The genesis of this post goes back to the end of 2006 via a longtime AD reader (Sean Howe). If you’ve been around a minute you may remember L.A. Burnout from January of 2007. As I mentioned a couple of years ago, these are the tunes I was spinning while reading both Laurel Canyon: The Inside Story of Rock-and-Roll’s Legendary Neighborhood and Hotel California: The True-Life Adventures of CSN, etc.
L.A. Burnout is made up of the sounds floating around Los Angeles in the late ’60s and ’70s; a faded aural imprint of the canyons, beaches, wildfires, neighborhoods, late-nights and early mornings of a bygone L.A.
Play this mix around dusk while driving through Topanga with the windows rolled down — it’s the next best thing to time travel. Grab it after the jump….
Loudon Wainwright III :: Hollywood Hopeful
Johnny Darrell :: Mae Jean Goes To Hollywood
The Mamas & The Papas :: Safe In My Garden
Standells :: Riot On Sunset Strip
Jackie DeShannon :: Laurel Canyon
The Fun & Games :: Topanga Canyon Road
John Mayall :: Laurel Canyon Home
Spirit :: Topanga Windows
Mama Cass Eliott :: California Earthquake
The Birds :: Precious Kate
Albert Hammond :: It Never Rains In California
Jack Nitzsche :: Lower California
Guy Clark :: L.A. Freeway
Thomas Jefferson Kaye :: L.A.
The Beau Brummels :: Bless You California
LOVE :: Maybe The People Would Be
Gene Clark :: Los Angeles
The Byrds :: Bad Night At The Whiskey
David Soul :: Topanga
Neil Young :: L.A.
The Mamas & The Papas :: Twelve Thirty
Neil Young :: Sweet Joni
Joni Mitchell :: For The Roses
Jackie DeShannon :: L.A.
Mickey Dolenz :: Beverly Hills
Flying Burrito Brothers :: Sin City
Dennis Wilson :: Pacific Ocean Blue
Gene Clark :: From A Silver Phial
Jackson Brown :: Before The Deluge
Neil Young :: Revolution Blues
Warren Zevon :: Desperadoes Under the Eaves
Phil Ochs :: The World Began In Eden And Ended In Los Angeles [Live]
Flo & Eddie :: Keep It Warm
Steely Dan :: Babylon Sisters
John Phillips :: Topanga Canyon
John Phillips :: Malibu People
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Also: We (Mondo Boys) are working on the follow-up to the WEIRD SUMMER mixtape – look for it next month. In the meantime WS is still live on the blog and available here.
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Fantastic.
1 | Dave Rawkblog September 20th, 2009 at 11:32 pmone of my favorite AD posts- thanks for reposting!
2 | theMike September 21st, 2009 at 2:37 amGood stuff….thanks for recognizing the great Gene Clark.
3 | kellyofsiam September 21st, 2009 at 2:38 amIn october I’ll be showing some friends around L.A. before they go see U2; you can bet this will be playing while we inevitably sit in traffic on the 110 downtown.
4 | Chris D'Aiuto September 21st, 2009 at 9:11 amWow– Thanks so much for this! Let’s see how it works for midcoast Maine!
5 | JK September 21st, 2009 at 10:25 amNo WIld Lights “California on My Mind”on the list?
6 | JSF3000 September 21st, 2009 at 12:14 pmHands down, best AD post of all time. I heard it after just coming back from my first trip to LA and it captured that evening feeling to perfection. Babylon Sisters! It’s brown and orange. Time to revisit it again…
7 | alejandro September 21st, 2009 at 2:42 pmwicked mamma cass doing john hartford.
8 | Jamie September 21st, 2009 at 3:22 pmIts more than a little imagination, but its effect is hardly subdued in Nebraska.
9 | brian September 21st, 2009 at 5:28 pmJust finished reading Thomas Pynchon’s Inherent Vice. This playlist goes perfectly with it.
10 | Matt September 21st, 2009 at 5:46 pmBest place on the Internet, period. Thanks AD.
11 | Brian B. September 21st, 2009 at 9:09 pmdid micky dolenz do a solo album? where is the ‘beverly hills’ track from?
12 | sam September 22nd, 2009 at 9:04 amthanks
can’t wait to listen to this. i wore out weird summer almost!
