Smooth Sailing Summer Trip

C-Heads Magazine

Enjoy this fresh smooth sailing summer trip! 😊

Sand In Your Shoes by Al Stewart from his classic album Year Of The Cat only became a hit only in South Africa:

"I was convinced this would be the single. I went to the record company and said, 'Please release 'Sand In Your Shoes' as the single.' And they did... in South Africa. It was a hit in South Africa but it was not a hit anywhere else in the world. This was the beginning and the end of my ability to pick singles. I still think in some parallel universe this is a hit." (Al Stewart)

Released in March 1977, Easy by The Commodores reached number one on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart and number four on the Billboard Hot 100. The song is a slow ballad about a man's emotions at the end of a relationship. Lionel Richie sings that he is not depressed about the break-up and claims that he feels "easy like Sunday morning". Jonathan Coulton did a good job to sound exactly like the original, which he promised us in the liner notes. Even the "uh" sounds the same 😉

Tracklist:

Vulfmon, Evangeline & Woody Goss – Chicago Summer (2025)
Frankie June – Substack Sunday (2025)
Sea Breeze & Papik – Lotta Love (2025)
Emm Gryner – What You Won’t Do For Love (2023) 
Four80East – Ba Ba Brazil [Radio Edit] (2020)
Hareton Salvanini ‎ – Zora Sul (1974)
Mia Doi Todd + José González – Um Girassol Da Cor Do Seu Cabelo (2011)
Amerie – One Thing [Siik Remix] (2015)
Nightshift – Ocean Bay (2007)
Jonathan Coulton – Easy (2020)
Lemuria – All I’ve Got To Give (1978)
Al Stewart –  Sand In Your Shoes (1976)
Space Captain – Blue (2017)
Lui – Oh, Oh (Think I'm Fallin' In Love) (1978)
Jesse McFall & The Funk Elegant Orchestra ‎– Thought You Ought To Know (1974)
Average White Band – Queen Of My Soul (1976)
Sharon Redd, Ula Hedwig & Charlotte Crossley – Now (Sweet Lover Man) (1978)
Arthur Verocai – Presente Grego (1972)