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NEW FEATURED SONG FROM EXPECTATIONS OF LOVE

We've just added David's recording of "Night of Our Lives" as a "Featured Song" on our site. It's from his Expectations of Love CD. 

TO HEAR "NIGHT OF OUR LIVES" AND OTHER SONGS FROM EXPECTATIONS OF LOVE, 
visit our SOUNDS page.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS CD, CLICK HERE.

TO ORDER DAVID'S EXPECTATIONS OF LOVE OR ANY OF HIS AVAILABLE CDS, visit our CONTACT/SHOP page.

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DAVID'S EXPECTATIONS OF LOVE CD 
MAKES "SWEET RHYTHMS" CHART IN THE U.K.!

David's Expectations of Love CD is Number 19 on the "Sweet Rhythms" chart in the United Kingdom, according to SolarRadio.com, which unveils a new list every week. 

The chart is based on a combination of record sales in specialty shops throughout the U.K. and play lists of DJs who play soul or jazz either in clubs or on the radio. SolarRadio.com notes that, "The chart is broad-based enough to include some soulful garage and urban contemporary sounds - and even the occasional jazzy rap - but the main thing that stands out is the pure quality of the music."

TO HEAR SONGS FROM EXPECTATIONS OF LOVE, 
visit our SOUNDS page.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS CD, CLICK HERE.

TO ORDER DAVID'S EXPECTATIONS OF LOVE OR ANY OF HIS AVAILABLE CDS, visit our CONTACT/SHOP page.

NEW LINKS PAGE ON OUR SITE!

Check out our new LINKS page!

We've included sites based all over the world that feature David in some way, discussion groups, music sites, and sites of some artists with whom David has worked over the years, including a whole section of James Taylor-related links.

Please feel free to suggest any other links. Write to dlwebmaster@davidlasley.com with David Lasley - Links in the subject line.

FAN PHOTOS

We're thinking of adding a page to the Photos section of our site featuring photos of David taken by fans (either performing or with you). If you'd like to be included, please send photos as follows by email to webmaster@davidlasley.com with David Lasley - Fan Photos in the subject line.

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DAVID FEATURED ON SOUL WALKING WEB SITE 

Check out the new page devoted to David on Soul Walking, a terrific web site about "soul music - past, present & future." David joins a stellar roster of artists profiled on the site including Patti Austin, Anita Baker, James Brown, Angela Bofill, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Chaka Khan, Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle, Smokey Robinson, Brenda Russell, Luther Vandross and many others. (Most of the artists just mentioned have recorded David's songs.) The beautifully designed site also has CD reviews, photos and links, among other things. 

Click HERE then scroll down to the "L" section and click on David's name. Or, you can take this link to go directly to David's section. 

The site also features an interesting opinion piece that discusses "What Is Soul?" In it, David is referred to in the following excerpt: 

"When I say that 'I struggle' with some artists, what I mean is that they have, unquestionably, had an enormous input on the real soul market. I am talking about the likes of Michael Franks, Dusty Springfield, Carole King, David Lasley, Bernard Oattes, Brecker Brothers etc. Now, I love the output that has originated from these great people and I would consider them to be within the real soul fraternity."

Thanks to Soul Walking webmaster Toby Walker for including David on his site! 

PRAISE FOR DAVID IN OLD MICHAEL FEINSTEIN INTERVIEW

Also, we just unearthed the following quote about David from a 1998 interview with Michael Feinstein by music/entertainment writer Gregg Shapiro about Feinstein's Michael & George: Feinstein Sings Gershwin (Concord Jazz). 

Waxing Rhapsodic with Feinstein 
The Past is Part of Present for Michael Feinstein 
by Gregg Shapiro 

Gregg Shapiro: 

On your album Michael and George, you have a wonderful trio of some of my favorite back-up vocalists. You have David Lasley, Bruce Roberts and Arnold McCuller, three of the best voices in the world, next to yours of course. How did you come together with the three of them? 

Michael Feinstein: 

I've known Bruce socially for many years and we've spoken about doing some work together for as many years as we've been acquainted with each other. We were at Bruce's house one day and started talking about the Gershwin centennial and doing an album and we went down to Bruce's studio and we literally just started on it. He turned on some equipment, flipped some switches, and we started doing an album. It grew out of the hanging out with Bruce. 

And then he brought David and Arnold in and I was thrilled to be able to do that kind of a spin on the Gershwin songs. For me, to be able to push the envelope a little bit, yet retain the essence of what the songs are about was the real trick. To be able to go a little bit farther, but use Gershwin's harmonies and certain things that I consider essential for the recognition of the pieces. It was a great challenge and it was very exciting. That's one of the reasons that this recording is my favorite of all those that I've done. Usually, I'm not so positively minded towards recordings because there are always things that I don't like. But this one, I really think that it was done so carefully. We really wanted to make sure that it would achieve something that was different from me and different for people who love Gershwin, and yet retain the essence. It's been a real joy.

