Today’s trax

 

 

Now that you’re gone  –  Martha Wash (Talent – sadly to say is not enough to be successful otherwise this lady would have been a mega-star … she was one of  ‘Two Tons o’ Fun and The Weather Girls, most of the vocals of Black Box, duetted with Luther Vandross and of the immortal vocal opening line ‘Everybody dance now’ …  her name should have been instantly recognisable but – it isn’t)

Castles in the sky  –  The Futures (This group turned up on Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff’s Gamble  Records then unto Buddah Records (from which is the lp  title trak – now on cd with bonus trax) then back with Gamble & Huff’s on their Philly International Records)

Prime Cut  –  Rhythm Makers (This trak is the b-side to Zone – released in the U.K. on Polydor – an absolute corker … this band was renamed GQ (Good Quality) and were assigned to Arista Records – the name is quite apt as their recordings are of GQ)

Fly  –  280 West featuring Diamond Temple (An un-hurried Garage trak released on Phuture Sole Records out of Newark, New Jersey … with background vocals by Kenny Bobien – this is as elegant production which mainly went un-noticed by the majority of record buyers)