Greetings from L.A.

Greetings from L.A.
Studio album by Tim Buckley
Released	October 1972
Recorded	June 1972 at Far Out Studios, Hollywood
Genre	Funk, jazz-Rock
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 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, this is probably his best seller (seeing at least 2 different US pressings, the first with removable postcard+dark green label, the second had no perforations for the postcard+on the palm tree style WB label), getting substantial airplay in the Twin Cities on the Minneapolis FM station KQRS and sold very well at the independent record shops in Minneapolis-St. Paul and elsewhere (Detroit, New York, etc.) until it was deleted by Warner Brothers (where upon Greetings continued to sell as an UK/European import into the '80's).

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
Robert Christgau	(B) link
FasterLouder	link

Track listing

All tracks by Tim Buckley, except where noted.

Personnel

• Tim Buckley – guitar, vocals
• Chuck Rainey – guitar
• Venetta Fields, Clydie King, Lorna Willard – vocals
• Joe Falsia – guitar
• Reinhold Press, Chuck Rainey – bass guitar
• Harry Hyams, Ralph Schaffer – viola
• Louis Kievman – violin
• Robert Konrad – violin, guitar
• William Kurasch – violin
• Jesse Ehrlich – cello
• Kevin Kelly – organ, piano
• Paul Ross Novros, Eugene E. Siegel – saxophone
• Jerry Goldstein – percussion, arranger, producer
• Carter C.C. Collins – congas
• Ed Greene – drums

Technical

• Chris Huston, Stan Agol - engineer
• Cal Schenkel - album design
• Bob Gordon - cover photography