How nice it must be to be living with a young Joni Mitchell and thinking it is perfectly normal...
Quoting myself "again":
What was it about Laurel Canyon?
Isolated and private rural atmosphere only 15 or 20 minutes from the studios...
Laurel Canyon Blvd (where Jimi wrecked his 'Vette) actually straddles the mountain between Sunset Blvd on the south side and Studio City and Burbank where all the movie/TV studios were, on the other:
https://www.google.com/maps/search/sunset+Blvd,+Studio+City,+CA/@34.1118722,-118.3604019,13z
The Wrecking Crew backed the Mamas and the Papas for "California Dreamin' " and "Monday Monday" at Western Recorders on Sunset Blvd:
http://jerrygarciasbrokendownpalace...6/western-recorders-6000-west-sunset-and.html
In '66 Jefferson Airplane would have been in LA residence while recording
Surrealistic Pillow at RCA's studio B, 6363 Sunset Blvd:
http://jerrygarciasbrokendownpalaces.blogspot.com/2012/11/rcas-studio-b-6363-sunset-boulevard.html
The Doors would have been recording
The Doors and
Strange Days around the same time at
Sunset Studios (founded by Walt Disney, no less!), down the road a piece at 6650 Sunset Blvd...
Speaking of Joni,
Ladies of the Canyon was recorded at
A&M Studios within a stone's throw of Sunset, founded by
Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss:
"In 1966, Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss purchased the studio from CBS to serve as a headquarters for A&M Records.[13] A&M Records had grown from $500,000 in revenues in 1964 to $30 million in 1967. Alpert and Moss reportedly "astonished the big network by having their bank deliver a cashier's check for more than $1 million, the full amount." A&M converted two of the old soundstages and Chaplin's swimming pool into a recording studio.[11] A 1968 profile on Alpert and Moss described their renovation of Chaplin's old studios:
The old sound stages are in the process of being completely rebuilt into what must be the most luxurious and pleasant recording studios in the world. Chaplin's cement footprints are one of the few reminders of the past.[20]
.. A&M
Records first release was Tijuana Brass' "the Lonely Bull" although the track itself was recorded by (you guessed it) the Wrecking Crew:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lonely_Bull
But apparently the top dog for AM singles and Phil Spector's favorite digs was
Gold Star Studios; a bit off the beaten track on Santa Monica Blvd:
"The studio was renowned for its echo chambers. According to Gold, who designed the chambers after years of research and experimentation, they were built in an area of about 20 ft (6.1 m) x 20 ft and were complementary trapezoids 18 ft (5.5 m) long. The walls were thick, specially-formulated cement plaster on heavy isolation forms. Entry into the chambers was through a series of 2 ft (0.61 m) by 2 ft doors, and the opening was only about 20 in (51 cm) wide and high.[2]
Gold Star was responsible for what is believed to be the first commercial use of the production technique called flanging, which was featured on the single "The Big Hurt" by Toni Fisher.
Another of Gold's innovations was a small transmitter that allowed him to broadcast mixes so that they could be picked up on a nearby car radio, which was especially important to recording artists in the era when AM radio was the dominant broadcast medium.[3] (Talk about "How they used to do it"!!)
According to Wiki this is where "Good Vibrations" was recorded.
Given Dennis' presence in the clip that kicked off the thread, probably when the surf wasn't "up".
:smile: