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Albert Hammond – It Never Rains In Southern California
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Title: Albert Hammond – It Never Rains In Southern California
Year/Genre/City: 1972, Pop, London, UK
Matrix #: KZ 31905
Condition: VG+
Cultural Facts:
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Song Afterlife: The title track became bigger than Hammond’s own artist identity—he spent decades “owning” a hit that the culture treated like a saying.
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Writer Life: Hammond lived the pro songwriter grind, placing songs for other artists and letting “the author” outlast the frontman spotlight.
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L.A. Irony: The lyric flips the California dream into economic reality—moving west, running out of money, and learning the sunshine has a price.
10/13/25 KG 2/11/26 LM
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