Category: Melodic Rock | AOR

Album-oriented rock (abbreviated AOR) is an American FM radio format focusing on album tracks by rock artists. AOR evolved from progressive rock radio in the mid-1970s, using research and formal programming to create an album rock format with greater commercial appeal.

Paris Black – Discography (2 CD) – 1989 – 1990, MP3

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Genre: AOR / Pop Rock
Country artist: Canada
Year: 1989 – 1990

1989 – Secret Seduction – 00:39:57
01. Better Get Ready 03:38
02. Buried Alive 03:37
03. Black & White 04:28
04. What´s Come Over You 03:30
05. Why Me 01:30
06. Two Worlds 03:47
07. So You Fall For It All 05:20
08. Barely 03:46
09. Lover 04:04
10. Every Emotion 03:16
11. The Rising Line 03:38

Line-Up:
Paris Black – Vocals
Musicians:
Bass – Howard Ayee
Drums – Graham Lear
Guitars – Doug McKaskil
Keyboards – Steve Sexton
Back-Up Vocals – Jay Speziale, Neil Donnel

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Bill LaBounty – Bill LaBounty 1982

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Genre: Westcoast / AOR
Country: USA
Year: 1982

01. Livin’ It Up
02. Didn’t Want To Say Goodbye
03. Dream On
04. Slow Fade
05. Comin’ Back
06. Look Who’s Lonely Now
07. Never Gonna Look Back
08. It Used To Be Me
09. Nobody’s Fool
10. Secrets

Vocals: Bill Labounty
Keyboards: Bill LaBounty, Clarence McDonald, Greg Phillinganes, Nyle Steiner, Ian Underwood
Guitar: Steve Lukather, Dean Parks
Bass: Chuck Rainey, Willie Weeks
Drum

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Dan Lucas – Discography – 1992-1996 – (4 CD), MP3

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Country: Germany
Genre: Melodic Rock | AOR
Year: 1992-1996

1992 – Canada – 00.52.07
1992 – Canada (Remastered 2007) – 01.19.52
1994 – 2000! – 01.01.26
1996 – News – 00.56.36

1992
Dan Lucas – Lead and Backing Vocals
Robert Papst – Keyboards, Hammond Organ, Guitars, Synthesizers
Les Chak – Guitars
Ed Straker – Bass
Leo Johnson – Drums
Jim Foster – Guitars on “Someone’s Girl”
Tony Lakatos – Sax-Solo on “Coming Home”

Guests
Angie Layne, Rocko Bourgois, Jim Foster, J?rg Sieber, Andy Slavik – Backing Vocals

1994
Dan Lucas – Lead and Backing Vocals, Acoustic Guitar

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SPEEDWAY BLVD. – Speedway Boulevard [Rock Candy remaster] 2014

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The Rock Candy Remaster (handled by Jon Astley) is excellent, enhancing the original master tapes with brilliant results.

01 – Speedway Boulevard
02 – Chinatown
03 – (Think I Better) Hold On
04 – Dog In The Distance
05 – Out Of The Fire
06 – Telephoto Lens
07 – Prisoner Of Time
08 – Money, Money
09 – (Call My Name) Rock Magic
10 – A Boulevard Nite

Roy Herring Jr. – Vocals, percussion, piano
Gregg H

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Brad Love – Soaring Solo 2007

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Piano music written by the lead vocalist/pianist for progressive rock band Aviary. Trained as a classical pianist, continues studying & teaching classical piano.

1. Before The Light Of Day
2. Wounded
3. To Be In Love
4. Love And Honour
5. Warrior
6. Janine
7. Am I Dreaming?
8. I Think You’re Lovely
9. I Do
10. Ice Caves
11. Home
12. Techno Toccata
13. Soaring
14. How ‘Bout A Kiss?

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Robin Beck – Discography – 1979-2013 – (10 CD), MP3

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Country: USA
Genre: Melodic Rock | AOR
Year: 1979-2013

1979 – Sweet Talk (Vinyl Rip) – 00.39.56
1989 – Trouble Or Nothing – 00.39.20
1992 – Human Instinct – 00.50.14
1994 – Can’t Get Off – 00.52.53
2003 – Wonderland – 00.39.50
2005 – Do You Miss Me – 00.49.45
2007 – Livin’ On A Dream – 00.51.51
2009 – Trouble Or Nothing (20th Anniversary Edition) – 00.56.20
2010 – The Great Escape – 00.44.38
2013 – Underneath – 00.41.03

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John Wetton – Jack-Knife/Monkey Business [Digital Remastered] 2014

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Digitally remastered two CD set containing a pair of releases from Prog icon John Wetton (Asia/UK/King Crimson) recorded with his old mate Richard Palmer-Jones Jackknife was recorded in 1979 in between stints with UK. Monkey Business contains track that the two musicians worked on together from 1972 to 1997.

1. (Flourish)
2. Too Much Monkey Business
3. Confessions
4. Easy Money
5. The Night Watch (Live)
6. Woman
7. (False Start)
8. Untitled
9. Rich Man Lie
10. Cologne 1977
11. The Laughing Lake 1
12. The Good Ship Enterpr

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John Wetton & Richard Palmer-James – Monkey Business by 2014

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There’s a great King Crimson album to be programmed from these 2 albums as listenable as any of the discs of the 1970s. Just take the following songs from the 2 discs and copy them all to one cd-r and voila, you have another classic Wetton/Palmer-James/Crimson disc with all of the formerly-heard/repeated tunes being fresh and different versions than those previously heard on any other Crimson compilations:

1. (Flourish)
2. Too Much Monkey Business
3. Confessions
4. Easy Money
5. The Night Watch (Live)
6. Woman
7. (False Start)
8. Untitled
9. Rich

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John Wetton – In Session 2015

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Release Date: March 1, 2015
Label: Purple Pyramid Records
Genre: Prog AOR

1 Mother – John Wetton
2 Eminence Front – John Wetton
3 Breakfast in America – John Wetton
4 Bohemian Rhapsody – John Wetton
5 Jet Airliner – John Wetton
6 Your Own Special Way – John Wetton
7 All You Need Is Love – John Wetton
8 Hey You – John Wetton
9 Dancing Days – John Wetton
10 The Laws of Nature – John Wetton
11 Us & Them – John Wetton
12 Penny Lane – John We

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