CALIFORNIA DREAMING, A STUNNER FROM GENESIS. Memories & Visions of LA 1966-75, Photographs by Henry Diltz

With over 500 photographs and a 96,000-word text from 48 legendary contributors, California Dreaming is not only a retrospective book of America's pre-eminent rock photographer, Henry Diltz, it is the defining record of an era, as told by those who were at its centre.

From Pete Seeger & The Kingston Trio to The Byrds, The Doors and Crosby, Stills & Nash, The Eagles, Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, James Taylor and Neil Young, Henry Diltz knew and photographed them all. As a result, California Dreaming recounts a golden age in the LA music scene.

'F*cking fabulous!... If you've ever wanted to 'experience' the Sixties, this is the place to start your journey.... What a long, strange trip it was...' – Graham Nash'

It is a story told entirely by its key protagonists - the musicians, artists, label executives, friends and hangers-on - a text rich in personal anecdotes and observations, fascinating and frank first-hand accounts of the stories behind the photographs, the music, the times, the beliefs, hopes, disappointments and dreams of a generation. Above all it describes how some profound qualities of time and place nurtured a musical movement with an identifiable sound.

Each book features 500 photographs using fine screen lithography alongside facsimile excerpts from Henry Diltz's journals. Printed on luxurious, heavyweight art papers the book bound in rich brown goatskin leather with real denim hand-binding, finished with gold blocking and page edging. Finally the edition is housed in a unique tie-dye slipcase. Each copy includes a limited pressing of Highway 70, (an archival-grade gold CD of songs by southern Californian artists, recorded by Henry Diltz's band The Modern Folk Quartet) then individually hand-numbered, and signed by Diltz.

The book has NEVER been read. Only opened to check contents on arrival. Housed in publishers shipping box. ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS!!