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Trax featured Hunt’s Determination Band, Rhythm Makers, Roy Davis Jnr

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Tonight – Hunt’s Determination Band (Seven piece Funk/Soul band based around Motor City ‘Detroit’ U.S.A … assigned to the city’s own Earwax Records whose slogan was ‘The New Sound of Detroit”)

My Desire – Don Ray (Also known as Raymond Donnez … his only album ‘Garden of love’ was produced Marc Cerrone – Ray was the arranger for a plethora of productions including Cerrone & Alec R Constandinos amongst others)

Monterey – Rhythm Makers (Assigned to Vigor Records an off-shot of Delite Records which was named after owner Fred Vigorito … ‘Soul on your side’ was the only album before moving to Arista as ‘GQ’)

Sonny – Roy Davis Jnr (Chicago based Dj/producer trak was released on Canada’s ‘Bombay Records’ … inspired by the Bobby Herb masterpiece of the same name – although different spelling)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDWuzEkkmjI

Trax featuring Aretha Franklin, Poussez, The Rhythm Machine, Nu Rhythmix

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Search on  – Aretha (After a very successful tenure at Atlantic – Aretha decided to move unto pastures new, settling at Clive Davis’s Arista Records … written by Chuck Jackson who also wrote with Marvin Yancy who was also part vocal group ‘The Independents’)

Never gonna say goodbye  –  Poussez (Multi-percussionist/drummer Alphonse Mouzon formed this studio band with former member of both ‘Luther’ & ‘Musique’ – vocalist extraordinaire Christine Wiltshire … released on Vanguard Records)

The Kick  –  The Rhythm Machine (Indianapolis, America, based Funk band who released the bulk of their output on local collectable label ‘Lulu Records’ … this trak was not included on their album re-release)

Babylon  –  Nu Rhythmix (featuring ‘Reverend  Feel Good’ – written by Grant Nelson & released on U.K.’s Swing City Records … inspired vocally by ‘Soul Power –  Spensane’)

Trax featured The Stylistics, Van McCoy, Cymande, Modu presents Innervisions featuring Melonie Daniels

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Children of the night – The Stylistics (Originally assigned to ‘Sebring Records’ before moving to a bigger label … from their second album “Round Trip ” on AVCO – written by Linda Creed & Thom Bell which was recorded at Sigma Sound, Philadelphia & features the musicians also known as MFSB)

(To each his own) That’s my philosophy – Van McCoy (Having produced the same song for “Faith, Hope & Charity” for RCA Records – Van reprises it for his ‘The Real McCoy’ album on Hugo & Luigi … Strings arranged by Gene Orloff, a former side musician with Bebop legend Charlie Parker)

Fug – Cymande (Based in London, England where Cymande fused Funk, Soul, Rock & other musical genres to get their original sound … from their album “Second time around” – released on Janus Records in the U.S.A)

Don’t ever give up – Modu presents Innervisions feat. Melonie Daniels (Released on Frankie Felicano’s Ricanstrucian Records … written Duane Harden & co-produced Moises Modestro & Duane Harden)