Today’s trax

 

 

Am i dreaming  –  Atlantic Starr (Formed by the Lewis Brothers – David, Johnathan and Wayne along with Sharon Bryant as a co-lead vocalist, they were assigned to ‘A & M’ Records (Herb Alpert & Jerry Moss)  … written by Sam Dees and produced by James Anthony Carmichael – known for his productions of The Commodores and Lionel Ritchie)

Munich Machine – Munich Machine introducing The Midnite Ladies (Giorgio Moroder was having hits with Donna Summer & Roberta Kelly so he decided to condense them into a medley which was the whole of the ‘b’ side of the lp … originally released on his own ‘Oasis Records’)

Butterfat  –  David Sanborn (After playing sessions on a variety of Jazz and Pop records including Esther Phillips, George Benson & Players Association – saxophonist David has a magical start with the first trak of his first lp … released on Warner Brothers Records)

Spread Love  –  Lenny Fontana presents Black Sun (Lenny was Paradise Garage participant – so not surprisingly that when he went to produce trax including cover versions – he did not turn them into manure … originally recorded by Al Hudson & The Soul Partners)

Today’s trax

 

 

Violet, don’t be blue  –  Herbie Mann featuring Cissy Houston (Herbie was virtuoso flautist who changed with the times which was sometimes ‘out of step’ with the purists … Cissy is now better known as Whitney’s mother however she was a top session vocalist in her own right and part of ‘The Sweet Inspirations’ vocal quartet)

Don’t let go  –  Isaac Hayes (Written by the musical titan Jesse Stone and recorded by Manhattan Transfer amongst others … Isaac re-arranged it into a big booming Disco trak the simmers without boiling over)

Do it anyway you wanna  –  Cashmere (Co-written by Bryan Loren as B.L Hudson and featured Dwight Dukes formally lead vocalists of Heaven & Earth – a Chicago based quartet … released on Philly World)

Too many fish in the sea – Frankie Knuckles featuring Adeva (Also known as Patrica Daniels on vocals … Frankie – ‘The Godfather of House’ at the helm and David Morales on the mixing desk nothing more is needs to be said)

Today’s trax

 

 

I rather leave while i’m in love  –  Thelma Jones (Released during the height of Disco … where it got lost except to a small minority – there has now been renewed interest in her works … original singer of ‘This is the house that Jack built’ made famous by Aretha Franklin)

Bump me baby  –  Dooley Silverspoon (Once known as ‘Little Dooley’ and grown up and assign to Seville Records – amazingly enough he had more U.K. releases than U.S. … they were distributed by President Records)

Freezing Fire  –  Weather Report (Headed by Josef Zawinul – this band has had a plethora of top notch musicians with went on to work with as solo and/or featured artists … recording predominately for Columbia/CBS – known as Sony)

Never  –  Jomanda (These ladies came to my knowledge via their Quark Recordings before recording for the then independent Big Beat Records out of New York)