын
Legendary Rock Stars and Legendary Album covers.!!!!. Great informative video.Thanks!. Rog.Pacific Sunset Records.( LA).
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
Thanks, Rog!
@PeterByker7 ай бұрын
I always walk away from your videos DAZZLED. Your generosity and love for all things Rock&Roll is music to my soul. Cheers @Tim
@RockessentialTim7 ай бұрын
I love making them and your comment is very, very gratifying. Thank you!
@SoCal-ch7zy7 ай бұрын
Awesome list, Tim. 👍 I would like to add the cover of *Wish You Were Here* to the list, which was taken at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank.
@RockessentialTim7 ай бұрын
Right you are and I would have included it if they didn't have the iron fist of security guarding the gate. Needless to say they wouldn't let me in.
@jimz688 ай бұрын
Once again, Tim....Great Stuff !!! Bringing back some great memories ! Thanks.
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@stevewhitman17298 ай бұрын
Tim - you never disappoint!! Thanks for showing us these amazing locations!!
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@andrew.l.54938 ай бұрын
I am always excited when I see something new from you Tim. Always an excellent watch. Thanks for your work.
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
Thanks much my friend.
@stevem56858 ай бұрын
Good stuff, love the Todd house visit.
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
Thanks Steve.
@PerfDayToday8 ай бұрын
Epic.. as always..
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
Right on.
@TZ1000-zu7kiАй бұрын
Fantastic video. I never would have thought that the Stones' High Tide and Green Grass was the same location as the opening of the Andy Griffith show. I'll never watch Andy again without thinking of the Stones. I'm now subscribed.
@RockessentialTimАй бұрын
I know. When your there its easy to picture Andy and even a couple of the Star Trek episodes filmed there but not the Stones! I'm working on part 2 and there's another surprise band that did an album cover there that is just as incredible. Thanks and thanks for the sub!
@bayareasparky91808 ай бұрын
Great stuff Tim! Thanks for all you do!!!
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
My pleasure, thanks!
@stevenpricela7 ай бұрын
Thanks for mentioning the Minutemen!
@RockessentialTim7 ай бұрын
I got to see them play a couple times here in LA. And besides--that album cover is SO great!
@goatcheeta3 ай бұрын
What an amazing detective story to find these locations and then document them! Thanks!
@RockessentialTim3 ай бұрын
Love your comment cuz its EXACTLY how I feel when I'm running this stuff down. Thanks!
@edjuillard40546 ай бұрын
Another Brilliant Entry!! ❤Thank You For The Joy You Bring Us With The History and Your Wit.
@RockessentialTim6 ай бұрын
My pleasure!!
@jongibson22058 ай бұрын
Well done, Tim. That iconic gatefold photo of Todd Rundgren has been my favorite album image for more than 50 years now. And it is truly remarkable how much movie and television screen time that little reservoir in Franklin Canyon has received over the decades....
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
I love the Todd pic the most too. Interestingly it was the photo taken by a non photographer, James Lowe, who not only was Todd's engineer but he played in The Electric Prunes.
@unclerudy97978 ай бұрын
Thanks Tim ! Great Stuff as Always ! Peace ! Rudy
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
Thanks Rudy, peace to you too!
@glennk1931Ай бұрын
Thank you Tim for taking the time, and doing the research on presenting these locations. Being a So Cal native since 1958, it really makes a great connection to my past, or might I say our past. Once again thank you.
@RockessentialTimАй бұрын
Thanks much. I enjoyed making it so much I'm working on part 2!
@adriancork8 ай бұрын
Another great video Tim. Love the eclectic mix of artists you’ve chosen. The “Off the Wall” location surprised me most. Astonished there’s no reference to it there. Keep up the great work, love what you do.
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
There is actually an old, faded mural at the entrance to the alley but the true location is that now-painted brick wall. My guess is its painted cuz it tends to pick up a lot of graffiti.
@doccyclopz8 ай бұрын
Stones & Sweet both done in LA...Mind🤯Blown. Thanks Tim for this educating video, excellent as usual!
