Their albums are hard to get if you don't have a credit card to order it on line. I still look in record stores.(Whats that grandad?) I used to have this album in the 70's. It's so soothing. Like a cross between a mellower Supertramp mixed with Little River Band. I was into hard rock then but this drifting harmless melody soft rock just transports me. I don't care if my wife or friends don't like it, I love it. I got 'No Second chance' a few years back and have been looking for others since.
@soundvisionary13 I'm late responding, but the only albums (CDs) by Charlie I have are Fantasy Girls, a mix of Fight Dirty and Good Morning America and a greatest hits album. I believe the latter two I bought in a mail in CD ordering thing like Columbia...something or other, I forget what it was called.
@bddbjrsexy Fantasy Girls I never could find until I went to a little city in Kansas called Salina. I bought it in The House of Sight and Sound. It's such an awesome little head shop. I know the chances of you ever going there though are limited!
I ALSO HAD THIS ALBUM AND IT WAS GOOD IN LOS ANGELES IT WAS PLAYED ON A STATION CALLED KWEST WHICH IS NO MORE THIS WAS AT LEAST 30 YRS BACK MY FRIEND AND I WOULD DRIVE IN HER MUSTANG SMOKE A JOINT AND LISTEN TO KWEST AND WHEN WE HEARD L.A. DREAMER WE LOVED IT STILL DO.... THANKS FOR PUTTING THIS ON.....
I remeber buying this album simply because the girl on the cover was Sooo Hot !!! with those long shapely legs. Good album, nice to hear this again. Was a good album for relaxing around the pad in the evening with a couple of friends and our dates. Coctails, lights down a bit low. Blue screen coming off the Marantz stereo.
Ahhhh . . Life was full of possibilities . . . lotta territory uncovered yet . . .coming into our own . . hopeful . . . not jaded! . . Good Times
@RonyMexico Yeah . . the good 'ol days . . . if we could only relive 'em! . . I can imagine listening to the echo in LA Dreamin while stoned . . . actually god quality back grounf for sittin around high for sure.
I got this record sitting in a box beside my bed. I'm trying to figure out how to transfer it onto my computer. I got a turntable for Xmas so I could record all my old stuff. Damn can I figure it out? NO
My sneakers are leaking. Thanks Baily for turning me onto new stuff. None of are about to admit our yearnings aye? Sorry Jamie.
@dlbrereton Get a line and run from your headphones jack on your stereo to your mic jack on your computer ... The Shack should have everything... adapters ect... an app like Audacity (freeware) can record audio on your comp. They do make USB turntables too
AWESOME.....haven't heard it in a long time, and the scratched vinyl made it even better. So glad i saw them with the Fixx & Doobies back in the early 80's. I always thought they were gonna be huge, what happened ?
So good to hear again after 25 years! I used to use this song to demonstrate stereo equipment at a stereo shop I worked at in Florida back in 1980. I think I made thousands in comissions making speakers sound great with this song. Awesome!
Lot of memories here.... I'd just started modeling in LA when this was around, and I could see so much of this in so many people there. Luckily, I was well grounded with a 'real' life of sports, music, and surfing. It was a way to make great money and travel, but I watched a lot of people lose it, too. Where they thought they were indispensable, I was always a little embarrassed by it all... lol
Great song. Hit the nail on the head for far too many people in LA, struggling to be 'someone'.
As the writer of this song it's good to see it still providing some pleasure, that's for sure. There's a new Charlie-music website just launched with tons of weird and wonderful pics, videos, and unheard tracks.
I lost this ALBUM during a move or divorce... lots of airplay in Houston when I lived there... no one on the East Coast had ever heard of it... wasn't on napster or I-tunes... I figured I'd never hear it again... I love this site for old, lost music
@kevinracefan17 Can't remmeber what station it was that started playing Charlie. KLOL, KAUM or another here in H town but was enough to get me to buy three of their albums.
You are right buzzed,I saw the same tour at the Tower Theater in Philly.Both bands on FIRE that special night. I wasn't 100% sure if they opened up for the Kinks but you confirmed it for me.Thanks
It's alawys great to see those other Charlie fans out there. THey were so great but never really become well known. They did tout the US once that I know of but I never saw them. There is alot of great songs out there though. But you have to look.
I was one of the lucky few.they opened for the kinks at the paramount in seattle 1978/79.( I can still feel the tingle of goose bumps)they also changed the lyrics to johny hold back.Wished i could find a live cut of that. GREAT SHOW, BOTH BANDS!!!!!
bddbjrsexy, Thank you for this great Charlie song. It's been 31 years since I have heard this awesome band. They are trully one of the great bands of the 70's that was not so-popular.
garimo, right with you there and all counts. Thanks for this great Charlie song. It has also about 30 years for me also. They are truely one of the great band of the 70's that was not so-popular. I can't wait to show this to my friends.
