Katie Puckrik Presents A Yacht Rock Odyssey (Signed) (Signed edition)

Description

What is 'Yacht Rock'? Yacht Rock is the affectionate nickname for the lush West Coast sound of the 1970s and 80s. Broadly speaking it's soft rock jazzed up with soulful flourishes, twinned with aspirational lyrics yearning for a better life. A categorisation of grouping songs with a shared DNA, years after they were originally recorded!

Yacht Rock is enjoying reappraisal by a new generation of music lovers driven by the genre's sonic sophistication, as well as nostalgia for a Miami Vice-tinted past.

'A Yacht Rock Odyssey' has been curated by TV and radio broadcaster and newspaper columnist, Katie Puckrik into four separate musical voyages of discovery that are the epitome of cool sophistication, with smooth grooves polished to perfection by session musicians and producers at their creative peak. As Katie's intro to the genre draws you in, each of the tracks has been annotated to provide background, as she recalls her BBC TV series "I Can Go for That: The Smooth World of Yacht Rock".

Featuring the Artists long associated with the genre including Michael McDonald, Toto and Average White Band, they sit alongside Boz Scaggs, Carly Simon, Robert Palmer, Robbie Dupree, Stephen Bishop and the Pointer Sisters, with a sprinkling of stardust by Olivia Newton-John, Chicago and Christopher Cross, playing the kind of music piped through quadrophonic speakers on a Sunseeker, as it heads out to sea!

For this connoisseurs' collection, Katie has gathered 72 of the smartest, deepest cuts in the Yacht canon, along with classic tracks from the supremos of smooth. In compiling this set, her choices reflect compatibility of vibes, a musical kinship across the era, and a whiff of adults-only ennui.

CD1 Luxury Yacht — some of the most beloved West Coast classics this side of Malibu.
CD2 Sirens Of The Sea — female singer-songwriters and interpreters who broadened the palette of Yacht Rock.
CD3 Deep Dive — shining a light on rare Yacht treasures.
CD4 Night Sail — a smoochy set to keep you and the moon company.

This limited edition 4CD set comes with a signed art print of Katie.