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
The one that really blows me away is The Stones. That pic looks like the very description of a dreary English morning.
@doccyclopz8 ай бұрын
@@RockessentialTim So true, I always assumed it was shot in dreary Olde England
@thewurm91777 ай бұрын
Great post Tim! Brings back many memories of my life in LA. Thanks much!
@RockessentialTim7 ай бұрын
Always my pleasure. Thanks!
@bodeans598 ай бұрын
Big smile here finally knowing where that iconic Todd Rundgren photo was taken! I have that inside album cover of Todd's S/A in a picture frame
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
Its a really great shot and the only one of the bunch taken by an amateur photographer.
@tominwpg5 ай бұрын
Another fantastic piece, Tim. Thanks.
@RockessentialTim5 ай бұрын
Thanks again!
@sadielampduo37628 ай бұрын
Loved it very much , wish we could be there .👍👍👍
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
You guys keep rockin wherever you are!
@99somervilleАй бұрын
The Rolling Stones cover surprised me. I would have thought it was someplace in England.
@condor78108 ай бұрын
Great video Tim. Much appreciation for including the Minutemen's "Double Nickels on The Dime" album cover. The double album was recorded at a cost of just 1,100 U.S. Dollars. For those viewers not familiar with them, the Double Nickels album is an eclectic mix of rock, funk, jazz and experimental textures. Take a listen if you want an adventurous and rewarding musical experience.
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
Right on, thanks for the info. I got to see them play a few times and it was always great. And obviously I always thought that album cover was frickin' awesome. Raging full on!
@condor78108 ай бұрын
@@RockessentialTim Sweet, yes, I also saw them live before D. Boon's tragic death in Dec. 1985.
@garrygballard89148 ай бұрын
👏👏👏 interesting and fun as always. D Brother.
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
Thanks, Gary!
@OriginalCaliKitty8 ай бұрын
I'm amazed that you can find these places, like showing where one tiny piece of a landscape jigsaw puzzle belongs. Glam bands weren't my thing, but I loved that Sweet album! A little trivia re The Carpenters, because I went to junior high and high school with Karen. We were in the same grade but I never had any classes with her, other than that she was in the marching band and I was on the drill team. She was the second-best drummer at Downey High (a kid named Frankie Chavez was the best - he'd been playing Vegas with his family since he was little) and she never sang a note in the talent show. None of us knew she could sing! Even more trivial trivia: she and her brother built a couple apartment buildings in Downey as an investment and called them "We've Only Just Begun" and "Close to You." I moved to the westside but my parents drove me by them one time, because we thought it was funny. (I doubt I'd want to live in the Close to You Apartments.) They're long now now (Karen, my parents, the apartments... as my Dad used to say, Tempus is fugiting.)
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
That is an absolutely amazing story and I'm so glad you shared it. Imagine having a voice like that and keeping it to yourself. Good thing Richard knew it! Thanks!
@aarond238 ай бұрын
Another good video if you do a volume 2, Jackson Browne 'Pretender' album is him crossing a street in downtown LA but I don't recall which intersection
@lilorbielilorbie24968 ай бұрын
I remember when Sweet released their album. You couldn't turn on the radio without hearing Fox on the run. Which looking back now was not such a bad thing. Sad that the Viper Room is going away. I'm sure what they build there will be gosh awful ugly but you can't stop "progress". Rock on Tim.
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
Thanks. One of my all time favorite albums.
@lilorbielilorbie24968 ай бұрын
@@RockessentialTim I've always wondered if the Morrison Hotel building was still there. And now I know. Thanks Tim for answering something that I maybe the only person who was wondering about that.
@mattskustomkreationsАй бұрын
I saw sketches of the future Viper Room in another video. It’s going to be on the third or fourth floor. Zero street vibe.
@lilorbielilorbie2496Ай бұрын
@@mattskustomkreations And what do you bet they will say It's New and Improved.
