NewsKate Puckrik presents A Yacht Rock Odyssey
4CD and 2LP sets
Broadcaster and journalist Katie Puckrik is the face of a new compilation of Yacht Rock music that is being released at the end of August. A Yacht Rock Odyssey, as it is called, will be available as a 4CD set (with limited edition version with a signed print) and as a double vinyl package.
The term ‘Yacht Rock’ conjures up the lush West Coast sound from about 1975 to 1985: escapist jazz-inflected soft rock, burnished to a high sheen by session musicians and producers at the peak of their powers. Puckrik’s involvement in this project stems from her acclaimed 2019 BBC TV documentary on the subject called I Can Go for That: The Smooth World of Yacht Rock, and she has also hosted a series of Yacht Rock specials on BBC Radio 2.
Katie explains where her love of “Yacht Rock” began: “When I was a kid in suburban Virginia, Yacht Rock was the music that sailed out of girlfriends’ cassette players, older boys’ muscle cars, and grown-ups’ cocktail parties. Encompassing lifers Michael McDonald, Toto and Average White Band as well as toe-dippers like Carly Simon, Robert Palmer and the Pointer Sisters, Yacht’s frisson springs from its slick sound set against lyrics about aspiration and alienation, hedonism crossed with thwarted desire. The blade might be smooth, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t sharp.“
The 4CD edition boasts 72 tracks across four themed discs with music from the likes of Michael McDonald, Toto, Average White Band, Christopher Cross, George Benson, Al Jarreau, Steve Winwood, Chaka Khan, Curved Air, Carly Simon, Randy Crawford, Little Feat, Robert Palmer, Chicago, Steve Miller Band and many more. The 24-track 2LP vinyl version simplifies and divides the offering into two categories: ‘Sunshine’ and ‘Moonlight’.
Katie Puckrick presents A Yacht Rock Odyssey will be released on 30 August, via Demon Music.
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Tracklisting
A Yacht Rock Odessey Various Artists /
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Some of the most beloved West Coast classics this side of Malibu.
- Christopher Cross / Ride Like The Wind [45 Version]
- Starbuck / Moonlight Feels Right
- George Benson / Turn Your Love Around
- Carly Simon / You Belong To Me
- Kenny Loggins / This Is It
- Raydio / You Can’t Change That
- Average White Band / Whatcha Gonna Do for Me
- Bobby Caldwell / What You Won’t Do For Love
- Boz Scaggs / Lowdown [Single Version]
- Robbie Dupree / Steal Away
- Al Jarreau / Mornin’
- Pablo Cruise / What’cha Gonna Do?
- Gino Vannelli / People Gotta Move
- Ace / How Long
- Stephen Bishop / Save It For A Rainy Day
- The Pointer Sisters / He’s So Shy
- Steve Winwood / Valerie (original 1982 recording)
- Player / Baby Come Back
- Chaka Khan / Through The Fire [45 Version]
- Toto / Africa
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CD 2 SIRENS OF THE SEA
Female singer-songwriters and interpreters who broadened the palette of Yacht Rock.
- Olivia Newton-John / Magic
- Nicolette Larson / Lotta Love
- Laura Allan / Opening Up To You
- Carole Bayer Sager / It’s The Falling In Love
- Carly Simon / It Keeps You Runnin’
- Curved Air / Touch Of Tequila
- Lauren Wood / Save The Man
- Samantha Sang / Emotion
- Rajie / Last Chance
- Evie Sands / Lady Of The Night
- Maria Muldaur / Open Your Eyes
- Holly Near / Back Off
- Kiki Dee / Love Is A Crazy Feeling
- Akiko Yano / Telephone Line
- Diane Tell / Tes Yeux
- Wendy Waldman / Cold Back On Me
- Karla Bonoff / Someone To Lay Down Beside
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CD 3: DEEP DIVE
Shining a light on rare Yacht treasures.
- Maxus / Nobody’s Business
- Toto / Georgy Porgy
- Average White Band / Isn’t It Strange
- Greg Guidry / Show Me Your Love
- Dane Donahue / Freedom
- Randy Crawford / That’s How Heartaches Are Made
- Paul Anka / Walk A Fine Line
- Robbie Dupree / Brooklyn Girls
- Little Feat / Red Streamliner
- Robert Palmer / Every Kinda People
- Larsen-Feiten Band / Who’ll Be The Fool Tonight
- Lake / Key To The Rhyme [Album Version]
- Leo Sayer / Easy To Love
- Amy Holland / How Do I Survive
- Pages / The Sailor’s Song
- Airplay / Nothin’ You Can Do About It
- Bill Champlin / Keys To The Kingdom
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CD 4: NIGHT SAIL
A smoochy set to keep you and the moon company.
- The Jones Girls / Nights Over Egypt
- Michael McDonald / I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near)
- Grover Washington Jr. And Bill Withers / Just The Two Of Us
- Kenny Rankin / Creepin’
- Steve Winwood / Hold On
- Chicago / Wishing You Were Here
- Lonette McKee / Maybe There Are Reasons
- Ned Doheny / Get It Up For Love
- Loggins & Messina / Move On
- JD Souther / Midnight Prowl
- Michael Sembello / Lay Back (Menage À Trois)
- Robert Palmer / Give Me An Inch
- Kool & The Gang / Too Hot
- Pousette-Dart / Band Winterness
- Bernie Leadon / Glass Off
- Steve Miller Band / Sacrifice
- Christopher Cross / Sailing
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By Paul Sinclair
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