A Postcard from California is the first solo album by American musician Al Jardine, best known as a cofounder of the Beach Boys.

For the album, Jardine collaborated with many prominenet musicians including several Beach Boys members (Brian Wilson, Mike Love, David Marks, Bruce Johnston; Carl Wilson appears posthumously, via archival recordings edited into to the album).

Also performing are Glen Campbell, America, Steve Miller, Flea, David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Neil Young.

[3] "Tidepool Interlude" features a spoken word piece written by former Beach Boys collaborator Stephen Kalinich and performed by actor Alec Baldwin.

[1] Jardine added "Waves of Love" as one of the bonus tracks on his 2012 reissue of the album.