AOR Radio: Late Summer Night

C-Heads Magazine

Let’s close the curtains, shut down the sun and tune in to AOR late summer night radio! 

When her career seemed to go downhill in the 1970s, it did not necessarily mean that Aretha Franklin did not make any good records anymore. I specifically like the album You from 1976, which contains It Only Happens (When I Look At You). She then was and she will always be the one and only Queen of Soul.

I also selected a track from the new album Down To The Strip by Ash Reynolds:

“Put on your gladdest of drags and hit the main thoroughfare; for his debut album Reynolds is taking us to town and he's doing it with serious sonic style. Down To The Strip is a hazy, dusky balmy LA Miami night circa 1985.”

(Juno)

Tracklist:
Aretha Franklin – It Only Happens (When I Look At You) (1975)
Rupert Holmes – Him (1979)
Jimmy Messina – Love Is Here (1979)
Gino Vannelli – Feel Like Flying (1978)
Lee Ritenour Feat. Eric Tagg – Sunset Drivers (1984)
Work Drugs – On The Gold Coast (2018)
Lindisfarne – Run For Home (1978)
Starbuck – Moonlight Feels Right (1976)
Little River Band – The Night Owls (1981)
Ash Reynolds – Under The Moon (2018)
ABC Dialect – The Heat (2018)
Carole King – Disco Tech (1978)
Janne Schaffer – Atlanta Inn 2419 (1976)
Shadow – Piece A Cake (1981)
John Stewart & Stevie Nicks – Gold (1979)
Andrus Blackwood & Co. – Step Out Of The Night (1982)
Nielsen & Pearson – Too Good To Last (1983)
The Kazu Matsui Project Feat. Robben Ford – Standing On The Outside (1983)
Daryl Hall + John Oates – Open All Night (1982)
Patrick Simmons Feat. Tower Of Power – Sue Sad (1983)
Michael James Murphy – Living Again (1983)
Finis Henderson – Blame It On The Night (1983)
Evie Sands – One Thing On My Mind (1975)
Marilyn Scott – Let's Not Talk About Love (1979)
Con Funk Shun – Too Tight (1980)
Debarge – Rhythm Of The Night (1985)
Michael McDonald – Sweet Freedom (1986)
Oattes Van Schaik – Could This Be Love (1985)
Tony Antoniou ‎– Send In The Night (1984)