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Trax featured Tashan feat. Alyson Williams, Grace Jones, Con Fun Shun, Jasper Street Company

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Got the right attitude  –  Tashan feat Alyson Williams (Uncredited Alyson was also recorded for Def Jam – primarily a Hip Hop label who later had an “Original Black Records” imprint for their Soul output … Tashan also known as Thomas Jerome Pearse was Def Jam’s first Soul artist)

Comme un oiseau qui s’envole  –  Grace Jones (Previously recorded by Maximelien on CBS … Grace released this trak as a ‘b’ side of a single – however it was not featured on the album but has since been included in “Disco”, the triple cd of her Sigma Sound Productions)

Burnin’ love  –  Con Fun Shun (Named after a trak by ‘The Nite Liters’ – Con Fun Shun were originally assigned to Tennessee’s Fretone Records before moving to Mercury they were originally were known as ‘Project Soul’)

A feelin’  –  Jasper Street Company (Basement Boys “Gospel House” off-shot group .. license from their Basement Boys label to U.K.’s Azuli Records with additional mixes including ‘The Helly & Farley Project mix)

Trax featured Angela Bofill, John Davis & The Monster Orchestra, Locksmith, Jasper Street Company

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Under the moon and over the sky  –  Angela Bofill (Angela was assigned GRP – a Jazz/Soul headed by David Gruisin & Larry Rosen … writing by the lady herself which is a track from her album “Angie”)

Up jumped the devil  –  John Davis & The Monster Orchestra (Released on New York’s independent “Sam Records”  – this trak has since been remixed by 6th Borough Project and others … recorded at Sigma Sound Records where Disco was invented)

Unlock the funk  –  Locksmith (This sextet recorded only one album – for Arista Records which was produced by Harvey Mason with assistance from Kenny Mason)

God helps those who help themselves  –  Jasper Street Company (Basement Boys productions featured assortment music who helped the Basement Boys formulate their sound … named after the street where they are based)

Trax feat. Meli’sa Morgan, Bionic Boogie, Beggar & Co, Jasper Street Company

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I remember  –  Meli’sa Morgan (Meli’sa had previously released an uncredited single under the name ‘Shades of Love’ moniker before joining studio band “High Fashion” then going solo … released on Orpheus Music headed by Charles & Beau Huggins)

Boogie Boo  –  Bionic Boogie (After his major Disco success with Andrea True Connection – writer/producer Gregg Diamond got together with the cream of New York’s session musicians and called them Bionic Boogie … signed & release by Polydor Records)

Rising sun  –  Beggar & Co (As an off-shot of London’s ‘Light of the World’- the premier Jazz-Funk band in the U.K … Beggar and Company was assigned to RCA and became a hit band as the horn section section on Spandau Ballet’s Chant No. 1)

Smile  –  Jasper Street Company (“Every time i see your smiling face, it reminds me of the good Lord’s grace” are the opening verse – a Basement Boys release … a genre known as Gospel House has gain prominence in clubs across the world )