Various Artists - GRP & WNUA 95.5 Present Smooth Sounds, Volume IV (1991)

GRP brilliantly marketed its sampler CDs in conjunction with smooth jazz radio stations, often for charity (in this particular case, Ronald McDonald Children's Charities).

Billboard, October 17, 1992, pp. G-22, G-26.

For this compilation the radio station partner is WNUA, formerly a smooth jazz station in Chicago (1987-2009). There's a little overlap with other 1991 CDs from other stations, but since the releases were directed at different markets, no harm done. Good music from GRP artists. Pick up a GRP sampler if you see one at the used CD store or a garage sale.

Peak on the US Billboard Top 200 chart: Did not chart

Tracks:

1. North Star by The Rippingtons, from the album Curves Ahead ✔
2. Our Love is Here to Stay by Dave Grusin, from the album The Gershwin Connection
3. You Mean Everything (To Me) by Tom Scott, from the album Keep This Love Alive
4. Nobody Does Me by Diane Schuur, from the album Pure Schuur
5. Jamaica Heartbeart by Acoustic Alchemy, from the album Back on the Case ✔
6. Cool Nights by Gary Burton, from the album Cool Nights  ✔
7. Turn Out the Light by Eric Marienthal, from the album Oasis 
8. Tomorrow (Better You, Better Me) by Nelson Rangell, from the album Nelson Rangell ✘
9. Quiet Beauty by Special EFX, from the album Peace of the World
10. What Exit? by Spyro Gyra, from the album Collection ✔
11. Shadows by David Benoit, from the album Shadows
12. That's the Way of the World by New York Voices, from the album Hearts of Fire ✔
13. Natural Selection by Dave Samuels, from the album Natural Selection
14. One of Us is Over 40 by The Chick Corea Elektric Band, from the album Beneath the Mask

At the time, the GRP roster included The Crusaders, Yellowjackets, and George Howard. I would have enjoyed a cut from those guys, too, but no one asked me to put together a compilation. I know, it's a mystery to me as well.

Personal Memory Associated with this CD: None, picked up for $2.99 out of a used bin this past week.

On a side note, this is the first blog post to come to you from the newest CDP blog headquarters. If all goes according to plan, this should be the last relocation for a good long while. _🤞

Previously revisited for the blog:
GRP Presents The Cool Sound of CD 101.9, Volume IV (1991)
GRP and The Oasis 106.1 FM present Oasismusic 1 (1990)