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Trax feat. First Choice, M.F.S.B., Brothers Johnson, Blaze

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All I need is time – First Choice (From the album “The Player” on Stan ‘The Man’ Watson “Philly Groove Records” and produced by Stan Watson plus Norman Harris – written by Bud Reneau … was also recorded by Roy Orbison as well as Gladys Knight & The Pips)

T.S.O.P. – MFSB featuring The Three Degrees (The Sound of Philadelphia – this trak became the theme tune for Don Cornelius’s musical television show “Soul Train” … collective of session musicians working mainly out Sigma Sound Studios, Philadelphia known as Mother, Father, Sister, Brother – released their Philadelphia International Records)

Mista Cool – Brothers Johnson (Signed to A&M Records with the help of Quincy Jones who used them on some of his trax and also produced a variety of their albums … real life brothers formed their band as a quartet which also includes another of their sibling)

Live a happy life – Blaze featuring Billy Hope (written by Josh Milan & Kevin Hedges released on Sumo Records … Blaze appeared originally as a trio releasing trax on such independent label as New York’s Quark – later releasing a long player on Motown Records)

Trax feat. Brothers Johnson, Tasha Thomas, Ohio Players 6th Borough Project

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Treasure  –  Brothers Johnson (Written by Rod Temperton who penned monster hits for Michael Jackson & was part of Heatwave, a Soul/Funk band assigned to the U.K.’s GTO Records … Brothers Johnson were real life by brothers were got their break by being part of Quincy Jones’s army of musicians – he also produced their albums)

Hot buttered boogie  –    Tasha Thomas (Tasha was on a roll  – having become a top session vocalist in New York, being a cast member of the hot new Broadway show “The Wiz” and a scorching new solo album … sadly to say she developed cancer and died shortly afterwards)

Sweet Sticky Thing  –  Ohio Players (The Players were an underground Soul/Funk band who recorded albums on Capitol & Westbound but it was not until they tied up with Mercury Records that they hit gold … they had gold albums and singles so frequently that they called their greatest hits just that : Gold)

Read my mind  –  6th Borough Project feat. paul Joseph (6th Borough Project are Craig Smith and Graham Clark – name was inspired by New York’s five boroughs … 6.B.P. started off as re-editers and remixers on such record labels as ‘L.E.S.S. Productions’, ‘Instruments of Rapture’ & ‘Delusions of Grandeur)

Trax feat. Miles Jaye, Melba Moore, Brothers Johnson, Cevin Fisher

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I’ve been a fool  –  Miles Jaye  (Signed to Teddy Pendergrass production company and released by Island worldwide)

You stepped into my life   –  Melba Moore  (Written by The Bee Gees and mixed by John Loungo  – Columbia/CBS’s in-house remixer …. Columbia is now called Sony)

Ain’t we funkin’ now  –  Brothers Johnson : George and Louis decides to ‘funk’ up the joint … Quincy on production)

Music saved my life  –  Cevin Fisher (…Gotta thank God for the music  – if it wasn’t for the music i don’t know what we’d do  …. those words says it all)