Asylum 45386 (original) USA, Feb. 22, 1977
Words & Music by: Side A – Don Felder, Don Henley, Glenn Frey; Side B – Joe Walsh, Joe Vitale
Musicians: Don Henley (lead vocals, drums), Don Felder (lead guitar, 12-string electric guitar and backing vocals), Glenn Frey (12-string acoustic guitar, electric guitar and backing vocals), Joe Walsh (lead guitar, backing vocals), Randy Meisner (bass, backing vocals); (assuming that the line-up is pretty much the same on the flip-side with Frey, Walsh and/or Henley on keyboards and Walsh on slide guitar)
Recording sessions: Produced by Bill Szymczyk at Criteria Studios, Miami, FL and Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles, CA between Mar.-Oct. 1976
Highest chart positions: US #1, US AC #10, UK #8
If we don't count US AC charts, this was the 4th US #1 hit for Eagles.
"Hotel California" has been ranked at #49 in Rolling Stone magazine's "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" and it won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1978.
List price: Very Good+ is $2, Near Mint is $4
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