The building on the HC cover is actally not a hotel. It's actually the front of a mens prison here in California.
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The album "Hotel California" was released 8 December, 1976. The single was released 22 February, 1977.
hotel california neg, that is not hand drawn and has no cactus with a middle finger as far as I can see. If I am wrong can you provide link?
Hotel California
Yes, there was a "Hotel California", which, inspired Don Henley, to write this song. . It is in the City of Norco, California. This hotel known as "Hotel California", was converted in to a State Prison, known as the, California Rehabilitation Center (CRC) State Prison. All the lyrics written are about a prisoner within this prison and the daily activities revolving within it. Don't believe me, look it up yourself. This prison really exists and if, you look into the history of the land where this prison is located you will also find, that, there was a hotel which was once on the same land.
In the movie Some Like it Hot (1959), the fictional hotel is the Seminole Ritz in Miami, Florida. In reality it was the Hotel Del Coronado in Coronado, California.