Laurel Canyon - Episode 1
Micky Dolenz tells the story of Laurel Canyon, the LA neighbourhood which became home to a diverse mix of jazz, folk rock and pop stars - including himself. First broadcast in 2010
Micky Dolenz tells the story of a Los Angeles neighbourhood which became home to a diverse mix of musical stars - including himself. Laurel Canyon was just a bunch of heavily wooded, rocky outcrops - situated a few minutes from West Hollywood and Sunset Boulevard - but it became the garden where the stars of jazz, folk rock and pop played.
From the jazzers like Barney Kessel and the bohemians who settled there in the 40s and 50s to the folkies; the Byrds who sought the laid-back alternative to the hurly-burly of LA, Frank Zappa who took over the log cabin of cowboy star Tom Mix; the Doors, whose Jim Morrison brooded in the hills; The Mamas and the Papas; Cass Elliot's home always open to all-comers; David Crosby, Graham Nash, Neil Young, and the new and powerful women of rock; Joni Mitchell and Carole King.
Programme one, The Garden of Allah, sows the seeds of hedonism for the Canyon as jazz and folk form its rock. The Byrds, The Doors and the Monkees settle in, and so do the groupies. It's a story of great music, stellar collaborations, overflowing with youthful idealism; but it is tempered with the exploitation of young women, reckless drug use, and the day when they all locked their doors as a result of the murder of Sharon Tate.
This documentary was first broadcast on Radio 2 in August 2010.
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Joni Mitchell
Ladies of the Canyon
- REPRISE.
- 7599-27450 2.
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The Byrds
Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There is a Season)
- COLUMBIA.
- 487-9952.
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The Doors
L.A. Woman
- Elektra.
- 7559-610851.
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The Dillards
Reuben's Train
- RHINO.
- 8122-735622.
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The Monkees
Last Train To Clarksville
- TELSTAR.
- 9548-35218 -2.
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Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra & The Sentimentalists
On The Sunny Side Of The Street
- LIVING ERA.
- CD AJA-5169.
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Joni Mitchell
Big Yellow Taxi
- REPRISE.
- K-44085.
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Gerry Mulligan Quartet
Makin' Whoopee (feat. Chet Baker)
- RESTLESS.
- 74321-525962.
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Barney Kessel
Be Deedle Dee Do
Performer: Barney Kessel.- Lonehill.
- 103-54.
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The Kingston Trio
A WORRIED MAN
- PRIMO.
- PRMCD 6103.
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The Dillards
Reuben's Train
- RHINO.
- 8122-735622.
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The Byrds
Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There is a Season)
- COLUMBIA.
- 487-9952.
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Bob Dylan
MR TAMBOURINE MAN
Performer: The Byrds.- COLUMBIA.
- 82876-855142.
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Joni Mitchell
Ladies of the Canyon
- REPRISE.
- 7599-27450 2.
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Frank Zappa
Don't Eat The Yellow Snow
Performer: Frank Zappa.- RYKO DISC.
- RCD = 10561/62.
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Frank Zappa
PEACHES EN REGALIA
Music Arranger: N/A. Performer: Frank Zappa.- Rykodisc.
- RCD-10588.
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Alice Cooper
Elected
- Warner Brothers.
- WSMCD-158.
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MORRISON/MANZAREK/DENSMORE/KRIEGER
RIDERS ON THE STORM
Music Arranger: N/A. Performer: The Doors.- ELEKTRA.
- 242-090.
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The Doors
Light My Fire
- ELEKTRA.
- K-242012.
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The Doors
L.A. Woman
- Elektra.
- 7559-610851.
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TOWNSHEND
SUBSTITUTE
Music Arranger: N/A. Performer: The Who.- POLYDOR.
- PROMOCD-1.
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The Rolling Stones
No Expectations
- LONDON.
- 800-084-2.
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The Monkees
Last Train To Clarksville
- TELSTAR.
- 9548-35218 -2.
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The Byrds
So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star
- COLUMBIA/LEGACY.
- C4K-46773.
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Michael Nesmith
Circle Sky
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Sly & the Family Stone
Stand!
- Universal.
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