I watched the video about your mom - she was a very beautiful woman and if she was a Charlie fan she must have been very cool as well! Sorry for your recent loss of her.
Haha, yeah! Well I'm actually a 16 year old that heard about them from my mom years ago. I love em. I have all her vinyl of them and I have Fantasy girls on CD. It's nice to see people still like and remember them.
too bad the guitar riff
didn't extend another
4:58, just saying
pacoloco729 3 months ago
This is such a great old album with a nice rock and jazzy tone. Thanks for the upload.
MrStevesmusic 9 months ago
Their albums are hard to get if you don't have a credit card to order it on line. I still look in record stores.(Whats that grandad?) I used to have this album in the 70's. It's so soothing. Like a cross between a mellower Supertramp mixed with Little River Band. I was into hard rock then but this drifting harmless melody soft rock just transports me. I don't care if my wife or friends don't like it, I love it. I got 'No Second chance' a few years back and have been looking for others since.
soundvisionary13 10 months ago
@soundvisionary13 I'm late responding, but the only albums (CDs) by Charlie I have are Fantasy Girls, a mix of Fight Dirty and Good Morning America and a greatest hits album. I believe the latter two I bought in a mail in CD ordering thing like Columbia...something or other, I forget what it was called.
bddbjrsexy 7 months ago
@bddbjrsexy Fantasy Girls I never could find until I went to a little city in Kansas called Salina. I bought it in The House of Sight and Sound. It's such an awesome little head shop. I know the chances of you ever going there though are limited!
bddbjrsexy 7 months ago
I meant here on YouTube!
mjfletch5737 11 months ago
Check out a few cuts from Charlie's new album, "Kitchens of Distinction"here on Yahoo
mjfletch5737 11 months ago
excellent guitar rift at the end, one of my favorites, thanks for sharing
RonyMexico 1 year ago
charlie best for ever great rock band great sound nice nice give me more
poolking1974 1 year ago
I ALSO HAD THIS ALBUM AND IT WAS GOOD IN LOS ANGELES IT WAS PLAYED ON A STATION CALLED KWEST WHICH IS NO MORE THIS WAS AT LEAST 30 YRS BACK MY FRIEND AND I WOULD DRIVE IN HER MUSTANG SMOKE A JOINT AND LISTEN TO KWEST AND WHEN WE HEARD L.A. DREAMER WE LOVED IT STILL DO.... THANKS FOR PUTTING THIS ON.....
hotladynpink 1 year ago
I remeber buying this album simply because the girl on the cover was Sooo Hot !!! with those long shapely legs. Good album, nice to hear this again. Was a good album for relaxing around the pad in the evening with a couple of friends and our dates. Coctails, lights down a bit low. Blue screen coming off the Marantz stereo.
Ahhhh . . Life was full of possibilities . . . lotta territory uncovered yet . . .coming into our own . . hopeful . . . not jaded! . . Good Times
mastrclndr 1 year ago 4
@mastrclndr i always got high when i put this record on, yeah, good times in the day
RonyMexico 11 months ago
@RonyMexico Yeah . . the good 'ol days . . . if we could only relive 'em! . . I can imagine listening to the echo in LA Dreamin while stoned . . . actually god quality back grounf for sittin around high for sure.
mastrclndr 11 months ago
@mastrclndr you got that right, son, i didn't want to come across as a doper,
but i loved smoking good pot, can't seem to find the same type of shit as
a guy could back then, take care
RonyMexico 11 months ago
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mastrclndr 1 year ago
I got this record sitting in a box beside my bed. I'm trying to figure out how to transfer it onto my computer. I got a turntable for Xmas so I could record all my old stuff. Damn can I figure it out? NO
My sneakers are leaking. Thanks Baily for turning me onto new stuff. None of are about to admit our yearnings aye? Sorry Jamie.
dlbrereton 1 year ago
@dlbrereton Lucky, I wish I had one to record all my vinyl.
bddbjrsexy 1 year ago
@dlbrereton there is a turntable with a usb cord on it, you can copy that to your c drive then copy it from there
wlh1usa 1 year ago
@dlbrereton Get a line and run from your headphones jack on your stereo to your mic jack on your computer ... The Shack should have everything... adapters ect... an app like Audacity (freeware) can record audio on your comp. They do make USB turntables too
Terra812 1 year ago
AWESOME.....haven't heard it in a long time, and the scratched vinyl made it even better. So glad i saw them with the Fixx & Doobies back in the early 80's. I always thought they were gonna be huge, what happened ?
