Trax featuring Phil Perry, Jakki, Roy Ayers, Club 69

Shower the people – Phil Perry (Written by James Taylor … moving on from his group The Montclairs, his duet, Perry & Sanlin and background sessions – Phil embarked on his solo career stopping off on such labels as Peak and Capitol before settling with Shanachie Records)

You are a star – Jakki (This eight piece group released this trak on Mel Cheren’s ‘West End Records’ – written by Ken Gibson and produced John Gomez/Elliot Rosoff … remixed by the inventor of the 12 inch single, Tom Moulton)

Funk in the hole – Roy Ayers (Multi-instrumentalist Roy has been recording since the early Sixties when he worked with Herbie Mann … also known as ‘Slow Tarzan’ – this trak was inspired by “Tower of Power”s Horn Section, a trak featured on his ‘Virgin Ubiquity’ album(s) which were previously from un-released sessions)

Take a ride – Club 69 (Studio assemblage put together by Peter Rahoufer formally of Austria’s GiG Records and later of New York’s Star 69 … vocals and lyrics by Connie Harvey who was also one of the lead singers on Beat 4 Feet album also on GiG)

Trax featured Will Downing, Gonzalez, LaToya Jackson, Club 69

Wishing on a star  –  Will Downing (After being the lead vocalist on Arthur Baker’s House/Garage studio group “Wally Jump Junior & The Criminal Element” … Will signs to Island Records and this trak is from his second album ‘Come together as One’)

Haven’t stop dancing  –  Gonzalez (Written by Gloria Jones and remixed by John Luongo  … a U.K, band who had a revolving musicians – their album was renamed and released after this trak)

Hot potato  –  LaToya Jackson (Michael Jackson’s middle sister drops this slice of Boogie … co-written by Amir Bayyan & released on Private I Records – it features the lyrics “Let the door knob where the dog shoulda bit you”)

Warm Leatherette  –  Club 69 (Written by Mute Records’ supremo Daniel Miller as “The Normal” and re-energised by Grace Jones – the late Swiss Dj/Producer/Remixer Peter Rahoufer re-brands the trak with vocals by Kim Cooper)

Trax featured Will Dowining. Gonzalez, LaToya Jackson, Club 69

 

Wishing on a star – Will Downing  (Will takes this Rose Royce classic and put his own stamp on it … )

Haven’t stopped dancing  –  Gonzalez  (U.K. Soul/Disco/Funk shows that they are just as good as their U.S. counterparts)

Hot Potato – LaToya Jackson  (Michael’s middle sister brings you this slice of Boogie feat. lyrics ‘let the door knob hit you where the dog shoulda bit you’)

Warm Leatherette  –  Club 69  (The late Peter Rauhofer puts his production skills in full throttle on this The Normal/Grace Jones nugget)