West Coast Music. Westcoast Music. AOR... Here are the 2000 releases!
WEST COAST MUSIC / SOFT A.O.R. ALBUM RELEASES, REISSUES AND PROJECTS Past months of 2000
* mention new additions/changes
JANUARY 2000 * AMBROSIA - AMBROSIA (Warner Bros USA) - reissue - January
* AMBROSIA - LIFE BEYOND L.A. (Warner Bros USA) - reissue - January
* AMBROSIA - ONE-EIGHTY (Warner Bros USA) - reissue - January
* AMBROSIA - SOMEWHERE I'VE NEVER TRAVELLED (Warner Bros USA) - reissue - January
* JEOFFREY BENWARD new album (Ministry Music USA) - Contemporary Christian Music - January
* DAVID CROSBY and GRAHAM NASH - LIVE (MCA/Universal USA) - reissue - January
* DAVID CROSBY and GRAHAM NASH - WHISTLING DOWN THE WIRE (MCA/Universal USA) - reissue - January
* DAVID CROSBY and GRAHAM NASH - WIND ON THE WATER (MCA/Universal USA) - reissue - January
* DAKOTA - LITTLE VICTORIES (Auto-production/Thoughtscape Sounds USA) - feat. Bill Champlin on a duet called Brother to Brother - mid-January
* DAKOTA - THREE LIVE TIMES AGO (Auto-production/Thoughtscape Sounds USA) - live imited edition album - mid-January
* HIGHER GROUND - GHOST IN MY HEAD (ProActive UK) - a 3-CD track single feat. Ghost In My Head, Everlasting Love and a new acoustic version of Keep On Walking - January 31
* JEFFERSON STARSHIP - LOVE SONGS (RCA USA) - Best Of - January 25
* LITTLE RIVER BAND - GREATEST HITS (Capitol/EMI USA) - remastered and expanded incl. 6 bonus tracks - January 25
* LARRY JOHN McNALLY - LOOSE ENDS (Leni Stern Recordings USA) - album with archive tracks feat. Jerry Scheff and Michael Ruff - January 11
* BARRY MANN - SOUL & INSPIRATION (Division One/Atlantic USA) - 11 of his hits with the following guests: Carole King, Bryan Adams, Daryl Hall, Peabo Bryson, Brenda Russell, J.D. Souther, Deanna Carter, Leah Kunkel, Marc Jordan and Richard Marx - produced by Fred Mollin - January 18
* DANNY O'KEEFE - THE DAY TO DAY (in the States) - reissue - January
* DANNY O'KEEFE - RUNNING FROM THE DEVIL (in the States) - reissue - January
* JEFFREY OSBORNE - KREEPIN' (Windham Hill USA) - 12 songs incl. Kreepin, That's For Sure and a live version of love Ballad - January
* PHIL PERRY - MY BOOK OF LOVE (ProActive UK) - a 3-CD track single feat. Ghost In My Head, Everlasting Love and a new acoustic version of Keep On Walking - January 31
* DENIECE WILLIAMS - LOVE SONGS (Columbia/Legacy USA) - Best Of - January
* MARK WILLIAMSON - YOU'RE SO BEAUTIFUL (Universal Music USA) - 4 tracks CD - January
* WILSON PHILLIPS - GREATEST HITS (SBK/EMD USA) - January
* WARREN ZEVON - LIFE'LL KILL YA (Artemis USA) - January 25
FEBRUARY 2000 * AMBROSIA - AMBROSIA (Warner Bros USA) - reissue - February 1
* AMBROSIA - SOMEWHERE I'VE NEVER TRAVELED (Warner Bros USA) - reissue - February 1
* AMBROSIA - LIFE BEYOND L.A. (Warner Bros USA) - reissue - February 1
* BEACH BOYS - GREATEST HITS VOLUME 3 best of Brother Years 1970-1986 (Capitol/EMI USA) - February 1
* MICHAEL BOLTON - WARM AND TENDER LOVE (Columbia/Sony Music USA) - collector EP - track-listing: Soul Provider, That's What Love Is All About, Missing You Now, What You Won't Do For Love, Warm And Tender Love - Valentine's Day
* ERIC CARMEN - I WAS BORN TO LOVE YOU (Pyramid Records USA) - album originally released in Japan on Pioneer LDc with the title "Winter Dreams" - February 29
* RITA COOLIDGE - 20TH CENTURY MASTERS: THE MILLENIUM COLLECTION (A&M/Interscope USA) - February 8
* JAY FERGUSON - WHITE NOISE (Magic Records France) - reissue with one bonus track: Runaway - February
* ADRIAN GURVITZ - CLASSIC (Magic Records France) - 1982 album reissue with one bonus track: Runaway - February
* MICHAEL JOHNSON - HOME FREE (Magic Records France) - 1981 reissue - February
* KAZU FEAT. CARLOS RIOS - THE DIRECTION WEST (Cool Sound Japan) - 1982 reissue - feat. Bill Champlin on lead vocals - February 25
* LENNY LeBLANC - BREAKTHROUGH (Magic Records France) - reissue - February
* LITTLE RIVER BAND - BEGGINNINGS (Magic Records France) - 1978 reissue + 1 bonus CD with 10 tracks - February
* JEFF LORBER - THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION (Arista USA) - Best Of - February 22
* KENNY LOGGINS - MORE SONGS FROM POOH CORNER (Sony Music USA) - feat. the tunes Your Heart Will Lead You Home and Always, In All Ways - February 8
* LOUISIANA'S LEROUX - MUSICIAN (Magic Records France) - reissue - February
