Trax feat. Aretha Franklin, Grace Jones, Love Unlimited Orchestra, Dj Spen

Willing to forgive – Aretha Franklin (Aretha “Queen of Soul” was first recorded in 1956 in Detroit, U.S.A., – the ‘Gospel’ album was eventually released on Chess Records … writers/producers Kenneth ‘Babyface’ Edmonds & Darryl Simmonds first came to prominence as part of the self-contained group “Manchild” who assigned to Chicago’s “Chi-Sound” label)

Below the belt – Grace Jones (Heading back to Sigma Sound Studios, Philadelphia – Producer, 12 Inch Inventor, Remixer Extra-Ordinaire (and percussionist aka ‘Moto’) Tom Moulton armed himself with John “Monster” Davis and an assortment of Philadelphia’s finest session men and women that were available for Grace’s second ‘platter’)

Somebody gonna off the man – Love Unlimited Orchestra (From the original sound track of “The Together Brothers” – music & lyrics courtesy of Barry White and arranger by Gene Page … uncredited are such luminaries as Melvin ‘Wah Wah Watson” also Nathan East & Ray Parker Junior)

Thanks to you – Dj Spen with Tracy Hamlin (Trak taken from Quantize Records ‘head honcho’ Sean Spencer’s album “Transition” – who puts his own spin on a ‘Paradise Garage’ favourite … Tracy stretched the musical boundaries whilst with Jazz combo “Pieces of a Dream” also was part of The Basement Boys’s ‘Sublevel’ pseudonym)

Trax featuring Aretha Franklin, Poussez, The Rhythm Machine, Nu Rhythmix

Search on  – Aretha (After a very successful tenure at Atlantic – Aretha decided to move unto pastures new, settling at Clive Davis’s Arista Records … written by Chuck Jackson who also wrote with Marvin Yancy who was also part vocal group ‘The Independents’)

Never gonna say goodbye  –  Poussez (Multi-percussionist/drummer Alphonse Mouzon formed this studio band with former member of both ‘Luther’ & ‘Musique’ – vocalist extraordinaire Christine Wiltshire … released on Vanguard Records)

The Kick  –  The Rhythm Machine (Indianapolis, America, based Funk band who released the bulk of their output on local collectable label ‘Lulu Records’ … this trak was not included on their album re-release)

Babylon  –  Nu Rhythmix (featuring ‘Reverend  Feel Good’ – written by Grant Nelson & released on U.K.’s Swing City Records … inspired vocally by ‘Soul Power –  Spensane’)

Trax feat. Aretha Franklin, Loleatta Holloway, Don Blackman, Pound Boys

“A Summer Place”  –  Aretha Franklin (“A Summer Place” was an instrumental theme from a film of the same name – made famous by Percy Faith Orchestra, this is the vocal version by “The Queen Soul which was an independent release)

Good good feeling  _  Loleatta Holloway (Loleatta’s second album was again recorded Sigma Sound in Philadelphia – produced by Norman Harris for his ‘Harris Machine’ production  company – released on his “Gold Mind” imprint as part of the deal with Salsoul Records)

Dead hook-up Connection  –  Don Blackman (Known primarily for his first solo album on Arista Records … his keyboard wizardy can be found in works by Weldon Irvine, Lenny White, Bernard Wright and others)

Jack it up  –  Pound Boys (Released on “Look At You Records” formally of Denver, Colorado before it moved to Chicago where ‘House Music’ was born … co-written by Karen Gordon who known the “House Heads” as ‘Dajae’)