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MORE DAVID NEWS SOON!

And, if you haven't visited our SOUNDS page recently, check out the new songs we just added. 

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NEW FEATURED SONGS FROM EXPECTATIONS OF LOVE

For August's "Featured Songs" on our site, we've just added "Expectations of Love" and "Dancin' On The Smooth Edge" from David's new Expectations of Love CD (Expansion Records). We've also added "The Right Way," another song from that recording.

"Dancin' On The Smooth Edge," written by David and Robbie Long, was also recorded by Whitney Houston. "The Right Way" was featured in the film of the same name. 

TO HEAR THESE SONGS

Visit our SOUNDS page. 

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS CD AND REVIEWS

For more information about Expectations of Love and reviews, see BELOW. 

TO ORDER DAVID'S CDs

To order Expectations of Love (or any of David's CDs), visit our CONTACT/SHOP page. 

AND FINALLY...

We'll have "sounds" from David's upcoming retrospective Back to Blue-Eyed Soul next month! 

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We're pleased to report that David's recent overseas CD releases -- Expectations of Love on Expansion Records (Great Britain), Soldiers on the Moon on Cool Sound (Japan) and Rosie's Better Late Than Never on BMG Japan (Japan) -- ARE NOW AVAILABLE ON OUR SITE. (And the "official" release of Back to Blue-Eyed Soul is imminent.) 

Click here for DETAILS on each recording.
Click here to ORDER them. 

We've learned that the CDs are selling very well in England and Japan, and "Expectations of Love" is getting substantial radio airplay and favorable press attention in the U.K. 

EXPECTATIONS OF LOVE

Ralph Tee, owner of Expansion Records which issued Expectations of Love, reported on his web site that the CD is "already MASSIVE on the underground soul circuit." 

And Jean-Luc Raymond, who runs the West Coast Rendez-Vous web-site ("The Official Site for West Coast Music in France"), reviewed "Expectations of Love" recently, saying (translated from French): 

"I have just received yesterday David LASLEY's new album (Expectations of Love) on Expansion Records UK... And this is a killing album! One of the best albums I have listened to these past few years... So inspiring, very nice production... Incredible vocalist, songwriter... Beautiful music by marvelous musicians (Jay Oliver, David Benoit, Dominic Messinger, Todd Robinson...) and also of course Arnold McCuller incredible background vocals parts. 

Pay attention to this wonderful album... Thanks to this guy to bring us wonderful music just at the nice time (for the beginning of summer). His new album is a perfect one... Pure Soul and West Coast Music. Enjoy good music!"

On behalf of David, thanks Jean-Luc! 

MORE REVIEWS - DEMOS and LAST DANCE

Also, some months ago -- December 1999 to be exact -- the Adult Contemporary Music in Japan web site reviewed David's first two Cool Sound CD re-issues, Demos and Rosie's Last Dance, as follows (translated from Japanese): 

DEMOS
"David Lasley, known for his incredible falsetto vocals and good songwriting works such as "Jojo" performed by Boz Scaggs, made a demo album and distributed in very limited number of vinyl in 1981 for the purpose to show his songwriting talent and to get the deal as a solo artist. As a result, David had succeeded to release his masterpiece album "Missin' Twenty Grand" in 1982 under EMI America. And needless to say, many songs on this demo album were recorded by many artists in 80's. 

This demo album has been one of most wanted collector-items among crazy Westcoast /AOR fans for a long time because of its marvelous sound quality and perfectness achieved by the support of very talented musicians such as David Sanborn, David Benoit and others. And now, COOL SOUND has succeeded to get this demo album (24 tracks on 2 Vinyl as original) alive again with a quite large number of bonus tracks. 40 tracks on 2 CD remastered by Bob Stone!! For your information, several tunes including on the original Demo album are the alternative version featuring David Lasley's own vocals instead of those of guest vocalists." 

LAST DANCE
"Another David Lasley related album has been reissued on CD also in November. "Last Dance" (1977) is the 2nd album of the trio vocal group "Rosie" David belonged before starting his solo activity. You can confirm the musical roots of David Lasley by listening to this album."

Thanks for the nice comments! 

These two albums are also available on our site. 

Click here for details on Demos
Click here for details on Last Dance
Click here to ORDER them. 

Just in time for the 4th of July holiday, we've added two new FEATURED SONGS to our Sounds page: "I'm Waving My Flag" from David's Demos CD and "Warm As The Wind" from his Soldiers on the Moon CD. Check them out!

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We're excited to report that three new releases of David's work (in addition to the upcoming Back to Blue-Eyed Soul) will be issued this month and next. These CDs will be available on our site as soon as possible. 

EXPECTATIONS OF LOVE
TO BE RELEASED IN THE U.K.

