I rather leave while i’m in love  –  Thelma Jones (Released during the height of Disco … where it got lost except to a small minority – there has now been renewed interest in her works … original singer of ‘This is the house that Jack built’ made famous by Aretha Franklin)

Bump me baby  –  Dooley Silverspoon (Once known as ‘Little Dooley’ and grown up and assign to Seville Records – amazingly enough he had more U.K. releases than U.S. … they were distributed by President Records)

Freezing Fire  –  Weather Report (Headed by Josef Zawinul – this band has had a plethora of top notch musicians with went on to work with as solo and/or featured artists … recording predominately for Columbia/CBS – known as Sony)

Never  –  Jomanda (These ladies came to my knowledge via their Quark Recordings before recording for the then independent Big Beat Records out of New York)

You put a move on my heart  –  Tamia (In 1995 Quincy Jones released an album called ‘Q Jook Joint’ – and featured on it was this trak which was also appeared on her debut album also)

That old black magic   –  The Softones (One of a handful of early promotional 12″ … this song was sung by crooners like Frank Sinatra which was written by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer)

Funn  –  Gunchback Boogie Band (One-off trak on Prelude Records … produced by Amir Bayyan formerly of ‘The Kay Gees’- a Funk band on Delite Records and an associate of Kool & The Gang)

You don’t know  –  Mass Syndicate featuring Su Su Bobien (A ‘tear up the hymn book’ piece of Gospel-House)

Harlem  –  Bill Withers (Songsmith extraordinaire … Bill came to the world’s ears via Sussex Records – head honcho Clarence Avant usually left his artists to create their magic without interference which was obviously the right decision hence the now classics Bill has written)

Tried, tested and found true – Ashford & Simpson (After leaving Motown Records where they were primarily known as writers – they pacted with Warner Brothers where they used the cream of the East Coast session musicians … this was from their ‘So Satisfied’ lp – released in 1977)

Stimulation  –  The Strangers (Hubert Eaves known as the brains behind ‘D-Train’, drummer Howard King and guitarist Edward Moore put together this one-off studio project for Salsoul Records)

Let yourself go   –  Sybil (Assigned to Next Plateau Records and produced by James Bratton her releases were instant underground dance floor action in the mainly black music based clubs … Champion Records were the U.K. licensee)