Today’s trax

 

 

Love T.K.O.  –  Womack & Womack (Not being a boxing man – i had no idea ‘tko’ meant ‘technical knock out’ – which my sister tortured me with – in a good way … co-written by Linda and Cecil Womack – this trak was a monster hit for Teddy Pendergrass)

Under the lights of Montreal  –  Montreal (One-off lp from Canadian production company … featuring Uchenna Ikejiani – now known throughout the recording industry as Carol Jiani)

Love (is gonna be on your side)  –  Firefly (Also known as ‘Love and friendship’ were an Italian boogie band … original lps/singles released on Mr. Disc Organisation records)

Loving is really my game  –  Ann Nesby (Originally written and sung by Brainstorm featuring Belita Woods … Steve ‘Silk’ Hurley on production and remixing skills)

Today’s trax

 

 

Shaw Biz/suddenly that’s how i like to feel/Shaw biz  –  Marlena Shaw (Marlena is singing about life …  ‘left on the stage of life with nothing but battery operated love’ … are some of the lyrics)

Summertime  –  MFSB (Sigma sound recording studio house band and Philadelphia International recording artists covers George Gershwin masterpiece)

Ha cha cha  –  Brass Construction (First trak from Brass Construction second long playing effort delivering a slice of powerhouse Funk)

It’s yours  –  Jon Cutler featuring E-Man (Released on the tiny Chez Music out of New York – this trak engulfed the world’s dance floors)

Today’s trax

 

 

Especially for you  –  Manchild (A seven piece self-contained unit which included Kenny ‘Babyface’ Edmonds, Reggie Griffin & Darryl Simmons … originally assigned to Carl Davis’s Chi-Sound Records)

Don’t beat around the bush  –  Salsoul Orchestra (Vince Montana – writer/arranger/producer extra-ordinaire along with his posse of ‘Sigma Sound’ regular session musicians delivers this underground classic)

Don’t give me up  –  Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes (Veteran Harold Melvin soldiers on through Soul, Disco and now delivers this bone fide slice of Boogie on new label ‘Philly World’)

Moonshine  –  Kenlou (Before ‘Masters at Work’ & ‘Nuyorican Soul’ – Kenny ‘Dope’ Gonzalez and Louie Vega recorded under a variety of  monikers including ‘Kenlou’ which used the first syllables of their christian names)