Passion  –  Shirley Brown (From the first Shirley and last Stax lp comes this stormer of Southern Soul where you can not only hear but also feel the soul in her voice)

The Runner  –  The Three Degrees (After leaving Philadelphia International via a short stop at Columbia Records they hit the ground running at Ariola with this Sheila Ferguson penned – Giorgio Moroder produced wonderment)

If you got it, you’ll get it – The Headhunters (Herbie Hancock’s backing band steps out by themselves wit no participation by the man himself except for his production skills)

Flight – Studio Apartment featuring Monique Bingham (Studio Apartment is Masanori Morita and Noboru Abe – a Japanese duo who also own Apt and Apt International Records)