Culture Factory USA specializes in quality reissues and with their Vinyl Replica Collection interesting west coast and AOR releases are featured. Currently with releases from: Marc Jordan, Toto, Jim Messina, James Taylor, Poco and more. More information at the Home of Legends of Rock.
Billy Thermal reissue
Unreleased 1980 album from ace songwriter with 5 #1 singles. Before Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, Whitney Houston, The Bangles, Pretenders, and Heart had mega-hits with his songs, Billy Steinberg was the leader of California’s Billy Thermal! Billy Steinberg’s ability brought him to the attention of producer Richard Perry (Harry Nilsson, Ringo Starr, Barbra Streisand), who signed …
New single from Robbie Dupree
Robbie’s brand new single, In God’s Country, is available now for pre-order on iTunes. Be the first to hear it before the official release date of September 2. In God’s Country features outstanding performances by Christopher Cross, Jeff Pevar, Tony Levin, Doug Yowell and Thad DeBrock. The song is rich in atmosphere as it paints …
Live In New York 1973
During their on-going career, California rockers, The Doobie Brothers have sold over 40 million albums worldwide! This Concert, recorded in West Hempstead, New York in 1973, features one of the band’s classic line-ups with Tom Johnson, Patrick Simmons, Tiran Porter & John Hartman. Tracks include such classics as ‘Listen to the Music’, ‘Jesus Is Just …
A heart of rock music – Martina Edoff
For decades, Martina Edoff has been a familiar name in the Swedish music business. As the backing vocalist for Dr Alban, E-Type and more Swedish artists than we’ve got space to mention, her phone number has been the one to have whenever you’ve needed a pro behind the star. At the same time she’s been …
Collected
Universal Music in Netherland has released a the Gino Vannelli compilation titled “Collected”. 3 CD´s featuring 51 tracks from Gino Vannelli´s career. Tracks: CD1: People Gotta Move, Felicia, Lady, Poor Happy Jimmy, Powerful People, Keep On Walking, Love Is A Night, Love Me Now, Mama Coco, Fly Into This Night, Love OF My Life, Summers …
Down At The Whistle Stop
An old man with long gray whiskers came through the train cars selling popcorn, chewing gum and candy. “Hey!” said one of his customers. “I thought young boys were supposed to do your job.” “I was a boy when this train started.” (Thomas W. Jackson, 1903). Returning to his early 70’s musical roots, when he …
L.A Connection released by Escape Music
Escape Music has released the 13th AOR album, a music journey that guitarist and songwriter Frédéric Slama started many years ago and has over the years been an important person in keeping the west coast and AOR music alive. The new album is featuring “who´s who” of the studio cats and featuring some new music …
Tribute to Ted Gardestad
16 swedish artists are gathered on the Ted Gardestad tribute album “För Kärlekens Skull” to honor this legendary singer songwriter. Ted Gardestad is most known in the west coast music world for his album “Blue Virgin Isles” released in 1978 featuring: Jay Graydon, Lee Ritenour, Steve Lukather, Fred Tackett, John Collins, David Hungate, Ray Brown, …
New Richard Marx album
Beautiful Goodbye is the 11th studio album (30th overall) by singer/songwriter Richard Marx. It was released on July 8, 2014. It is his first new studio album since his 2008 albums Emotional Remains and Sundown, although a seasonal album Christmas Spirit was issued in 2012. The album was preceded by the single “Whatever We Started” …