Love, LA: Duets And Covers From The City Of Angels


Details

Artist
Various
Year
2024
Original Label
ORG Music
Type
Album

Comments

Love, LA is a compilation featuring artists with a close connection to Los Angeles, performing some of their favorite songs as duets. Lovingly curated and produced by Paige Stark of Tashaki Miyaki and Rick Ross of Delicious Vinyl, the compilation showcases unique takes on classics from artists like R.E.M., Velvet Underground, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and more.
The contributions to the album include a variety of talents, from actor and comedian Marc Maron to My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, from native Angeleno mainstays to English singer/songwriter Robyn Hitchcock. Proceeds from the release will benefit the Fernando Pullum Community Arts Center, who provides performing arts instruction to youth in South Central Los Angeles. This one-of-a-kind release will be pressed on gold color vinyl, featuring original artwork from Julia Wick, Limited to 1,000 copies worldwide, exclusively for Record Store Day 2024.

Despite the notes from the press release noted in the text above, none of the tracks were originally performed or written by R.E.M.

Tracks

  1. Arms of Love Emma Swift x Robyn Hitchcock
  2. Leather & Lace (Don Henley + Stevie Nicks) Leslie Stevens x Jim James
  3. Signed D.C. (Love) Marc Maron x Paige Stark
  4. I Found A Reason (The Velvet Underground) Gold Star x Johanna Samuels
  5. Speak Your Mind (Marc Benno) more*
  6. You Showed Me (The Turtles) Poppy Jean Crawford x Tashaki Miyaki
  7. Never Let Me Down Again (Depeche Mode) Particle Kid x Sunny War
  8. Dosed (Red Hot Chili Peppers) Cherry Glazerr x Jeffertitti
  9. Los Angeles (Black Francis) Joel Jerome x Paloma Parfrey