13 | gorjus September 22nd, 2009 at 1:23 pmI love how Sweet Joni leads into a Joni Mitchell song. Perfect.
14 | Cody September 22nd, 2009 at 2:30 pmIndeed, I’ve been listening to this nonstop since yesterday. Totally dig Eddie & Flo and the Mickey Dolenz songs. Keep it coming with the mixes.
15 | M September 22nd, 2009 at 2:59 pmthanks again for reposting. i remember when you first wrote about the dennis wilson album, too, before the excellent officially released double album.
16 | dan September 22nd, 2009 at 7:46 pmExcellent compilation! I made one myself a few months ago with the same theme when I went to see my sister in LA. We shared some of the same songs and you turned me onto some I was unaware of, thanks! Its hard to have one compilation with all the great LA themed songs out there, you could probably do a whole series of comps based around LA alone, good work.
17 | m.s. September 23rd, 2009 at 9:28 amHello there from Bath, UK! Wow, this is an absolutely top set of tunes. Anything with the mighty Gene Clark in has to be good, and it’s great to see my old favourite and current LA resident John Mayall in there too. For some info on Mayall’s Blues From Laurel Canyon album, plus 3 other MP3 samples, check out my review of it on The Rising Storm. Just discovered your site, and throroughly enjoying it. Best 2 U all, Len
18 | Len Liechti September 23rd, 2009 at 3:04 pmHow about “Los Angeles” by X. Thanks for the Albert Hammond though.
19 | Dropnamer September 23rd, 2009 at 7:36 pmMerci AD, best site on the net.
20 | Davie September 23rd, 2009 at 8:41 pmGood and bad memories
21 | Lobo September 24th, 2009 at 8:21 pmGood, reminds me of my youth here in SC
Bad, hordes of population increase since then and they don’t make music like that
anymore
EPIC
22 | Kenny Bloggins September 25th, 2009 at 8:24 amlord help me, but these songs just make me love l.a. even more
23 | elaine layabout September 26th, 2009 at 11:16 am“Motel, money, murder, madness.”
24 | Jim September 28th, 2009 at 12:26 pmoh man neil young really nails it when he nails it.
25 | adit September 28th, 2009 at 2:43 pmHaving never travelled to the west coast of the United States, L.A. is an abstraction for me: a city of the imagination informed exclusively by pop culture (as well as dalliances with the output of its musical underground during the fertile years of the late ’60s and ’70s); a tapestry of Pynchonesque simulacra stroking the strings of my unconscious. The Doors are among the groups that have always provoked a visceral connection to the city for me. Given that their sounds were floating around amidst the formidable offerings presented here and that their material embraces the spirit of the compilation, I would be inclined to find an opportunity to include them. Naturally, the too-easily recognisable pillars from their opus wouldn’t sit well here. Perhaps Krieger’s “Runnin’ Blue” (Soft Parade, 1969) would be the best candidate?
26 | Profoundly South African October 8th, 2009 at 6:28 amGreat compilation – I have enjoyed it immensely. Perhaps you should have thrown in Randy Newman, “I Love LA” but you could also go on adding songs. Love your work – it keeps me coming back.
27 | blindboy October 15th, 2009 at 5:43 pmL.A. Getaway by Hill, Barbata & Ethridge needs to be aded to this.
28 | Keef Riffhard October 27th, 2009 at 10:17 amwoooooo looks great wheres the link for download i cant seem to find it…..cheers…..
29 | Joseph Cianciarulo November 7th, 2009 at 1:15 amIt appears the link has disappeared – is there any chance you could repost this as it looks truly amazing.
Thanks
seekmagic
30 | seekmagic January 7th, 2010 at 3:27 amHeading to Los Angeles this weekend, I need this comp! Please repost!
Thank you,
Garrett
31 | Garrett January 10th, 2010 at 9:27 pmIs this compilation still available for download? I’m not seeing a link. Thank you!
32 | Luke February 11th, 2010 at 4:57 pm[...] Related: L.A. Burnout :: A Compilation [...]
33 | Aquarium Drunkard » Repo Man :: An L.A. Story February 25th, 2010 at 2:50 amplease repost la burnout or email me a link, thanks!
34 | justin February 25th, 2010 at 2:37 pmWow, this looks like a fantastic compilation. Too bad the link’s gone.
35 | Liz February 27th, 2010 at 3:43 am