Category Archives: Today’s Trax

Trax feat. Shirley Brown, The Lovers, Salsoul Orchestra, Celeda

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Blessed is a woman (with a man like mine)  –  Shirley Brown (After the closing of her previous label, Stax Records – Shirley moved unto Arista where she released a self-titled album from which this trak is culled … written by Betty Crutcher, her Stax label-mate)

Discomania  –  The Lovers (One-off single produced by Village People’s/Ritchie Family’s svengali Jacques Morali – a medley of current hits on the a-side & a potent instrumental on the b-side)

Journey to Phoebus   –  Salsoul Orchestra (Vince Montana Jnr. put together the Orchestra which consisted primarily the core of MFSB – the session musicians based at Sigma Sound, Philadelphia … from the “Magic Bird of Fire album)

Burning up  –  Celeda (Also known as Victoria Sharpe , written by E-Smoove aka Eric Miller… released on the now defunct “Twisted America Records” – from the album “This is it ” where there were multiple releases and mixes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7PN71ZF3Ws

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pftpy8VKgeA

Trax feat. Roberta Flack, El Coco, Cliff Dawson, Kerri Chandler feat. E.Man

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Only heaven can wait  –  Roberta Flack (Discovered by Jazz pianist Les McCann before been assigned to Atlantic Records from the album “Roberta Flack featuring Donny Hathaway”- co-written by Roberta & Eric Mercury)

Love in your life  –  El Coco (Written/arranged/produced by the most prolific duo of the Disco era … Lauren Rinder & Michael W Lewis … released on American Variety International Records – from the “Dancing in Paradise” album)

A soft heart  –  Ronnie Foster (After been tutored by Hammond organ extraordaniare Jimmy Smith keyboard/piano player signed with Columbia Records where he released a his album “Love Satellite” after previously working for Blue Note)

Brooklyn (where i live)  –  Kerri Chandler feat. E.Man (What started as a title which was inspired by a Roy Ayers trak – Kerri & Eric aka E.Man takes us on a musical journey and name-chek various djs who played, lived and/or came from Brooklyn)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6uU9ift5Wc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK_LTuw-jLE

 

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

Trax feat. Greg Perry, Loose Change, Steve Arrington, Bougie Soliterre

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Will she met the train in the rain  –  Greg Perry (Greg signed to Chicago’s Chess Records before becoming a in-house writer for Invictus … he moved unto Neil Bogart’s Casablanca Records where he released a solo album – since been re-released on cd)

All night man  –  Loose Change (Put together by producer Tom Moulton and arranged by John “The Monster Orchestra”  Davis – written by the people who gave us ‘Frantique’ on released on “Tom N’ Jerry Records” then an imprint of Casablanca  Records)

Summer lovin’  –  Steve Arrington (By the time this trak was release Steve had been the lead vocalist of  Slave – one of U.S. top Funk bands who recorded for Cotillion Records … this one-off trak came out on Salsoul)

Got the bug  –  Bougie Soliterre (headed by Bettina Costanzo and licensed to Sphere Records … a fusion of House & Jazz which was whisked unto turntables by the likes of Kerri Chandler, Jerome Sydenham & Tony Humphries)

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1mhQVWPKWA