@mattskustomkreationsАй бұрын
@@lilorbielilorbie2496 Yep. I’m sure it will have nice acoustics and better ergonomics,green room, etc. It had high ceilings, bigger bar. But it just looked like a disco with a Viper Room logo to me.
@InfectiousGroovePodcastАй бұрын
I will never tire of your channel. So many cool music facts & locations!
@RockessentialTimАй бұрын
Love it, thanks!
@ltcolumbo9708Ай бұрын
THE BEST THE BEST THE BEST Love your style, your persona and sincerity... and you love your music heroes to boot!
@RockessentialTimАй бұрын
Right on! It is much appreciated, thanks.
@MarcusStephenson19708 ай бұрын
1st time watcher, really enjoyed the video. Love the concept of this video, now to your back catalogue.
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
I'm glad you liked it. Look forward to hearing your thoughts!
@williamneillgross39268 ай бұрын
That was great, man! Nothing could be more LA than showing the reality behind the image. Imagination is like a coloring book; a passageway to a courtyard becomes a location somewhere south of the border or a loading dock becomes Broadway. But then you get the literalism of "Desolation Blvd" and literalism topped with cleverness of "Now and Then". I am surprised nobody has created a destination hotel out of the old Morrison Hotel. I think the Minuteman cover is interesting for its detail but also because of the way the band ended (with the death of the lead singer in a car crash). Thanks for this excellent outing.
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
Thanks for the cool comment!
@robertdiehl12818 ай бұрын
Always very happy to see these videos drop. SoCal lesson in history and the arts. Another very cool video.
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@brianoneil9662Ай бұрын
This was great. Finding all these took some excellent research. Kudos!
@RockessentialTimАй бұрын
Thanks. It was really quite an enjoyable journey, somewhat like a scavenger hunt.
@JackHaveman52Ай бұрын
Morrison Hotel was the first album that I bought, way back in 1970. Great band. Great album. Great album cover. Still a favourite.
@RockessentialTimАй бұрын
Got to be a top 25 EVER Album cover. Iconic.
@judih.87547 ай бұрын
Another great one Tim!
@RockessentialTim7 ай бұрын
Right on, thanks!
@judih.87547 ай бұрын
@@RockessentialTim keep them coming!!
@garyjackson79268 ай бұрын
Love ALL your videos Tim! Keep them coming.
@marktaft64678 ай бұрын
thanks so much Tim for sharing this with me , much appreciated , Cheers from Ontario Canada ✌️🇺🇸✌️🇨🇦✌️
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
Thanks, Mark. Go Spitfires!
@charlottecorday84942 ай бұрын
What a wonderful and entertaining video! Thank you so much for sharing, I love stuff like this
@RockessentialTim2 ай бұрын
Right on, I loved doing this one and intend on doing another one like it soon. Thanks!
@Vinylrebel728 ай бұрын
Im a massive Herb Alpert fan, saw him live last month , own all his vinyl….tee shirts, cds, thank you for that, if I’m ever in LA, Ill make sure to stop by there and stand where he stood and take a picture.
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
He's still going strong. Amazing. BTW: That building has one of the coolest courtyards of any in LA.
@Vinylrebel728 ай бұрын
@@RockessentialTim Oh nice!! Yeah he was dancing on stage and he was so funny, we had a great time! His wife Lani Hall was amazing. She sings so beautifully.
@haydndavies24758 ай бұрын
Being English i love afternoon tea and a slice of cake. Your videos are right up there with my favourite English pastime. All the best from across the pond.👍👍👍🇬🇧
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
Haydn, how ya'll doing?
@haydndavies24758 ай бұрын
@@RockessentialTim fine my man just back from another jaunt in cyprus. Keep these coming. It's a musical education we all love.👍👍👍🇬🇧
@stephanoschristen36284 ай бұрын
Spending the weekend watching your videos. Refreshing, educational and good to watch. I lived in LA for a few years a while back, so your videos also offer a nostalgic trip into my past. Thanks a lot and all the best.
@RockessentialTim4 ай бұрын
I gotta tell you, you made my day! Thanks much and keep in touch.
