10 Classic Album Covers You Didn't Know Were Photographed In Los Angeles

[@stampscapes]

Great vid. Very interesting.

[@BreyerWhite]

your channel is a treasure. thank you.

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks much!

[@carterfam3ball280]

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!

[@k.chriscaldwell4141]

That Jackson wall is fascinating.

[@goodtimefolkrock]

Hi Tim i aways look forward to each installment of your wonderful L.A. travelogues thank you sir

[@RockessentialTim]

Right on, thank you!

[@toddj9548]

Fast becoming my favorite channel. Great work!

[@rockessentialswithtim710]

Love it. Thanks!

[@presidentlesh6284]

Tim once again another great episode!

[@RockessentialTim]

Thank you Mr President.

[@Mandrake591]

I always enjoy your shows, thank you!

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks!

[@thecoolestdad]

Thanks again Tim for another great video.

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks my man, appreciated!

[@john_from_eastcoast.]

Hey you're back!! I grew up in Hollywood back in the mid 70s and 80s! This is an awesome video! 👍👍

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks. It was a fantastic place to be young at, right?

[@Joseph_Greco]

Awesome! You do brilliant work! The brick archway with Herb Alpert blew me away ...also the Late for the Sky house....fantastic stuff!

[@RockessentialTim]

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.

[@jamesftoland]

Great episode. Worth waiting for. You never fail to impress, Tim.

[@RockessentialTim]

Right on, thanks!

[@martharunstheworld]

Great mentioning the Minutemen!!! Mike Watt is an incredible musician! Love this episode!

[@RockessentialTim]

Mike Watt is certainly worth mentioning! (and double nickels is one of my fave all-time album covers)

[@ny2phillyholloway592]

You my friend are an amazing self respecting rocker!! your attention to detail is truly masterful. Loved this!!💖💯

[@RockessentialTim]

I still won't pay 15 bucks for a beer! Thanks much.

[@dugaldhutchings404]

Brilliant Tim once again. I can't believe you found the section of brick wall from Off the Wall !

[@RockessentialTim]

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!

[@levistubbs8949]

Glad l caught this, really made my day, great video 👍

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks, Levi.

[@robertlear2712]

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.

[@RockessentialTim]

Until actually researching for the video a couple months ago, I thought it was in England too!

[@sweetjimmyt]

The Sweet are so criminally underrated. I used to DJ records, and "AC/DC" was always in the stack.

[@RockessentialTim]

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.

[@grantr5417]

​@@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.

[@RockessentialTim]

@@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

[@garyserdoz6915]

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.

[@maxinecrawford2269]

Brian Connolly my all time favourite teenage crush! ❤ what a band! I'm from the UK and they were amazing in the 70s 🙌

[@PerfDayToday]

Epic.. as always..

[@RockessentialTim]

Right on.

[@TZ1000-zu7ki]

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.

[@RockessentialTim]

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!

[@jimz68]

Once again, Tim....Great Stuff !!! Bringing back some great memories ! Thanks.

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks!

[@jwwj30]

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.

[@RockessentialTim]

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!

[@stevem5685]

Good stuff, love the Todd house visit.

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks Steve.

[@Cliffswanson]

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!

[@RockessentialTim]

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.

[@Cliffswanson]

@@RockessentialTim Unfortunate.

[@garrygballard8914]

👏👏👏 interesting and fun as always. D Brother.

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks, Gary!

[@henryfung6789]

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.

[@stevewhitman1729]

Tim - you never disappoint!! Thanks for showing us these amazing locations!!

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks!

[@TheInterGalacticFederation]

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.

[@RockessentialTim]

Love to but I don't know him or anybody that does. Great idea though.

[@TheInterGalacticFederation]

​@@RockessentialTim Maybe ask one of the galleries where he has done an exhibition such as the Woody Guthrie Center

[@stevenpricela]

Thanks for mentioning the Minutemen!

[@RockessentialTim]

I got to see them play a couple times here in LA. And besides--that album cover is SO great!

[@andrew.l.5493]

I am always excited when I see something new from you Tim. Always an excellent watch. Thanks for your work.

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks much my friend.

[@99somerville]

The Rolling Stones cover surprised me. I would have thought it was someplace in England.

[@bayareasparky9180]

Great stuff Tim! Thanks for all you do!!!

[@RockessentialTim]

My pleasure, thanks!

[@victorhawkins3461]

Tim, quite simply, you ROCK! I cannot believe you got inside TR's Astral Dr. rental house. I can't tell you how many hours I spent -- when I first moved to L.A. in 1991 -- sitting in my car in front of that house, listening to Something/Anything? on cassette. (Yes, I was/am an "ubergeek," and it was a 1988 Honda Civic, since you asked...) The former flower shop across from what was then CBS Television City...killer! Aw, hell...all of it! Thanks for all your work. But did you have to plant the "Teaberry Shuffle" earworm in my head???

