Why can’t we be lovers  – Chain Reaction (C. R. were a U.K. self-contained band … trak written
by Holland, Dozier, Holland known for being  hit songwriters for Motown Records and owners of Invictus Records and it’s associated labels)

Masterpiece  –  The Temptations (The word ‘masterpiece’ has been over-used but not in this case … the producer Norman Whitfield has created – in the title of the lp : Masterpiece)

Ms Fine Brown Frame –  Syl Johnson (Father of Syleena  … originally released on Boardwalk Records  and has since been a cd release … also had a cd titled “Two Johnsons are better than one” (a ‘Johnson’ is the slang word for the male anatomy – in some parts of the world))

10 minutes high  – Kings of Tomorrow featuring Michelle Weeks (One of the finest pair of lungs in the House/Garage genre  … could give Aretha Franklin a run for her money)

Take me where you want to  –  Gerald Alston (Gerald was the lead vocalist of ‘The Manhattans’ …  this trak is from his first solo lp … written and produced by Stan Sheppard and James Varner known for the work with the group ‘By all means’))

Do you like the way that it feels  –  Tempest Trio (Freelance Disco producers Mike Theodore & Dennis Coffey took their masters tapes to TK Records subsidiary Marlin for this one-off lp …. this trak has recently appeared on a variety of compilations including ‘Horse Meat Disco’)

Givin it to you  –  Skyy (Also known as ‘New York Skyy … when Salsoul Records was closed for business, their producer Randy Muller took them to Capitol Records  – their Funk by this time was 100% Boogie but they still kept the moto of the first trak off their first lp  ‘this groove is bad’)

Domything  –  Sub-urban Soul (Strange name for a record – my guess is that it was a typo that was not rectified … the first Sub-urban Record release and the beginning of the magic that the label gave us … produced by head honcho Tommy Musto)

Eyes  –  Gwen Guthrie (When this trak was released in the U.K. – Gwen came  to promote it … i saw her at The Dome in Birmingham and after she came off stage – we talked for over two hours … b-side was ‘Mo Rent – a re-working of her hit ‘Ain’t nothin’ goin’ on but the rent’)

Doin’ the best that i can  –  Bettye Lavette (This special remix was by the late great Walter Gibbons – who was the first Dj/Remixer  ….  an early release on West End Records whose trax were tested for ‘groovability’ (my word) on Paradise Garage nightclub in New York)

BNH  –  Brand New Heavies (The ‘funkateers’ of London like the music so much that the re-started to have Funk music nights – and hardly any of it was being produced in the U,S, they started to make their own – this group is ‘the top of the tree’ in terms of quality and success)

Love don’t live here anymore no more –  Basement Boys (The Boys took a sweet ballad by Rose Royce featuring Gwen Dickey and turned it a Garage trak … released on Jump Street in U.S. – mixed by Tony Humphries … note word change from ‘any’ to ‘no’)