Rating: 4/5
Review:
A good album
This is a very nice
album. Obscurities like this, originally released in 1971, are often
obscure for a very good reason, but In California is a very decent
example of the sort of folky, baroque, slightly-jazzy-in-places genre
of the time. The songs are pleasantly melodic, well sung and very
nicely arranged. The whole feel is helped by some classy musicians
including people like Jim Messina and Randy Meisner and Robin
Batteau’s violin is inventive and adds some real musical interest.
This isn’t a “long
lost classic”; it’s long lost, possibly, but not a classic –
but then very few albums are genuine classics. In California is a
good, enjoyable album, though, which I can recommend to anyone with
an interest in the more folky music of the late 60s and early 70s.
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