Sunshine Radio: Greetings From The West Coast

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There is no doubt that the best musicians lived on the West Coast in the 1970s. Even Motown moved from Detroit to L.A. for a better creative climate. So no wonder that the West Coast sound was flourishing those days!

The Keane Brothers were a duo of teen brothers from L.A. who released four albums and briefly hosted a television variety show on CBS. DJ Supermarkt wants You’re Running Away, produced by David Foster and Lamont Dozier, from their album Taking Off, on one of his future Too Slow To Disco compilations. The problem is that he has not been able to get it licensed yet. The rights are not clear, according to Universal, the owner of ABC Records. DJ Supermarkt will perform in my home town Groningen on the 13th of September, by the way. He will be one of the acts during the Rooftop Sessions at Forum Groningen.

Although he kept on recording for more than 40 years, Dutch singer Albert West was most successful early in his career, around the mid-seventies. He had a string of hits in the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria and some Scandinvian countries. Because of his androgynous appearance (he looked a bit like Dutch female football player Lieke Martens), he was even some kind of teen idol at the time. In 1975 he came second in the Dutch round of the Eurovision Song Contest, just behind Teach-In who would later win the grand final in Sweden. Because of his surname, Albert West cannot be missed on a cloudcast about the West Coast 😊

Tracklist:

Thierry Condor – Touch By Touch (2016)
Raydio – Jack & Jill (1978)
Brian Elliot – Summer Nights In Hollywood (1978)
Alan Sorrenti – Tu Sei L'Unica Donna Per Me (1979)
Stylus – Live It On Up (1979)
Jakata – Golden Girl (1984)
Pages – Clearly Kim (1978)
Pure Prairie League – You're Mine Tonight (1981)
Cheese – City Life (1977)
Mud – Laugh Live Love (1976)
Albert West – Sunday (1972)
E.L.O. – Strange Magic (1975)
The Babys – Isn’t It Time (1977)
Chicago – Alive Again (1978)
The Keane Brothers – You’re Running Away (1979)
Player – Baby Come Back  (1977)
Steve Miller Band ‎– Fly Like An Eagle (1976)
Maxine Nightingale ‎– Get It Up For Love (1977)
Bobby Bland – Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City (1974)
Ambrosia – Holdin' On To Yesterday (1975)
Page 99 – Healing Waters (2024)

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