HELEN REDDY-REDDY

Helen Reddy-Reddy (1979)

1. Trying To Get To You
2. Perfect Love Affair
3. The Magic Is Still There
4. Make Love To Me
5. Minute By Minute
6. Let Me Be Your Woman
7. You're So Good
8. Words Are Not Enough
9. Sing My Heart Out

Helen Reddy always had some West Coast flavor in her music. But on this LP she also added some disco to the mix. She had members of Chicago & Tower Of Power help her out on the Doobies' Minute By Minute and Valerie Carter's Tryin To GetTo You. Make Love To Me was a minor hit, reaching #60.

MICHEL COLOMBIER-MICHEL COLOMBIER

Michel Colombier-Michel Colombier (1979)

1. Sunday
2. Take Me Down
3. Dreamland
4. Queen's Road
5. Overture
6. Bird Song
7. Layas
8. Do It
9. Spring
10. The Dancing Bull
11. Autumn Land

Enjoy some great West Coast jazz fusion from keyboardist, Michel Colombier while you enjoy the warmth of early Spring. The Godfather of French Fusion enlisted a host of great session players to play on this LP, such as Herbie Hancock, Lee Ritenour, Jaco Pastorius, Steve Gadd and others.

NITEFLYTE-NITEFLYTE

Niteflyte-Niteflyte (1979)

1. All About Love
2. If You Want It
3. Sunshine
4. Make It Right
5. Get On The Fun
6. Tryin' To Find
7. I Wonder
8. Easy Come
9. No Two Alike

Niteflyte was formed & led by singers, Sandy Torano & Howard Johnson (not the restaurant). Their 1979 debut yielded a Top 40 hit in If You Want It. The album also featured such notable players as, the Brecker Brothers, David Sanborn & Hamish Stuart.

BOB WELCH-THREE HEARTS

Bob Welch-Three Hearts (1979)

1. Three Hearts
2. Oh Jenny
3. I Saw Her Standing There
4. Here Comes The Night
5. China
6. The Ghost Of Flight 401
7. Precious Love
8. Church
9. Come Softly To Me
10. Devil Wind
11. Don't Wait Too Long
12. Little Star

This was Welch's follow-up to very successful debut, French Kiss. It hit #20 on the Top Album Charts, spawning the Top 20 hit, Precious Love and the minor hit, Church. Along with a Beatles cover and some help from Stevie Nicks, Mick Fleetwood & Christine McVie, Welch writes some good pop rockers as well as the spooky The Ghost of Flight 401. This album should have received more play than it did.

IMAGES

Images by K-Tel (1980)

1. Should've Never Let You Go-Neil & Dara Sedaka
2. Shining Star-The Manhattans
3. Only A Lonely Heart Sees-Felix Cavaliere
4. Desire-Andy Gibb
5. One Fine Day-Carole King
6. Gee Whiz-Bernadette Peters
7. Do That To Me One More Time-Captain & Tennille
8. Take A Little Rhythm-Ali Thomson
9. Let Me Love You Tonight-Pure Prairie League
10. Three Times In Love-Tommy James
11. Suspicions-Eddie Rabbitt
12. Too Hot-Kool & The Gang
13. We Were Meant To Be Lovers-Photoglo
14. Please Don't Leave-Lauren Wood

Here's a special treat for you. A 1980 K-tel collection filled with lots of hard to find songs. Each one of these songs was a Top 40 hit, many in the West Coast style.

JOHN STEWART-BOMBS AWAY DREAM BABIES

John Stewart-Bombs Away Dream Babies (1979)

1. Gold
2. Lost Her in the Sun
3. Runaway Fool of Love
4. Somewhere Down the Line
5. Midnight Wind
6. Over the Hill
7. The Spinnin' of the World
8. Comin' Out of Nowhere
9. Heart of the Dream
10. Hand Your Heart to the Wind

In remembrance of John Stewart, who passed away one year ago today, here is the biggest album of his career, criminally out of print. It reached #10 on the album chart and spun off 3 Top 40 hits: Gold (#5), Midnight Wind (#28) and Lost Her In The Sun (#34). With contributions from Stevie Nicks & Lindsay Buckingham, this 'daydream believer' made one of the best California folk rock albums of the 1970s.

ROGER VOUDOURIS-RADIO DREAM

Roger Voudouris-Radio Dream (1979)

1. Get Used To It
2.Just What It Takes
3. Does Our Love (Depend On The Night)
4. We Can't Stay Like This Forever
5. Radio Dream
6. Anything From Anyone
7. We Only Dance 'Cause We Have To
8. The Next Time Around
9. Reprise

This is Roger's 2nd album, which was produced by Michael Omartian, and included the Top 40 hit, Get Used To It. Guest musicians include the Brecker Brothers and Jay Graydon.