L.A. Turnaround

L.A. Turnaround
Studio album by Bert Jansch
Released September 1974
Recorded c. April-June 1974 at Luxford House, Sussex and Sound City, Supulveda, California; plus two tracks c. early 1973 from CBE Studios, Paris
Genre Folk rock/Country rock
Label Charisma
Producer Mike Nesmith / Danny Thompson
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Bert Jansch chronology
Moonshine
(1973)		 L.A. Turnaround
(1974)		 Santa Barbara Honeymoon
(1975)

L.A. Turnaround is the ninth album by Scottish folk musician Bert Jansch, released in 1974. Two of the songs were recorded in Paris in 1973, and the others were recorded in Los Angeles in 1974. The album was produced by former Monkee and Country rock artist Michael Nesmith, who also played guitar. Other guest musicians include Red Rhodes (steel guitar), Byron Berline (fiddle, mandolin) and Jesse Ed Davis (guitar).

Track listing

All tracks composed by Bert Jansch; except where indicated

  1. "Fresh as a Sweet Sunday Morning"
  2. "Chambertin"
  3. "One for Jo"
  4. "Travelling Man"
  5. "Open Up the Watergate (Let the Sunshine In)"
  6. "Stone Monkey"
  7. "Of Love and Lullaby"
  8. "Needle of Death"
  9. "Lady Nothing"
  10. "There Comes a Time"
  11. "Cluck Old Hen" (traditional)
  12. "Blacksmith"

Personnel

Production

Bert Jansch
Studio albums
Bert Jansch (1965) • It Don't Bother Me (1965) • Jack Orion (1966) • Bert And John (1966) • Nicola (1967) • Birthday Blues (1969) • Rosemary Lane (1971) • Moonshine (1973) • L.A. Turnaround (1974) • Santa Barbara Honeymoon (1975) • A Rare Conundrum (1977) • Avocet (1979) • Thirteen Down (1980) • Heartbreak (1982) • From The Outside (1985) • Leather Launderette (1989) • Sketches (1990) • The Ornament Tree (1990) • When The Circus Comes To Town (1995) • Toy Balloon (1998) • Crimson Moon (2000) • Edge of a Dream (2002) • The Black Swan (2006)
Live albums
Bert Jansch Live at La Foret (1980) • BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert (1993) • Live At The 12 Bar: An Authorised Bootleg (1996) • Young Man Blues (1998) • Downunder: Live In Australia (2001) • The River Ressions (2004) • Fresh As a Sweet Sunday Morning (2007)
Compilation albums
Lucky Thirteen (1966) • Bert Jansch: The Bert Jansch Sampler (1969) • Box Of Love: The Bert Jansch Sampler Volume 2 (1972) • Strolling Down The Highway (1986) • The Gardener: Essential Bert Jansch (1992) • Three Chord Trick (1993) • Blackwater Side (1997) • Dazzling Stranger: The Bert Jansch Anthology (2000)