AOR Radio Exclusive: Cruising The Boulevard In A Fancy Open Car

C-Heads Magazine
“Cruising the boulevard in a fancy open car”, as Wendy Waldman sings in Long Hot Summer Nights, that’s the mood of this cloudcast. Feeling the excitement about things to come, experiencing the joy of life, when you drive around with the radio on.

According to Bandcamp, Earl McGrath was the ultimate jet setter, an art collector and comic bon vivant who stumbled into the record business between legendary parties in New York and LA. After his death in 2016, some of the demos he had recorded in the seventies were literally found in a closet. Light In The Attic recently put them together on an album for the first time: Earl’s Closet: The Lost Archive of Earl McGrath, 1970​-​1980. The opening track of this cloudcast, Mark Rodney’s California is one of the tracks.

"He's a maniac. He just moved in next door. He'll kill your cat and nail it to the door."

(original lyrics for what would later become Maniac, the song for the movie Flashdance).

Enjoy this FM Radio episode for subscribers only! 

Tracklist:

Ed Motta – AOR (2013)
Mark Rodney – California (1970s)
Work Drugs – Doubts (2022)
Quarterflash – Harden My Heart (1981)
Chicago – You’re The Inspiration (1984)
Marlene – Do You Love Me? (1981)
Michael Sembello ‎– Maniac (1983)
Sons of Champlin – You (1976)
FCC – Falling Out Of Love (1980)
Rupert Holmes – Deco Lady (1975)
Wendy Waldman – Long Hot Summer Nights (1978)
Pål Thowsen – Summer Song (1983)
Stylus – Live It On Up (1979)
Jakata – Golden Girl (1984)
Johnny Gamboa – That Good Old Feeling Back Again (1973)
The New Seekers ‎– It's The Real Thing (1971)
James Taylor – Carolina In My Mind (1976)
Andrew Gold ‎– Lonely Boy (1976)
State Cows – Hold On (2022)
Big Country – In A Big Country (1983)
Irene Cara – Why Me (1983)
New Arcades Feat. Dana Jean Phoenix – Don’t Stop Dreaming (2021)

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