Album Oriented Record

 Pretty ambitious set for Arista to be promoting to Album Oriented Radio in 1978. Really only successful with one of them.

Bonus points for including tracks from one of my favorite obscurities, The Strawbs.


Arista AOR Sampler 1978




A1     –Patti Smith-Because The Night 3:22
A2     –Patti Smith-Privilege (Set Me Free) 3:27
A3     –Strawbs-Joey & Me 3:52
A4     –Strawbs-I Don't Want To Talk About It 3:56
A5     –John Miles-I Have Never Been In Love Before 4:45
A6     –John Miles-No Hard Feelings 3:12
B1     –Ian Dury-Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll 3:06
B2     –Ian Dury-Wake Up & Make Love To Me 4:30
B3     –Nick Lowe-I Knew The Bride 2:40
B4     –Elvis Costello-Miracle Man 3:40
B5     –Lou Reed-Gimme Some Good Times 3:15
B6     –Lou Reed-Street Hassle 4:00
C1     –Outlaws-Holiday 4:40
C2     –Outlaws-Hurry Sundown 4:21
C3     –Kevin Lamb-You're On The Wrong Track 3:37
C4     –Dickey Betts & Great Southern-Good Time Feeling 4:23
C5     –Dickey Betts & Great Southern-Atlanta's Burning Down 4:25
D1     –Loudon Wainwright III-Watch Me Rock I'm Over Thirty 2:49
D2     –Loudon Wainwright III-Natural Disaster 3:45
D3     –Jerry Garcia Band -Rubin And Cherise 5:00
D4     –Jerry Garcia Band-Gomorrah 5:07