Eagles - Hotel California (1976/2017) [Complete 2xCD] Box Set

Hotel California is the fifth studio album by American rock band the Eagles, released on December 8, 1976, by Asylum Records. Recorded by the band and produced by Bill Szymczyk at the Criteria and Record Plant studios between March and October 1976, it was the band's first album with guitarist Joe Walsh, who had replaced founding member Bernie Leadon, and the last to feature founding bassist Randy Meisner. The album cover features a photograph of the Beverly Hills Hotel, taken by David Alexander.

Hotel California was an immediate critical and commercial success, topping the US Billboard 200 chart. At the 20th Grammy Awards, the title track won Record of the Year, and "New Kid in Town" won Best Arrangement for Voices. The album was also nominated for Album of the Year but lost to Fleetwood Mac's Rumours (1977). Three singles were released from the album, with the title track and "New Kid in Town" topping the Billboard Hot 100 and "Life in the Fast Lane" reaching No. 11.

Hotel California is one of the best-selling albums of all time. It has been certified 26× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in the US, and has sold over 32 million units worldwide, making it the band's second best-selling album after Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) (1976).[3] Ranked by various publications as one of the greatest albums of all time, it was placed at number 37 on Rolling Stone's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" in 2003 and 2012, re-positioned to number 118 in the 2020 edition.

Tracklist:
CD-1 Original Album
01 - Hotel California 0:00
02 - New Kid In Town 6:30
03 - Life In The Fast Lane 11:35
04 - Wasted Time 16:22
05 - Wasted Time (Reprise) 21:18
06 - Victim Of Love 22:41
07 - Pretty Maids All In A Row 26:55
08 - Try And Love Again 30:51
09 - The Last Resort 36:01

CD-2 Live At The LA Forum Oct. 20-22 1976
10 - Take It Easy 43:28
11 - Take It To The Limit
12 - New Kid In Town
13 - James Dean
14 - Good Day In Hell
15 - Witchy Woman
16 - Funk #49
17 - One Of These Nights
18 - Hotel California
19 - Already Gone

Audio: 195 kbps 48.000 kHz

Eagles
Glenn Frey – harmony and backing vocals, guitars, keyboards, piano, clavinet, synthesizer, lead vocals on “New Kid In Town”
Don Henley – lead, harmony and backing vocals, drums, percussion, synthesizer on “The Last Resort”
Randy Meisner – harmony and backing vocals, bass, lead vocals on “Try and Love Again,” guitarrón on “New Kid in Town”
Don Felder – backing vocals, guitars, pedal steel guitar on “The Last Resort”
Joe Walsh – harmony and backing vocals, guitars, slide guitar, keyboards, piano, organ, synthesizer, lead vocals on “Pretty Maids All in a Row”