RUSHUFO 1 year ago
@RUSHUFO I know, they had all the right things to become famous.
bddbjrsexy 1 year ago
I'm not a computer genius , I love Charlie from way back. puter my lefy gez
dlbrereton 1 year ago
I turned myself on to Charlie, I have the first three albums on vinyl from the day. Great litte band.
texadillo53 1 year ago
So good to hear again after 25 years! I used to use this song to demonstrate stereo equipment at a stereo shop I worked at in Florida back in 1980. I think I made thousands in comissions making speakers sound great with this song. Awesome!
newphil100 2 years ago
Did I hear the scratching of vinyl? Sweet
rcwillsjr 2 years ago 2
Yes you did.
bddbjrsexy 2 years ago
Great lyrics and tune, plus she's a 12
dlbrereton 2 years ago
ALWAYS wanted the Cover Girl, too!
gemriderz 2 years ago
Lot of memories here.... I'd just started modeling in LA when this was around, and I could see so much of this in so many people there. Luckily, I was well grounded with a 'real' life of sports, music, and surfing. It was a way to make great money and travel, but I watched a lot of people lose it, too. Where they thought they were indispensable, I was always a little embarrassed by it all... lol
Great song. Hit the nail on the head for far too many people in LA, struggling to be 'someone'.
gemriderz 2 years ago
As the writer of this song it's good to see it still providing some pleasure, that's for sure. There's a new Charlie-music website just launched with tons of weird and wonderful pics, videos, and unheard tracks.
jaiceee100 2 years ago
I lost this ALBUM during a move or divorce... lots of airplay in Houston when I lived there... no one on the East Coast had ever heard of it... wasn't on napster or I-tunes... I figured I'd never hear it again... I love this site for old, lost music
kevinracefan17 2 years ago
@kevinracefan17 Can't remmeber what station it was that started playing Charlie. KLOL, KAUM or another here in H town but was enough to get me to buy three of their albums.
texadillo53 1 year ago
What a great tune. From 3:25 to the end is so smooth, I listened to it about10 times back to back. Love the scratches from the vinyl.
diggerHR 2 years ago
Awesome. I know, love em too.
bddbjrsexy 2 years ago
You are right buzzed,I saw the same tour at the Tower Theater in Philly.Both bands on FIRE that special night. I wasn't 100% sure if they opened up for the Kinks but you confirmed it for me.Thanks
SouthJerseyGuy1 2 years ago
Only 420 views. There should be 4 million views. These tunes are irreplaceable. The public, they just don't have a clue do they?
TomSpelson 3 years ago
So true. Sad that Charlie is so little known.
bddbjrsexy 3 years ago
@TomSpelson Actually; I have the CD---------sans scratches :)
Bearhawke42 1 year ago
Nice. One of many underrated bands from my high school days, not to mention one of my favorite cuts from them. Great post!
deddog 3 years ago
Definitely.
bddbjrsexy 3 years ago
is JA John Anderson?
steve Newman
smoothsn 3 years ago
Within a week or so, I'll post a video that not many have seen!!!
Stay tuned.
JA
jander1018 3 years ago
It's alawys great to see those other Charlie fans out there. THey were so great but never really become well known. They did tout the US once that I know of but I never saw them. There is alot of great songs out there though. But you have to look.
riverzen 3 years ago
The best music usually has to be looked for.
bddbjrsexy 3 years ago
I was one of the lucky few.they opened for the kinks at the paramount in seattle 1978/79.( I can still feel the tingle of goose bumps)they also changed the lyrics to johny hold back.Wished i could find a live cut of that. GREAT SHOW, BOTH BANDS!!!!!
buzzedbiagod 3 years ago
bddbjrsexy, Thank you for this great Charlie song. It's been 31 years since I have heard this awesome band. They are trully one of the great bands of the 70's that was not so-popular.
garimo77 3 years ago
Any time.
bddbjrsexy 3 years ago
garimo, right with you there and all counts. Thanks for this great Charlie song. It has also about 30 years for me also. They are truely one of the great band of the 70's that was not so-popular. I can't wait to show this to my friends.
TomSpelson 3 years ago
I watched the video about your mom - she was a very beautiful woman and if she was a Charlie fan she must have been very cool as well! Sorry for your recent loss of her.
mjfletch5737 3 years ago
Thanks.
bddbjrsexy 3 years ago
You did it, bddbjrsexy!! Thanks!! You the man, again!! How did you hear about Charlie? Not known to many people.
Sooo many memories associated with this song. Good to hear it again.
mjfletch5737 3 years ago
Haha, yeah! Well I'm actually a 16 year old that heard about them from my mom years ago. I love em. I have all her vinyl of them and I have Fantasy girls on CD. It's nice to see people still like and remember them.
bddbjrsexy 3 years ago