Warner Bros Years

"Look In My Direction : The Warner Bros Recordings" is the first ever, definitive anthology of the late Nicolette Larson’s recordings for the Warner Bros label. Featuring all of Nicolette Larson’s original albums for Warner Bros, produced by Ted Templeman and singer songwriter Andrew Gold, plus lots of bonus tracks. A deluxe 4 CD set featuring 57 tracks of classic southern California rock and pop, some might say yacht rock) from one of the era’s richest voices.

Guests include Linda Ronstadt, The Doobie Brothers’ Michael McDonald, Pat Simmons, Tom Johnston, Tiran Porter, John McFee, and Bobby LaKind, Little Feat’s Bill Payne, Paul Barrere, and Fred Tackett, guitar gods Eddie Van Halen and Ronnie Montrose, Van Dyke Parks, Valerie Carter, Klaus Voormann and many others.

With numerous bonus tracks including the rare Jim Burgess 12" disco mix of "Lotta Love", the first time on CD soundtrack cut "Summer Hearts" from National Lampoon’s Vacation, and Nicolette’s duets with Emmylou Harris, Christopher Cross, Steve Goodman, and The Doobie Brothers.

Produced and annotated by Joe Marchese of Second Disc Records whose notes feature archival quotes from Nicolette Larson, Neil Young, Ted Templeman, Andrew Gold, Linda Ronstadt, and Russ Kunkel.

Nicolette Larson rose to fame singing with Neil Young on his classic albums "American Stars 'N' Bars" and "Comes A Time". Signed to Warner Bros Records as a solo artist, she teamed with a who’s who of the west coast rock scene for 4 shimmering studio albums and 1 live set that effortlessly blended pop, rock, soul, r'n'b, country, gospel, bluegrass, and jazz.

Key tracks include Neil Young’s "Lotta Love", heard in its original album version, 12" single remix and "The Lotta Nic Mix", and songs by JD Souther and Glenn Frey, Jackson Browne, Burt Bacharach, Leon Russell, Bill and Fran Payne, Michael McDonald, and Lowell George, plus sizzling and soulful covers of Dusty Springfield’s "I Only Want To Be With You", Marvin Gaye’s "Baby Don’t You Do It", and The Supremes’ "Back in My Arms (Again)".