"SOFT ROCK, VANILLA FUNK, YACHT ROCK, there’s different names for the same thing. In the taste-conscious music world for years now people have laughed at the L.A.-sound from this era with its super-smooth, over-lavish, luxury-laden excesses. Yet this sound is everywhere these days, echoing down the years, influencing the likes of Midlake, Haim, Gonzales, John Grant, Ariel Pink, out to the more discofied sounds of Chromeo, Breakbot, and Todd Terje. And what was Daft Punk’s „Random Access
Memories“, if not an album entirely dedicated to late 70s L.A.?Our friends at the label ‚How Do You Are’ unearthed some of the lesser-known but still beautiful mood music of this period, by people who were often still starting out, or would write their biggest hits years later, but who surfed the West Coast wave penning some total gems. With this first volume of TOO SLOW TO DISCO they want to share some of the great acts and songs that made the mid-late 70s California scene so awesome. Even though this is not officially a CITY SLANG release, we helped the guys who curated this gem. Because we love the stories behind the music and we love the chills these tunes send down our spine."
Memories“, if not an album entirely dedicated to late 70s L.A.?Our friends at the label ‚How Do You Are’ unearthed some of the lesser-known but still beautiful mood music of this period, by people who were often still starting out, or would write their biggest hits years later, but who surfed the West Coast wave penning some total gems. With this first volume of TOO SLOW TO DISCO they want to share some of the great acts and songs that made the mid-late 70s California scene so awesome. Even though this is not officially a CITY SLANG release, we helped the guys who curated this gem. Because we love the stories behind the music and we love the chills these tunes send down our spine."
TRACK LISTING
A1. Ned Doheny – Get It Up For Love
A2. Micky Denne And Ken Gold – Let's Put Our Love Back Together
A3. Rupert Holmes – Deco Lady
A4. White Horse – Over And Done With
A5. Browning Bryant – Liverpool Fool
B1. Nicolette Larson – Lotta Love
B2. Alessi Brothers – Do You Feel It?
B3. Photoglo – Steal Away
B4. Brian Elliot – Room To Grow
C1. Chicago – Saturday In The Park
C2. Don Brown – Shut The Door
C3. Matthew Larkin Cassell – Rendezvous
C4. Pages – If I Saw You Again
C5. The Doobie Brothers – Losin' End
D1. Fleetwood Mac – Sugar Daddy
D2. Robbie Dupree - Steal Away
D3. David Batteau – Spaceship Earth
D4. Tony Joe White – I've Got A Thing About You Baby
D5. Jan Hammer Group – Don't You Know