Phoenix  –  Buckshot Lefonque featuring Frank McComb ( Brandford Marsalias pseudonym was is inspired by the musician – ‘Buckshot Le Funke’ who was featured on Louis Smith debut for Blue Note Records … Frank reminds us of what Quality, is both vocally and musically – boobeescoot.com for more information)

Brand new day  –  The Wiz Stars featuring Diana Ross & Michael Jackson (From the film The Wiz  which was also a Broadway show  …  written by Luther Vandross and produced by Quincy Jones for Motown Productions – a division of Motown Records)

Interpretations – Soul Power No.1.  –  Soul Impossibles (Written and produced by Clyde Perkins who was also the lead vocalist recorded and released their one and only single … released on small independent Champ Records)

Those who have (those who have not)  –  Mitch Dixon (Written by Andrew Komis & Anne Saunderson – wife of Inner City’s Kevin Saunderson … released on Andrew’s First Choice Records and distributed by in the U.K by Network Records)

King Heroin  –  James Brown (There was a New York avant-garde band called James Chance & The Contortions also known as James White & The Blacks  … i actually heard their version before the James Brown original … a Polydor release from album ‘There it is’)

Right there in the socket  –  Shalamar (They started out as a studio outfit from the mind of Simon Soussan who pitched the idea to Soul Train entrepreneur Don Cornelius & assistant Dick Griffey … Dick took over Soul Train Records and renamed it Solar Records subtitled ‘Sound Of Los Angeles Records’ who released this trak)

Take your praise  –  Camille Yarbrough (Known for the original work which was sampled by Fatboy Slim also known as Norman Cook …there is so much more to this talented lady than one trak – she is also a writer, poet, activist and more – camilleyarbrough.com for more information)

I got my education  –  Uncanny Alliance (What seemed to start out as a sent up of : ‘Homeless – Crystal Waters’  ended up being a rather interesting trak  … writing by Orville Brinsley Evans & David Cole of C & C Music Factory/Clivilles & Cole)

Stay in my corner  –  Patti Labelle (Then signed to MCA Records and on a roll after her global monster duet with Micheal McDonald – Patti puts her own stamp on a trak closely associated with Chicago’s The Dells)

Sell my soul  –  Sylvester (Although this is a Disco trak – it is Black Church, a Gospel performance – Sylvester was at the top of his game … written by Lionel Azulay & released on Fantasy Records however there has recently been another compilation of his Fantasy hits)

Super Freak  –  Rick James (Big hit in the Soul/Funk clubs until M.C. Hammer sampled it for his monster hit ‘U can’t touch this’ … the ‘new school djs’ started scurrying to find the original for their musical arsenal)

Don’t scandalise my name  –  Kym Mazelle (Kym came to prominence via a few independent 12″ produced by Marshall Jefferson – signed on the dotted line to E.M.I. in the U.K. … this trak appeared on her remixed U.S lp/cd Brilliant – mixed by Steve ‘Silk’ Hurley)