John Phillips (John, The Wolf King of L.A.) by John Phillips (CD, Sep-2006, Varèse Sarabande (USA))

Album Features
UPC:	030206675221
Artist:	John Phillips
Format:	CD
Release Year:	2006
Record Label:	Varèse Sarabande (USA)
Genre:	Country Rock, Rock & Pop

Track Listing
1. April Anne
2. Topanga Canyon
3. Malibu People
4. Someone's Sleeping
5. Drum
6. Captain (The Mermaid)
7. Let It Bleed, Genevieve
8. Down the Beach
9. Mississippi
10. Holland Tunnel
11. Shady - (previously unreleased, Bonus Track)
12. Lonely Children - (previously unreleased, Bonus Track)
13. Lady Genevieve - (previously unreleased, Bonus Track)
14. Black Girl - (previously unreleased, Bonus Track)
15. Frenchman, The - (previously unreleased, Bonus Track)
16. 16mm Baby - (previously unreleased, Bonus Tracks)
17. Larry, Joe, Hal and Me - (previously unreleased, Bonus Tracks)
18. Mississippi - (Single Version, Bonus Track)

Details
Distributor:	Universal Distribution
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Personnel: John Phillips (vocals, guitar, harmonica); James Burton(guitar, dobro); David Cohen, Dr. Hord (guitar); Buddy Emmons, Red Rhodes (steel guitar); Gordon Terry (fiddle); Larry Knechtel (keyboards); Joe Osborn (bass); Hall Blaine (drums); Darlene Love, Jean King, Fanita James (background vocals).Recorded in Los Angeles, California in 1970.If there's any justice to be had, the 2006 reissue of John Phillips's solo debut, which adds eight previously unreleased tracks, will alert the world to the presence of this overlooked folk-rock gem. Originally released in 1969 in the wake of the demise of the Mamas and the Papas, JOHN, THE WOLFKING OF L.A. contains songs that rank alongside the finest Phillips penned for that group. A dream team of session musicians, including Sun Studios' guitarist James Burton and members of Phil Spector's Wrecking Crew, give the album its assured, sunbaked country feel, but it is the strength of Phillips's remarkable songwriting that makes this a treasure.

Editorial Reviews
Included in Mojo's The 67 Lost Albums You Must Own! - [T]ales of spilt wine, drug pick-ups and shipwrecks in a wash of country-soul harmony.
Mojo

[I]t stands as a vivid, tender, and gritty artifact of a memorable time and place.
Dirty Linen

3 Stars - Good - ...really quite good, lightly melodic country rock...
Q (19930201)

[H]e enlisted a crackerjack band to document his whirlwind year on this reflective disc. -- Grade: A-
Entertainment Weekly

4 stars out of 5 -- The songs thrive on dramatic harmonies, arresting melodies, Phillips' smooth, South Carolina-sired hippie crooning, country touches, and background vocals from the Blossoms...
Rolling Stone