The Westcoast Bible: 250 Rare Westcoast / Aor albums from 1979 to 1986 - The Lost Masterpieces

By Frédéric P. Slama

1st Anniversary Edition !!! (New look, new infos, new pics ! + 30 albums more) REMASTERED EDITION !In The Westcoast Bible 1 - 250 rare Westcoast & Aor albums (+ 30 albums for this 1st anniversary remastered edition), you will only find the best albums you can buy without hesitation from 1979 to 1986 which are the highlight years of the Aor & Westcoast genre.Except for a couple of albums, CCM has been intentionally left out of this volume, though there are many Aor / Westcoast masterpieces in this genre you can discover in The Westcoast Bible 2.Most of these albums features an incredible cast of musicians & producers like: Steve Lukather, Jeff Porcaro, Michael Landau, Dann Huff, Richard Page, David Foster, Jay Graydon, Mike Porcaro, Tom Keane, Abraham Laboriel, Russ Kunkel, Michael Thompson, Carlos Vega, Neil Stubenhaus, John Robinson, Robbie Buchanan, Mike Baird, Waddy Wachtel, David Paich, James Harrah, David Sanborn, Steve George and sometimes lesser known musicians who are as good as the famous studio cats.So you can buy them with confidence. Every album included in this volume has something to offer to every one.If you like artists like Pages, Nielsen-Pearson, Marc Jordan, Bill LaBounty, Sneaker, Greg Guidry, Larry Lee, Robbie Dupree, David Roberts, Steely Dan, Christopher Cross or The Eagles, you will find many albums in that style.But if you dig more the rockier side of Aor like Toto, Airplay, The Front, Dakota, What If, Leroux, Keane, Beckett, Prism, John O'Banion, Richard Marx, Survivor and many others, you will also find great gems in this book.For this publication, I've selected the lost gems, the lesser known albums & the forgotten masterpieces of Aor music. Most of them are only available on LP's and sometimes a little hard to get. Some albums are presented in their Japanese versions with a variant cover. Just for the pleasure of the artwork sometimes more "Westcoast" than the original U.S. release.Most of them are made in L.A. or recorded in the USA, but there are a few exceptions with fantastic bands from Holland or Germany among others, with a real cool L.A. sound !The albums are classified in alphabetical order and divided in 8 chapters ranging from 1979 to 1986, the golden age of Aor music. So here's for your listening pleasure the 280 forgotten gems from 1979 to 1986. So you'll have the choice between 280 masterpieces for this remastered edition celebrating the 1st year of release of the original Westcoast Bible.Time to complete your collection !

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1549736582
• ISBN13: 9781549736582
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.4" x 6.0"