@stephanoschristen36284 ай бұрын
@@RockessentialTim Yeh thanks. Just finished the Tom Petty and Stevie Nicks videos, which were probably my favourites. I think I've watched about 14 videos. I loved LA, but it took a while to 'get the vibe' (was there in the early 80s). I worked at the Pritikin Longevoty center in front of Santa Monica Beach, as well a few Greek Restos (The Great Greek in Sherman Oaks and Cafe Athens in Santa Monica) with Tony who ended up owning TavernaTony's in Malibu....I used to hike around Topanga Canyon when I was hanging out with a friend at her house in Pacific Palisades and loved that area! Will watch more of your videos tomorrow. Thanks again for all your very cool, well informed and credible work from my retirement pad in the South of France.🙂
@RockessentialTim4 ай бұрын
@@stephanoschristen3628 I believe the Great Greek is still there. Retiring in the South of France sounds pretty damn rocking! Cheers!
@stephanoschristen36284 ай бұрын
@@RockessentialTim Yes, there are worse places to accomodate the eventual demise of the body and mind🤣 Eating watermelon and watching your videos...take care bro'😎
@dvanmartin98428 ай бұрын
Great video, Tim.
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
Thanks my man!
@terryballard46748 ай бұрын
great video! I'm still looking forward to your Creedence one. The Willy and the Poorboys album cover would be fun to find that street. And the Cosmo's Factory one, probably in a warehouse. It would be interesting to know how you research all this stff! Keep up the great work!
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
Haven't gotten up there yet but in researching, the Willy location has all been torn down abut the Cosmo's Factory still exists. Waiting for some decent weather before I go up there.
@Stinger3381Ай бұрын
Sweet's Desolation Blvd. has been one of my favorite albums since it first came out. Set Me Free still rocks hard!
@richardsisk17708 ай бұрын
Another excellent segment! Thank you!!
@tarrtruck28698 ай бұрын
Man I gotta tell ya, you always bring these rock and roll nuggets to life with your videos. You're a great storyteller and you always bring the goods. Love the channel and I can't wait for the next one. Keep them coming!
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
Thanks much!
@brentgardner51038 ай бұрын
Is this Christmas day? Woke up this morning and found this wonderful gift! Great video!! Thanks for all of your hard work, Tim!!😁😁😁
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
Right on.
@Slinger43Ай бұрын
Wow! Michael Jackson was once a Black Man?? 😂 Great episode , enjoyed it!
@treetopjones73729 күн бұрын
He needed intensive therapy ( look at how he died ).
@hansutrecht65558 ай бұрын
As always, great vlog! ❤ Thanks and keep’m coming Tim!
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
Always!
@canuck64Ай бұрын
I really enjoyed this video. Thank you!
@RockessentialTimАй бұрын
Thanks, Yer welcome!
@michaelmccollister74828 ай бұрын
Nice, Tim! And nice to see the subscribers steadily growing. You deserve it...
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
Thanks, Michael. Its nice to see it wax and not wane!
@phillipanderson7398Ай бұрын
For some reason I always thought that the Rolling Sones cover of the High Tide- Green Grass album was shot on the banks of the Thames River in London. I stand corrected. Great video thanks.
@RockessentialTimАй бұрын
Hey it surprised the hell out of me too when I found out!
@fus149hammer5Ай бұрын
Nice to see The Sweet mentioned. 😊
@RockessentialTimАй бұрын
And it would be Sweet to see the Nice mentioned.
@juleswombat5309Ай бұрын
Yeah, I always thought that The Sweet were only big in the UK for a short while. I guess they had a tour in the US, but I am not sure how 'successful' they were out there.
@RockessentialTimАй бұрын
Ballroom Blitz was huge here in 75/76.
@koos48Ай бұрын
461 Ocean Boulevard?
@birdman11128 ай бұрын
Thanks Tim. As always, good stuff.
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@TokyoLamiaАй бұрын
And of course who could forget the Century City towers of Yes' Going for the One album cover, circa 1977?
