Katie Puckrik Presents: ‘A Yacht Rock Odyssey’ Limited Vinyl 2LP Set – Various Artists

Various Artists Katie Puckrik Presents: ‘A Yacht Rock Odyssey’ Limited Vinyl 2LP Set

Overview:

What is Yacht Rock? Yacht Rock is the affectionate nickname for the lush West Coast sound of the 1970s and 80s. Broadly speaking, its soft rock jazzed up with soulful flourishes, twinned with aspirational lyrics yearning for a better life. An evocative grouping of songs with a shared DNA, years after they were originally recorded.

Yacht Rock is enjoying reappraisal by a new generation of music lovers driven by the genre’s sonic sophistication, as well as nostalgia for a Miami Vice-tinted past.

A Yacht Rock Odyssey has been curated by broadcaster, writer and performer Katie Puckrik into four separate musical voyages of discovery that are the epitome of smooth gently funky grooves polished to perfection by blue chip session musicians and producers. Katies intro to the genre sets the scene, with track-by-track annotation providing background, recalling her critically-acclaimed BBC TV series I Can Go for That: The Smooth World of Yacht Rock.

Featuring artists long associated with the genre including Michael McDonald, Toto and Average White Band, they sit alongside Carly Simon, Robert Palmer, Robbie Dupree, Stephen Bishop and the Pointer Sisters, with a sprinkling of stardust by Olivia Newton-John and Christopher Cross, all performing the kind of music piped through quadrophonic speakers on a seventies Sunseeker as it heads out to sea.

For this format of the connoisseurs collection, Katie has gathered 24 of the smartest, deepest cuts in the Yacht canon, along with classic tracks from the masters of mellow. In compiling this set, her choices reflect compatibility of vibes, a musical kinship across the era, and a whiff of adults-only ennui.

Curated by TV and radio broadcaster and newspaper columnist, Katie Puckrik
Katie has gathered 24 of the smartest, deepest cuts in the Yacht canon, along with classic tracks from the supremos of smooth
Featuring Artists long associated with the genre including Carly Simon, Michael McDonald, Toto, Average White Band, Pointer Sisters and more!
Also available as a Signed 4CD

Featured Tracks:

Disc: 1

1 Ride Like the Wind (45 Version) – Christopher Cross
2 Whatcha Gonna Do for Me – Average White Band
3 He’s So Shy – The Pointer Sisters
4 What You Won’t Do for Love – Bobby Caldwell
5 Nobody’s Business – Maxus
6 Africa – Africa
7 Steal Away – Robbie Dupree
8 Turn Your Love Around – George Benson
9 Save It for a Rainy Day – Stephen Bishop
10 It Keeps You Runnin’ – Carly Simon
11 Keys to the Kingdom – Bill Champlin

Disc: 2

1 Lay Back (Menage a Trois) – Michael Sembello
2 Open Your Eyes – Maria Muldaur
3 Walk a Fine Line – Paul Anka
4 Red Streamliner – Little Feat
5 Give Me an Inch – Robert Palmer
6 Maybe There Are Reasons – Lonette McKee
7 I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) – Michael McDonald
8 Magic – Olivia Newton-John
9 Tes Yeux – Diane Tell
10 Creepin’ – Kenny Rankin
11 The Sailor’s Song – Pages
12 Sailing – Christopher Cross