Today’s trax

 

 

Now that i have you  –  Teena Marie (Known for being  the most successful white artists on black owned Motown Records … one of ‘Lady T’ favourite artist was the late Minnie Riperton known for ‘Lovin you’ – this trak and album was written & produced by Minnie’s husband Richard Rudolph)

Love shadow/Standing in the shadows of love  –  Deborah Washington (After Gloria Gaynor had a Disco hit with a Motown song – it was Deborah turn to try … produced by Mike Piccirillo and George Tobin)

Smokin Cheeba Cheeba  –  Harlem Underground Band (Featuring George Benson and Ann Winley … written and produced by Paul Winley and released on interestingly creative Paul Winley Records)

Your attitude  –  Kim Cummings (Music Station was a label known for ‘The New Jersey Sound’ which had a House/Garage backbeat and Soul or Gospel vocals)

Today’s trax

 

 

I wish it would rain – David Sea (Released on Magic City Records & recorded at ‘Sound of Birmingham’ Studios, Alabama … background vocalists includes Dennis Edwards)

Make me believe in you  –  Melba Moore (From the album ‘This is it’ – written by Curtis Mayfield, produced by Van McCoy & mixed by Tom Moulton … there is also another mix by Richie Rivera)

Take it easy  –  Brass Construction (Released and recorded before their United Artists debut in 1975 which sent them into the Funk stratosphere … this trak was re-released on Kenny ‘Dope’ Gonzales’s Kay-Doe Records)

I’m the only queen  –  Norma Jean Bell (Also known as ‘I like the things you do for me’ … with inspiration from ‘Pull up to the bumper’ – the simplicity is what makes this trak )

Today’s trax

 

 

Ballad of the sad the sad young men  –  Roberta Flack (When i first heard this song i thought it was about gay men but after a few more listens my interpretation is – it’s was about alcoholism … from Roberta’s album ‘First Take’)

Body to body boogie  –  Orlando Riva Sound (O.R.S. was released on Salsoul in the U.S.A – this Anthony Monn led German group only release one album from which this trak is culled)

Groove it to your body  –  Michael Wilson (When the bass guitar was replaced by the bass keyboard,  Electro-Funk was born – also known as Boogie … mixed by Prelude’s in-house mixer Francios Kevorkian)

Free (A Stone of Hope)  –  Tracy Hamlin featuring Keith Snipes (Inspired the the speeches of the late great Martin Luther King … a trak from Tracy’s deluxe edition cd released on DJ Spen’s Quantize Recordings)