Expansion Records is releasing a CD in the UK and Ireland of all new work by David called Expectations of Love. Among the tracks are songs written by such artists as Phillip Bailey, Josh Kadison, Michael Kamen, Kathy Wakefield, Robbie Long, Robin Lerner, Marsha Malamet, Roxanne Seeman and David himself. Musicians include David Benoit, Bobby Watson, Jay Oliver, Marty Walsh and others. 

SOLDIERS ON THE MOON WITH FIVE BONUS TRACKS 
TO BE RELEASED IN JAPAN

A re-issue of Soldiers on the Moon with 5 bonus tracks will be in stores in Japan on July 25. The CD, released by Cool Sound, which also re-issued David's Demos and Last Dance (Rosie) last fall, features all 11 original tracks plus four alternate takes (of "Soldiers on the Moon," "It's too Late," "Without the One You Love," and "Warm as the Wind") and a new track called "This is Real." Musicians/background vocalists on this highly regarded and sought-after recording include David Benoit, Luis Conte, Rita Coolidge, Bob Mann, Arnold McCuller, Jeff Porcaro and Luther Vandross.

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER (Rosie)
WILL ALSO BE RELEASED IN JAPAN

And, BMG Japan is re-releasing Rosie's first album, Better Late Than Never, on June 25 in Japan. One of this recording's distinctive features is David singing most of the tracks in his low voice. The album includes the talents of Ralph Schuckett, Chris Parker, Bob Babbitt, Lance Quinn, Jeff Mironov, Rick Marotta, Michael Zager, Pee Wee Ellis, Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, Leon Pendarvis and Anthony Jackson backing Rosie (David, Lana Marrano and Lynn Pitney).

DAVID'S WORK FEATURED ON CDs 
BY BRENDA RUSSELL AND JETTE TORP

David's background vocals are featured on Brenda Russell's "Walking in New York" from her new Paris Rain CD (Hidden Beach). Arnold McCuller also sings on this track.

And finally, a song that David wrote called "It's Not Enough" was recorded by a Swedish artist named Jette Torp on her CD What If I Do (EMI RecArt), which was recently certified platinum. 

THANKS FROM DAVID 

THANKS from David to all of you who have written. He appreciates all the compliments. (For David's address, see our Contact page.) 

INTERESTING EBAY ITEM

We were amused to discover an ebay item that offers a 1982-era autograph from David! (for $20, no less!) 

As those of you who have ordered David's CDs from this site know, when you order a CD, you can get a free autographed photo of David right here!

"BACK TO BLUE-EYED SOUL," DAVID'S NEW CD, 
COMING SOON

"Back to Blue-Eyed Soul," a first-time compilation from David's prolific career as a singer, songwriter and background vocalist, will be released very soon. This retrospective features rare recordings dating back to 1966, many of which are being made available for the first time on this CD. 

Among "Back to Blue-Eyed Soul's" selections are songs from two of David's early groups, The Utopias and Rosie, as well as out-takes from his solo albums and other sessions, out-of-print solo singles, movie themes, radio jingles and several previously unreleased recordings. 

Watch the site for more information and an announcement about the release within a few weeks. 

SOUNDS

We've added four song excerpts to the Sounds page, one each from "Soldiers on the Moon," "Demos," "Raindance" and "Missin' Twenty Grand." We'll have sound clips from "Back to Blue-Eyed Soul" very soon. 

PHOTOS

We've also added a new Photos page with some recent pictures of David. 

CREDIT CARDS NOW ACCEPTED

You can now use credit cards to order David's recordings!

DAVID'S MAILING LIST

If you have subscribed to David's mailing list and did not receive an email from the list (containing the above information) within the last 24 hours, please re-subscribe using the box above or on the site's Home page. We've had a few "returned mail" entries. 

Thanks for all your positive feedback on David's work and about the site!

David's web site has been chosen "Site of the Week" by Singer/Songwriter (http://singer-songwriter.com), a comprehensive site with links to official home pages and fan sites for a wide range of musicians as well as music industry search resources. Previous "Sites of the Week" have included those for James Taylor (JTO), Elvis Costello, Sarah McLachlan, Leonard Cohen, Jewel, and Randy Newman, among others. 

Also, a long-time fan of David's has set up a David Lasley discussion group at http://www.egroups.com/group/DavidLasley . 

Thanks to everyone for your positive comments about the site. Look for some new photos of David to be added soon, and also for an announcement about the release of David's long-awaited retrospective CD.

We have added excerpts from three of David's songs to the Sounds page.

They are "Got to Find Love" (featuring James Taylor and Arnold McCuller on backing vocals) from Missin' Twenty Grand, "Afterglow" from Raindance, and "Soldiers on the Moon" from Soldiers on the Moon.

Thanks to all of you who have written to express your enthusiasm for the site!

Many of you have asked about how to order David's recordings if you reside outside the United States, so we wanted to let you know that the Contact/Shop page is now set up to do that.

Welcome to David Lasley's official web site! Here is a message from David.