’66 Sunset Strip
11.22.21
Take a trip to ’66 Sunset Strip as dublab steps into the wayback machine and revisits 1960s Hollywood nightclubs like The Trip, Hullabaloo, Whisky a Go Go and Pandora’s Box. Hosted by Domenic Priore.
Tracklist:
Bobby Womack backed by The Creators – Moving Along Billy Preston – Hey Brother The Turtles – We Ain’t Gonna Party No More The Turtles – Earth Anthem The Things to Come – Come Alive The Standells – Did You Ever Have That Feeling The Music Machine – The Eagle Never Hunts the Fly (unedited version) Limey & the Yanks – Out of Sight, Out of Mind Bobby Relf w/ The Ernie Freeman Combo – Our Love Richard Berry – Take the Key The Vibrations – Follow Your Heart Charles Perry w/ The Creators – I’ll Walk Through the Darkness Senor Soul – The Mouse Tim Buckley – I Can’t See You Steve Gillette – Back on the Street Again Steve Noonan – Buy for Me the Rain Penny Nichols – Moon Song Jackson Browne – These Days The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Shadow Dream Song The Gentle Soul – Empty Wine (Pamela Polland, vocal) The Sunshine Company – You Don’t Know Her Like I Do Frank Rosolino, Charlie Marino, Lou Levy, Max Bennett, Lawrence Marable – It Had to Be You (live at Jazz City) Lady Nelson & the Lords – Up, Up and Away Enoch Light – Over, Under, Sideways, Down Floyd Cramer – Sweet Pea Lady Nelson & the Lords – Monday, Monday Enoch Light – Sunshine Superman Hugo Montenegro – Good Vibrations Percy Faith – The ‘In’ Crowd Enoch Light & the Glittering Guitars – You Showed Me Billy Strange – Eve of Destruction The 18th Century Corporation – What the World Needs Now (is Love) Tony Mottola, Dick Hyman, Doc Severinsen – Mr. Tambourine ManCover image: Jazz City, corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Western Avenue
logo drawing of The Golden Bear, Huntington Beach
The Golden Bear on Pacific Coast Highway, H.B. Photo courtesy Leroy Grannis.
Sid’s Blue Beet, Newport Beach, long ago a beatnik surf place
Prison of Socrates, Balboa
Cafe Frankenstein, Laguna Beach
Early photo of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band featuring Jackson Browne, second from left. He only played one or two gigs with them, but the band did get to record five of his early songs during the ’60s. NGBD in those years featured John McKuen, Jeff Hanna, Jimmy Fadden, Ralph Barr, Les Thompson, Bruce Kunkel and a bit later Chris Darrow.
Flyer for The Paradox on Tustin Avenue in the City of Orange, California. Doctor West’s Medicine Show featured Norman Greenbaum, and Jackson Browne is mis-spelled.
The only known interior photo of The Paradox, in Orange, California
Ticket stub for The Mecca in Buena Park, California. It had a joint venture called The Forum in Montclair, way out at the Eastern end of Los Angeles County near the desert.
Rare interior shot of The Mecca in Buena Park, California. Nice raw motif.
Debut LP by Tim Buckley
Debut LP by Penny Nichols
Debut album by Steve Noonan.
Debut album by The Gentle Soul; vocalists/songwriters Pamela Polland & Rick Stanley featured on cover, drummer Sandy Konikoff and guitarist Riley Wildflower were also in the band, as seen on their earlier 45 sleeve (another episode of ’66 SUNSET STRIP). Produced by Terry Melcher for Columbia Records. Featured on the sessions are Paul Horn (flute), Mike Deasy (guitar), Ry Cooder (guitar), Van Dyke Parks (harpsichord), Larry Knechtel (keyboards), Bill Plummer (bass), Gayle Levant (harp), Ted Michel (cello) and Tony Cohan (tabla).
Debut album by Steve Gillette.
Debut album by The Sunshine Company.
