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Post by Gail on Jul 18, 2021 9:29:15 GMT
There’s a lot of this kind of thing getting played in our house.  What are your favourites? |
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Post by Gail on Jul 18, 2021 10:14:58 GMT
You can’t beat a bit of Bobby Caldwell
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Post by MickeyFinn on Jul 18, 2021 12:38:30 GMT
The Too Slow to Disco series is worth collecting if you're into this style of music, and I can particularly recommend the volume of Brazilian music compiled by Ed Motta:
There is a new volume soon to be released, "Yacht Soul", featuring soul stars performing covers of AOR classics:
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Post by MickeyFinn on Jul 18, 2021 12:43:06 GMT
And I owe Shaun Louis big time for being introduced to this absolute gem by Heat from the self-titled 1980 album:
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Post by Fraser on Jul 18, 2021 23:20:51 GMT
I've heard Paul Clifford's SoulGuru shows playing Yacht Soul.
I just thought... They used to call it 2-Step.
Is there a (subtle) difference?
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Post by Gail on Jul 20, 2021 6:07:56 GMT
I’m not really sure why they’ve started calling it yacht soul, it’s still the same music. Try this for a wonderful example of how to DJ. Paul Nice - Sail on the Grill |
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Post by MickeyFinn on Jul 20, 2021 6:45:24 GMT
AOR, yacht rock, west coast ... many of the people performing in this area were also performing sessions in soul recordings, and vice versa. The talent that appears on Steely Dan's "Aja" album alone is amazing - Joe Sample, Jay Graydon, Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, Michael McDonald, Tom Scott, Lee Ritenour, Clydie King ...
No surprise if the musicians were swapping and developing ideas amongst themselves. And the record companies seemed to be much more generous back then, maybe because US (west coast) radio stations ran (or strolled?) with this popular format.
Someone else who emerged out of all this and who also worked with a who's who of soul and jazz musicians is Michael Franks:
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Post by Gail on Jul 20, 2021 6:53:19 GMT
Someone else who emerged out of all this and who also worked with a who's who of soul and jazz musicians is Michael Franks
I was never familiar with him but Paul steered me in his direction a few years ago. I love this… |
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Post by MickeyFinn on Jul 20, 2021 8:11:17 GMT
AOR, yacht rock, west coast ... many of the people performing in this area were also performing sessions in soul recordings, and vice versa.
Sadly, a lot of the branding of radio formats and musical styles in the US comes coded: "rock" = "white", etc. No surprise if it's a bit confusing to be told that all this often soulful and jazz-inflected stuff belongs in the same category as Aerosmith and ZZ Top. So the "yacht soul" rebrand makes perfect sense if only to clarify that a lot of people who like soul music will also enjoy stuff like this:
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Post by Thierry on Jul 21, 2021 8:08:26 GMT
I've heard Paul Clifford's SoulGuru shows playing Yacht Soul. I just thought... They used to call it 2-Step. Is there a (subtle) difference? "Yacht Soul" was "invented" by Paul Clifford to define tracks which are part Yacht and part Soul, where the emphasis is on the smooth arrangements and top musicians, and not on the guitars which are frequent in yacht Rock/AOR/Westcoast.... it's quite subtle... "2-Step" is different imho as these tracks are clearly Soul-derived with a slower beat and a prominent bass in most cases, personally I love this genre ! Tracks like Starvue "Body fusion", Natural Four 'Try love again", Crystal Clear "Stay with me", Josie james "Win your love" spring to mind... Lots of them were played at the Parkers events in Manchester.... |
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Post by Thierry on Jul 21, 2021 8:23:56 GMT
So many tracks...... I've made a small compilation of my faves on YouTube, link in next post
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Post by Thierry on Jul 21, 2021 8:26:26 GMT
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Post by Thierry on Jul 21, 2021 8:30:09 GMT
I'm a big fan of Boz Scaggs, especially of this tune .....
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Post by Thierry on Jul 21, 2021 10:48:30 GMT
And I owe Shaun Louis big time for being introduced to this absolute gem by Heat from the self-titled 1980 album:
On their other album, don't miss this one :
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Post by Tee D on Jul 21, 2021 14:58:31 GMT
Calling it Yacht Rock or anything else remotely similar, almost trumps Smooth Jazz, which is another term i can't stand. Anyway...
Phoebe Snow - Oh L.A
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