Greetings from L.A. is the seventh album by singer-songwriter Tim Buckley, released in August 1972. It was recorded at Far Out Studios in Hollywood, California. Like most of his other albums, Greetings from L.A. did not sell well, although this is probably his best seller (there at least 2 different US pressings: the first with removable postcard and dark green WB label, the second had no perforations for the postcard and had the Burbank WB label), getting substantial airplay in the Twin Cities on the Minneapolis FM station KQRS and selling very well at the independent record shops in Minneapolis-St. Paul and elsewhere (Detroit, New York, etc.) until it was deleted by Warner Brothers (whereupon Greetings continued to sell as a UK/European import into the '80's).

The album was later re-released on November 7, 2005, in a compilation with debut album Tim Buckley by Elektra.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Christgau's Record Guide	B^[1]
FasterLouder	link
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[2]
Jerk Music Critic	link

Track listing

All tracks by Tim Buckley, except where noted.

Side A
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Move with Me"	Tim Buckley, Jerry Goldstein	4:52
2.	"Get on Top"		6:33
3.	"Sweet Surrender"		6:47

Side B
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
4.	"Nighthawkin'"		3:21
5.	"Devil Eyes"		6:50
6.	"Hong Kong Bar"	Tim Buckley, Joe Falsia	7:08
7.	"Make It Right"	Tim Buckley, Larry Beckett, Joe Falsia, Jerry Goldstein	4:07

Personnel

Tim Buckley – 12-string guitar, vocals
Venetta Fields, Clydie King, Lorna Willard – vocals
Joe Falsia – guitar; string arrangements on "Sweet Surrender" and "Make It Right"
Chuck Rainey – bass guitar
Reinhold Press - bass guitar on "Make It Right"
Harry Hyams, Ralph Schaeffer – viola
Louis Kievman – violin
Robert Konrad – violin, guitar
William Kurasch – violin
Jesse Ehrlich – cello on "Make It Right"
Kevin Kelly – organ, piano
Paul Ross Novros, Eugene E. Siegel – saxophone on "Move With Me"
Jerry Goldstein – percussion, arranger, producer
Carter C.C. Collins – congas
King Errisson - congas
Ed Greene – drums

Technical

Chris Huston, Stan Agol – engineer
Cal Schenkel – album design
Bob Gordon – cover photography

References

^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: B". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 22, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.

Tim Buckley

Discography

Studio albums	Tim Buckley Goodbye and Hello Happy Sad Blue Afternoon Lorca Starsailor Greetings from L.A. Sefronia Look at the Fool
EPs	Thin Wires in the Voice
Live albums	Dream Letter: Live in London 1968 Peel Sessions Live at the Troubadour 1969 Honeyman: Live 1973 Once I Was Copenhagen Tapes Live at the Folklore Center, NYC, 1967
Compilations	The Late Great Tim Buckley The Best of Tim Buckley Morning Glory Works in Progress The Dream Belongs to Me: Rare and Unreleased 1968 - 1973 Morning Glory: The Tim Buckley Anthology

Other songs

Videos

Tim Buckley: My Fleeting House