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Originally Posted by Slauson Slim
Trippy Sunset Blvd. film. The abandoned Pandora's Box at Sunset and Crescent Heights,
girl selling LA Free Press, coffee house.
Lots of good times on Sunset - Ben Frank's, Whisky, Fifth Estate, Sea Witch, The Trip, underground movies at cinematheque 16,
Harry's Open Pit, sitting on the wall that used to be next to the Whisky watching life stroll by....being hassled once by Kim Fowley
..shows at the Palladium, Kaleidoscope, Ciro's/Hullaballoo....
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Slim, your memories led me down a massive rabbit hole yesterday.
via your mention of
Kim Fowley, I found out about a place
that I hadn't heard of before (no doubt some of you have)
The Malibu Corral.
www.lsb3.com
"The Malibu Corral was a funky, wooden, one level structure painted green. It lay on the mountain side of the road,
about half way up the highway, and had a large gravel/dirt parking area in front. It had a long bar and small dance floor
and a stage about 8". At any given night the Corral would have hippies on acid and actors enjoying the atmosphere.
Bikers having their beers and musicians sitting in or hanging out in the crowd."
What a trip.
The story goes:
Fowley heard an obscure band, St John Green, at the Corral & envisioned a new style of music"—"The Canyon" sound. (referring to
Topanga Canyon)
St John Green was to become Fowley's muse as he wove a mystical tale about the 'Dark Shadows of the Canyon'
and the 'Mysterious Canyon' people who had left the world behind to become one with nature." archive.is
below: Publicity shot of St John Green during its time as Fowley's 'muse'.
archive.is
I'm pretty sure I see a cross through the trees.
...for some reason, this doesn't look like Topanga Canyon to me.
(I'm thinking...maybe..somewhere near that little country church in Hollywood?)
I really dig this 'mystical' photograph.
archive.is
They're in someone's apartment holding up a lamp wrapped in a coat. (not quite what I was expecting
)
Alas, St John Green made only ONE album.
rare/ebay
Yicks!
the back cover looks more familiar.
ebay
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So here's the rub:
There doesn't appear to be many photographs of the Malibu Corral online.
I was hoping one of you might find additional photos of the place.
(I just found that one photograph,
twice)
rub number #2
The location:
"The Malibu Corral was on the mountain side of the road,
about half way up the highway."
That's all I got.
I would like to see what's there now; and if any remnants of the place have survived. (I believe it burnt down in 1973)
any HELP would be appreciated...of course.
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