Too Slow to Disco Volume 1 (2LP Vinyl)

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.?

The 'How Do You Are’ label 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.

1. Ned Doheny - Get It Up For Love

2. Micky Denne And Ken Gold - Let's Put Our Love Back Together

3. Rupert Holmes - Deco Lady

4. White Horse - Over And Done With

5. Browning Bryant - Liverpool Fool

6. Nicolette Larson - Lotta Love

7. Alessi Brothers - Do You Feel It?

8. Photoglo - Steal Away

9. Brian Elliot - Room To Grow

10. Chicago - Saturday In The Park

11. Don Brown - Shut The Door

12. Matthew Larkin Cassell - Rendezvous

13. Pages - If I Saw You Again

14. The Doobie Brothers - Losin' End

15. Fleetwood Mac - Sugar Daddy

16. Robbie Dupree - Steal Away

17. David Batteau - Spaceship Earth

18. Tony Joe White - I've Got A Thing About You Baby

19. Jan Hammer Group - Don't You Know