[@RockessentialTim]

The house was for sale and I told them I'd like a look. If you were a kid they would have sent you packing so its one of the perks of being an oldster. I'll take it!

[@Porsche996driver]

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.

[@RockessentialTim]

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!

[@SoCal-ch7zy]

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.

[@RockessentialTim]

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.

[@rogbrown1458]

Legendary Rock Stars and Legendary Album covers.!!!!. Great informative video.Thanks!. Rog.Pacific Sunset Records.( LA).

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks, Rog!

[@unclerudy9797]

Thanks Tim ! Great Stuff as Always ! Peace ! Rudy

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks Rudy, peace to you too!

[@adriancork]

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.

[@RockessentialTim]

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.

[@dvanmartin9842]

Great video, Tim.

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks my man!

[@PeterByker]

I always walk away from your videos DAZZLED. Your generosity and love for all things Rock&Roll is music to my soul. Cheers @Tim

[@RockessentialTim]

I love making them and your comment is very, very gratifying. Thank you!

[@sadielampduo3762]

Loved it very much , wish we could be there .👍👍👍

[@RockessentialTim]

You guys keep rockin wherever you are!

[@thomasrobinson182]

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.

[@davidnilles3117]

Fantastic video. I love rock history like this. ❤

[@brianoneil9662]

This was great. Finding all these took some excellent research. Kudos!

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks. It was really quite an enjoyable journey, somewhat like a scavenger hunt.

[@jongibson2205]

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....

[@RockessentialTim]

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.

[@grokeffer6226]

Interesting stuff!!! 👍👍👍

[@tominwpg]

Another fantastic piece, Tim. Thanks.

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks again!

[@robertowolfo2128]

I had the la sweet album. Way cool. Great episode.

[@robertdiehl1281]

Always very happy to see these videos drop. SoCal lesson in history and the arts. Another very cool video.

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks!

[@LAboomR]

Another great show brother . I was getting on the 10 fwy & looked over & saw the Morrison Hotel when it was still open in 1981. Total shock If we had phones back then I could have taken a picture

[@rickshearer]

Excellent topic and "coverage" !

[@RockessentialTim]

Right on.

[@birdman1112]

Thanks Tim. As always, good stuff.

[@RockessentialTim]

Thank you!

[@thewurm9177]

Great post Tim! Brings back many memories of my life in LA. Thanks much!

[@RockessentialTim]

Always my pleasure. Thanks!

[@hansutrecht6555]

As always, great vlog! ❤ Thanks and keep’m coming Tim!

[@RockessentialTim]

Always!

[@garyjackson7926]

Love ALL your videos Tim! Keep them coming.

[@goatcheeta]

What an amazing detective story to find these locations and then document them! Thanks!

[@RockessentialTim]

Love your comment cuz its EXACTLY how I feel when I'm running this stuff down. Thanks!

[@glennk1931]

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.

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks much. I enjoyed making it so much I'm working on part 2!

[@edjuillard4054]

Another Brilliant Entry!! ❤Thank You For The Joy You Bring Us With The History and Your Wit.

[@RockessentialTim]

My pleasure!!

[@johnsweet8508]

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.

[@RockessentialTim]

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.

[@aarond23]

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

[@judih.8754]

Another great one Tim!

[@RockessentialTim]

Right on, thanks!

[@judih.8754]

@@RockessentialTim keep them coming!!

[@marktaft6467]

thanks so much Tim for sharing this with me , much appreciated , Cheers from Ontario Canada ✌️🇺🇸✌️🇨🇦✌️

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks, Mark. Go Spitfires!

[@doccyclopz]

Stones & Sweet both done in LA...Mind🤯Blown. Thanks Tim for this educating video, excellent as usual!

[@RockessentialTim]

The one that really blows me away is The Stones. That pic looks like the very description of a dreary English morning.

[@doccyclopz]

@@RockessentialTim So true, I always assumed it was shot in dreary Olde England

[@richardsisk1770]

Another excellent segment! Thank you!!

[@brentgardner5103]

Is this Christmas day? Woke up this morning and found this wonderful gift! Great video!! Thanks for all of your hard work, Tim!!😁😁😁

[@RockessentialTim]

Right on.

[@terryballard4674]

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!

[@RockessentialTim]

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.

[@bodeans59]

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

[@RockessentialTim]

Its a really great shot and the only one of the bunch taken by an amateur photographer.

[@tednelson996]

LOVE your videos Tim you need to make more .And make them longer .

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks much!

[@ltcolumbo9708]

THE BEST THE BEST THE BEST Love your style, your persona and sincerity... and you love your music heroes to boot!

[@RockessentialTim]

Right on! It is much appreciated, thanks.

[@wendyhamm9722]

Talk about a deep dive! I would never have recognized these places today. So many changes.

