Various – Vacation From My Mind : 70’s 80’s AOR, Jazz-Funk Soul Pop Rock Music Album Compilation

Various – Vacation From My Mind : 70’s 80’s AOR, Jazz-Funk Soul Pop Rock Music Album Compilation

Label: Forager Records – FOR-LP006
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: US
Released: Jun 23, 2022
Genre: Jazz, Rock, Funk / Soul
Style: AOR, Jazz-Funk, Soul, Soft Rock

Tracklist

A1 Adventure / Unlimited – Rainy Day Blues
A2 Jeanette Baker– Vacation From My Mind
A3 Naz Jazz– Each Moment We Survive
A4 David Buckland – Celia
A5 Mary Haynes – We Can Love
A6 Manzzano– Why Must It End This Way
B1 The Care Package – The Storm
B2 Sunshine Earth Band – If I Had Loved You
B3 Roger Allan Hughes – The Cosmic Fool
B4 Utopia – Lejos De Mi
B5 AOH– The Answer Lies In Love
B6 Kerry – Not So Long Ago
Bonus Download Tracks
DL1 Jeanette Baker– Loves Like A Stranger
DL2 The Care Package – Ooh Song
DL3 Sunshine Earth Band– Tuesday Afternoon

Phonographic Copyright – Forager Records
Published By – Foraged Sounds

Design, Artwork – Eric Thompson
Reissue Producer – Matthew Bruce
Remastered By, Restoration – Sam Hirschfelder

Comes with a download code which includes 3 bonus tracks not on the LP
[Rear sleeve:]
Published by Foraged Sounds, 2022 ? Forager Records
In loving memory of Jeanette Baker, David Buckland, Paul Irvin, Don Houge, and Sally Ann Diaz

A1 – 1977
A2 – 1973
A3 – 1980
A4 – 1981
A5 – 1978
A6 – 1980 [1981 according to 7″ label but 1980 is the year the artist said they recorded it]
B1 – 1973
B2 – 1976 [1978 according to 45cat but said to be recorded by Michael Margraf in 1976]
B3 – 1975
B4 – 1980
B5 – 1977
B6 – 1973

DL1 is the B side of Jeanette Baker – Vacation From My Mind / Loves Like A Stranger cf. A2
DL2 is the B side of The Care Package – Storm cf. B1
DL3 is the A side of a 7″ from 1978

“Vacation From My Mind is a sonic realignment of melancholic soul, breezy soft rock, & mellow jazz-funk. This album is a thoughtfully curated collection of 12 rare and obscure tracks from 1973 to 1981.” Source: https://foragerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/vacation-from-my-mind (the album is also available digitally)

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