{"id":358263,"date":"2026-06-12T19:36:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T19:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/358263\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T19:36:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T19:36:15","slug":"the-eagles-hotel-california-celebrated-in-new-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/358263\/","title":{"rendered":"The Eagles’ ‘Hotel California’ celebrated in new book"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pretty much everyone knows the song, and album, \u201cHotel California.\u201d It\u2019s simply iconic. Now, a new book is honoring the 50th anniversary of that famed record.<\/p>\n

\u201cEagles and Hotel California: 50 Years\u201d is described as a \u201cstunning visual and narrative journey down the \u2018dark desert highway\u2019 to explore the creation, legacy and lasting cultural power of one of rock\u2019s most iconic albums,\u201d the book\u2019s description states.<\/p>\n

It features more than 200 photos and images, as well as rare studio photos, tour images and band memorabilia. Veteran rock historian Sean Egan tells the story of the album in the book, including the \u201ctumultuous 1976\u201377 sessions at the Record Plant (LA) and Criteria Studios (Miami) that gave birth to the album.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Don Henley, Joe Walsh, Randy Meisner, Glenn Frey and Don Felder of the rock band The Eagles. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

\u201cPresented in a giftable slip-cased hardcover format, \u2018Eagles and Hotel California: 50 Years\u2019 is a must-own book for enthusiasts of 1970s rock,\u201d the book\u2019s description states, \u201cdelivering an in-depth glimpse into one of the most revered albums of all time and a reading experience that fuses music<\/a> history with pop-culture myth-making.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHotel California\u201d marked the Eagles\u2019 fifth studio album and arrived in December 1976. It marked their first record with guitarist Joe Walsh and went No. 1 for eight weeks on the Billboard 200 albums chart. It\u2019s truly a groundbreaking album and helped launch the Eagles into superstardom.<\/p>\n

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So, when can you get your hands on \u201cEagles and Hotel California: 50 Years?\u201d The book will arrive Sept. 8, just in time for holiday shopping, and is currently available for preorder<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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