[@RockessentialTim]

So true. A couple were tough to find.

[@condor7810]

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.

[@RockessentialTim]

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!

[@condor7810]

@@RockessentialTim Sweet, yes, I also saw them live before D. Boon's tragic death in Dec. 1985.

[@freightdawg6762]

Outstanding Tim, i could watch 10hours of that Great vid

[@RockessentialTim]

Don't know if even I could talk that long! Thanks much for the cool comment.

[@freightdawg6762]

@@RockessentialTim your vids are fantastic Brother

[@Vinylrebel72]

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.

[@RockessentialTim]

He's still going strong. Amazing. BTW: That building has one of the coolest courtyards of any in LA.

[@Vinylrebel72]

@@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.

[@nickyanulis1852]

As always, great video Tim!

[@RockessentialTim]

Right on, thanks!

[@MarcusStephenson1970]

1st time watcher, really enjoyed the video. Love the concept of this video, now to your back catalogue.

[@RockessentialTim]

I'm glad you liked it. Look forward to hearing your thoughts!

[@diannecarpenter7718]

I enjoyed this video. 🎤🎸🎤🎹🥁

[@RockessentialTim]

Right on, thanks.

[@roam4fun853]

Good stuff!

[@carolplante]

Great video. Thanks for sharing

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks for watching!

[@haydndavies2475]

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.👍👍👍🇬🇧

[@RockessentialTim]

Haydn, how ya'll doing?

[@haydndavies2475]

@@RockessentialTim fine my man just back from another jaunt in cyprus. Keep these coming. It's a musical education we all love.👍👍👍🇬🇧

[@chacod.hastiin3775]

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.

[@RockessentialTim]

I'll say it again. Why isn't Mick Tucker in the GOAT Drummer convo?

[@BeliaLastes]

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 😊❤⚡🎤🎸🎻🥁🎹

[@RockessentialTim]

Streaming just isn't the same experience, right?

[@jjchopper02]

Your vids are the best Tim ! Love them.

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks 👍

[@veerchasm1]

Great video. You are an excellent story teller

[@RockessentialTim]

Right on, thank you!

[@veerchasm1]

@@RockessentialTim Do you do the music that is in your videos?

[@RockessentialTim]

Yes. I am a former TV composer for Fox Sports and have a project studio in my house.

[@markgettemeyer1145]

Absolutely loved this~

[@RockessentialTim]

[@todd3563]

Just finding this channel. You do a great job. Subscribed..

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks and thanks for the sub!

[@michaelmccollister7482]

Nice, Tim! And nice to see the subscribers steadily growing. You deserve it...

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks, Michael. Its nice to see it wax and not wane!

[@jamesburrows6226]

Great video. Well done

[@samanthab1923]

Hotel California was the Beverly Hills Hotel shot just before sunset

[@jbolf6]

Time your videos never cease to amaze me. How in the heck did you find the location for Off The Wall?

[@RockessentialTim]

Unlike some of the other places I visited that one is all over the internet. The Rolling Stones and The Carpenters covers were a little more challenging.

[@anthonymarasco8009]

Tim - Another fab clip! I always wondered about that famous picture of Todd. Thanks! - your pal Anthony

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks. You know another little tidbit about that picture. It was taken the same morning just before the 1971 earthquake. Scared Todd so badly he left and finished that record in New York.

[@geraldrustick7966]

This is a cool one Tim can’t wait to see pt 2 and pt 3 😀

[@RockessentialTim]

Uh oh, now I'm worried!

[@mbtadhl]

Great vid..thank you !!

[@RockessentialTim]

Glad you liked it!

[@williamneillgross3926]

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.

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks for the cool comment!

[@raelit1]

Thank you....another beautiful video....Great

[@RockessentialTim]

Right on, thanks!

[@kevinhensley4643]

Absolutely amazing, Thank you

[@RockessentialTim]

Right on, thanks!

[@tarrtruck2869]

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!

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks much!

[@ednieto05]

Very cool video! Great stuff! Thank you!

[@RockessentialTim]

My pleasure to make it, thanks!

[@LJScott]

I used to live off Beverly Blvd and walked down that alley countless times completely unaware. That’s awesome

[@RockessentialTim]

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!

[@artlover1477]

Fun fact, the iconic lettering for the album "Late For The Sky" was done by gonzo, surf artist Rick Griffin....also famous for his work with The Dead.

[@RockessentialTim]

I did not know that. That is too cool!

[@artlover1477]

@@RockessentialTim Tim, keep up the great work! In honor of Halloween I will be watching your Ten Haunted LA Landmarks.

[@MegaMulehead]

Great job! It was awesome to go back in time!

[@RockessentialTim]

Right on, thanks!

[@lilorbielilorbie2496]

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.

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks. One of my all time favorite albums.

[@lilorbielilorbie2496]

@@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.