Category Archives: Today’s Trax

Trax feat. Harold Melvin The Blue Notes feat. Teddy Pendergrass, France Joli, Tony’s Camillo’s Dynamite, Urban Blues Project &Michael Procter

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Be for real  –  Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes feat. Theodore Pendergrass (Teddy has to have a word with his woman who has become snooty bitch (after his success) no longer wants to associate with people from ‘lower development homes’)

Come to me  –  France Joli (France was supposedly just 15 when blasted the airwaves and the dance floors when this was released … written & produced by Tony Green in Canada, then fine-tuned in Philadelphia U.S.A – released there on Marvin Schlachter’s Prelude Records)

Dynomite  –  Tony’s Camillo’s Bazuka (Said to be inspired by a word that was repeated in the  popular American television sit-com “Good Times” about a black family  and their woes – where one of the main character used it as a catch-phrase … released on A & M Records)

Love don’t live  –  Urban Blues Project presents Michael Procter (Brian Tappert & Mark Pomeroy collectively known as Urban Blues Project … having released a single on Bassline, they sets up Soulfuric Records for their output)

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU0UMB-T2dU

 

Trax feat. Milira, First Choice, The Webboes, The House Master Boyz & The Rude Boys of House

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One man woman  –  Milira (Milira (Jones) came to my notice with the released of her self-titled released album on Apollo/Motown Records – featuring her interpretation of Marvin Gaye  nugget with violinist Noel Pointer … she has since released three albums including the self-release ‘Seduction’)

Love freeze  –  First Choice (Rochelle Fleming and company were still assigned to Stan Watson’s “Philly Groove Records” for the release this non-album trak … it was a ‘sleeper’ but it has since gained momentum after being available on Japanese double cd as an extended version of 5 mins  plus)

Under the wear  –  The Webboes (Written by Andre Booth and release on Sam Weiss’s “Sam Records” … Andre was also known for other “Sam” releases – including trax by ‘Vicki D’)

House Nation  –  The House Master Boyz & The Rude Boys of House (Pseudonym of Farley Keith more famously known as “Farley Jackmaster Funk” was released on Dance Mania Records of Chicago … not as famous as other Chicagoan House labels but just as potent)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpm3usYaFtc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5amXg0QU64

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YLjRORcqLI

Trax feat. Lavine Hudson, The Gospelaires of Dayton, Mandrill, Duane & Co.

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Turned away  –  Lavine Hudson  (Lavine was part of the ‘New Hope of U.K. Soul and Gospel’ – which includes Mica Paris, Nu Colors & The Escoffreys … written by the lady herself from the album “Between two worlds” on Virgin Records)

God helps those who helps those who help themselves – The Gospelaires of Dayton (Throughout their career they were predominantly assigned to Peacock then Savoy Records who were known for their Gospel out-put … written by Bobby Eli and released in U.K.on Arista)

Fence walk  –  Mandrill (Named after one of the largest monkeys – this band was formed by three brothers in Brooklyn New York where the fused Funk with Latin Jazz to give them a sound not dissimilar to the U.S. West Coast band War)

Hardcore (On the one)  –  Duane & Co. (Release on Chicago’s Dance Mania Records – one of the most important House labels … when it was issued on Serious Records in the U.K., there was a slight title change  & it became known as ‘J B on the one’ because it featured James Brown sample)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kt0O07KBp8