* MICHAEL McDONALD - BLUE OBSESSION (Ramp Records USA) - new album - includes covers of Marvin Gaye's, Ain't That Peculiar and Neil Young's Down By The River - February 21
* THE KAZU MATSUI PROJECT - IS THAT WAY TO YOUR HEART (Cool Sound Japan) - 1984 reissue + 1 bonus track: Round The Corner - February 25
* JONI MITCHELL - BOTH SIDES NOW (Reprise/WEA USA) - 12 tracks recorded at Sir George Martin's studio in London, England, with 70 members of the London Symphony Orchestra - co-produced by Larry Klein and feat. Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Mark Isham - February 29
* ROBBIE PATTON - DISTANT SHORES (Magic Records France) - 1981 reissue - February
* TOM SAVIANO - CROSSINGS (in The States) - February 12
* SILVER - SILVER (Magic Records France) - reissue - February
* STEELY DAN - GAUCHO (MCA/Universal USA) - reissue - February 1
* STEELY DAN - TWO AGAINST NATURE (Giant/BMG USA and outside the States Reprise/Warner) - Trak-listing: Gaslighting Abbie, What A Shame About Me, Two Against Nature, Janie Runaway, Almost Gothic, Jack Of Speed, Cousin Dupree, Negative Girl, West Of Hollywood - February 29
* RICHARD TORRANCE - BAREBACK (Magic Records France) - 1977 reissue - February
* GINO VANNELLI - THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION (Hip-O USA) - Best Of - February 14
MARCH 2000 * LARRY CARLTON - FINGERPRINTS (Warner Bros USA) - feat. Michael McDonald and also Vince Gill as lead vocalists - also. feat. Abe Laboriel, Vinnie Colaiuta, Lenny Castro, Luis Conte, Kirk Whalum, Jerry Hey, Gary Grant, Larry Williams - March 27
* AL JARREAU - TOMORROW, TODAY (GRP/IE Music/Verve USA) - feat. Vanessa Williams, Boney James, Rick Bruan, Steve Gadd, Luis Conte, Steve Gadd, Larry Williams - with 2 tunes of Bill Champlin - Produced by Paul Brown - March 9
* HIGHER GROUND - PERFECT CHAOS (ProActive Records UK) - co-produced by Gary Brown - March 7
* RONNIE MILSAP - WISH YOU WERE HERE: THE COLLECTION (Music Club USA) - March 21
* JAY P. MORGAN - PERCEPTUAL (Dreamsville Records Japan) - feat. Bill Champlin, Jay Graydon, David Foster, David
* PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY (Auto-production USA) - A hot new country/rock band from Los Angeles with Michael Carey Scheider, Ex-Sneaker. Their music style is between bands like The Eagles, Restless Heart, etc... - March
* THE TUBES - DAWN OF THE TUBES (Phoenix Gems USA) - March 21
* JOE WALSH - 20th CENTURY MASTERS (MCA/Universal USA) - reissue - March 7
APRIL 2000 * GREG BISSONETTE - SUBMARINE (Favored Nations USA) - feat. Joe Satriani and Robben Ford - April 25
* BRIAN BLADE - PERCEPTUAL (Blue Note/EMI USA) - Joni Mitchell will sing on this Jazz album - April
* KAREN BLAKE - JUST ONE HEART (in Japan) - feat. Christopher Cross, Steve Lukather and Michael Landau - April
* JOHN BUCCHINO album (in The States) - feat. Jimmy Web and Art Garfunkel - April 25
* BILL CANTOS - MOVIE IN THE NIGHT SKY (in various territories) - co-produced by Andy Waterman and recorded in California at The Bakery Recording Studios - feat. Michael Shapiro (on drums), Michito Sanchez (on percussion), Jerry Watts (on bass), Mari Falcone... - tracklisting: Can't Go Back, Can I Help It, All This Love, New Red Coat, The Deepest Blue, Perfect Dat, Give Me That Smile, Precious, I'll See You Tonight... - April 4
* MARI FALCONE - ...AND ALL THIS (in various territories) - co-produced by Andy Waterman and recorded in California at The Bakery Recording Studios - feat. Michael Shapiro (on drums), Michito Sanchez (on percussion), Jerry Watts (on bass), his husband Bill Cantos... - tracklisting: Rosalina, And All This, My Soul, Jojo's Call, Dawn, Bach, Song For Terri, My Father's Love, I Will Sing, Vision, Farewell For Now - project completed by mid-september - April 4
* ADRIAN GURVITZ - CLASSIC SONGS (Cool Sound Japan) - April 25
* ADRIAN GURVITZ - NO COMPROMISE (Cool Sound Japan) - album never released before (archives) - April 25
* JIM PHOTOGLO - FLY STRAIGHT HOME (Grifftone USA) - new album - April
* HAMISH STUART - SOONER OR LATER (Compass Records USA) - April 11
* NEIL YOUNG - SILVER AND GOLD (Reprise/Warner USA) - feat. songs Young has been playing live for several years - in the Harvest acoustic vein and with guest appearances of Linda Ronstadt and Jim Keltner - April 25
* VARIOUS ARTISTS - WHERE THE HEART IS movie soundtrack (in The States) - feat. Bonnie Raitt and Beth Nielsen Chapman - April 28