@WildflowerNJ110 күн бұрын
Ahhh, The Viper Room!! Got to see the Dirty Knobs there....ohhh, be still my heart! Jackson's Late For the Sky! I knew it was a nod to Magritte. That is one album I play front to back still.....love Jackson. Masterpiece it is!! Thank you so much for this!
@RockessentialTim10 күн бұрын
Yer welcome. I'm working on a vid now that features Jackson's childhood home, Abby El Encino. It is one of the most impressive structures in all of LA, Jackson Browne or not!
@WildflowerNJ19 күн бұрын
@@RockessentialTim yes, would love to see that! Jackson wrote much of Late for the Sky there...and it was his album cover For Everyman.
@tednelson9968 ай бұрын
LOVE your videos Tim you need to make more .And make them longer .
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
Thanks much!
@veerchasm18 ай бұрын
Great video. You are an excellent story teller
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
Right on, thank you!
@veerchasm18 ай бұрын
@@RockessentialTim Do you do the music that is in your videos?
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
Yes. I am a former TV composer for Fox Sports and have a project studio in my house.
@wendyhamm97228 ай бұрын
Talk about a deep dive! I would never have recognized these places today. So many changes.
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
So true. A couple were tough to find.
@f1kwa3998 ай бұрын
Thanks Tim, your work just gets better and better, Sweet were very underrated at the time, I was lucky enough to spend an evening drinking with Brian Connelly in 74, a really nice down to earth guy, sadly gone too soon. I’m always looking forward to your next vid, 👍Ken.
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
That must have been interesting to say the least. What part of the world did you meet Connelly at?
@f1kwa3998 ай бұрын
@@RockessentialTim I was in a pub “the Angel” in Staines England, he was sitting at the bar on his own, no make up obviously but the hair caught my attention, he bought my friend and I drinks all evening and said he’d meet us there one week later with some albums etc., he then asked if we’d like to go to a night club nearby. We had to go to work the next day so sadly had to decline. That was the evening he was beaten up really bad, ruined his voice, I wonder what might have happened had we gone with him. Safety in numbers etc., never saw him again unfortunately. He’d talked about the “hit singles” being the money earners but the “b” sides and some of the album tracks being their real taste in music, a lot heavier. Keep it up please Tim, my next trip to LA is going to be a whole lot different to when I lived there, checking out some of the locations you find for us!
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
@@f1kwa399 Fascinating stuff. I remember reading that story about him being beaten up. I loved that band especially when they played the harder stuff like Set Me Free. Best to you and thanks for the cool story!
@rickshearer8 ай бұрын
Excellent topic and "coverage" !
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
Right on.
@chriskostecki87778 ай бұрын
It's great to have past musical memories (one of mine being Musicians Institute 1982) , but your music retrospective show makes me think I have eidetic musical memory , in a good way , every time !!! Chris Canada , Just an observation
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
You learn something new everyday and I say that cuz I had to look up eidetic.
@chriskostecki87778 ай бұрын
@@RockessentialTim You and I both friend . Just an observation
@freightdawg67628 ай бұрын
Outstanding Tim, i could watch 10hours of that Great vid
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
Don't know if even I could talk that long! Thanks much for the cool comment.
@freightdawg67628 ай бұрын
@@RockessentialTim your vids are fantastic Brother
@davidnilles3117Ай бұрын
Fantastic video. I love rock history like this. ❤
@paulcritz6217Ай бұрын
Kudos for including The Minutemen!
@RockessentialTimАй бұрын
Love em!
@klausrain11114 күн бұрын
D Boon - unassuming genius behind one of the greatest bands of all time. The Minutemen!😅
@jimoconnor6382Ай бұрын
Cool video, thanks for posting. I miss LA
@RockessentialTimАй бұрын
Its beautiful here right now!
@LJScott8 ай бұрын
I used to live off Beverly Blvd and walked down that alley countless times completely unaware. That’s awesome
@RockessentialTim8 ай бұрын
I worked at Crossley flowers one Valentine's day in the late 80's and went in and out that door 30 times and never new it either!