Trax feat. Brothers Johnson, Tasha Thomas, Ohio Players 6th Borough Project

Treasure  –  Brothers Johnson (Written by Rod Temperton who penned monster hits for Michael Jackson & was part of Heatwave, a Soul/Funk band assigned to the U.K.’s GTO Records … Brothers Johnson were real life by brothers were got their break by being part of Quincy Jones’s army of musicians – he also produced their albums)

Hot buttered boogie  –    Tasha Thomas (Tasha was on a roll  – having become a top session vocalist in New York, being a cast member of the hot new Broadway show “The Wiz” and a scorching new solo album … sadly to say she developed cancer and died shortly afterwards)

Sweet Sticky Thing  –  Ohio Players (The Players were an underground Soul/Funk band who recorded albums on Capitol & Westbound but it was not until they tied up with Mercury Records that they hit gold … they had gold albums and singles so frequently that they called their greatest hits just that : Gold)

Read my mind  –  6th Borough Project feat. paul Joseph (6th Borough Project are Craig Smith and Graham Clark – name was inspired by New York’s five boroughs … 6.B.P. started off as re-editers and remixers on such record labels as ‘L.E.S.S. Productions’, ‘Instruments of Rapture’ & ‘Delusions of Grandeur)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz6b9Y4x6jA

Trax feat. Double Exposure, Syreeta, Light of the World, Soulmagic & Ebony Soul feat. Ann Nesby

Gotta give my love away  –  Double Exposure (After hearing the lead vocalist Jimmy Williams, – i decided to pay a tribute with a Soul ballad  … recorded previously as ‘United Image’ for Stax Records before signing on the dotted line with Salsoul who it is claimed released first commercially available 12 inch record available in the world by Double Exposure)

Can’t shake your love  –  Syreeta (Originally recorded as “Rita Wright” before returning to her proper name –  became known as a co-writer of “It’s a shame” & Stevie Wonder’s “Signed, sealed & delivered” as well as Stevie’s wife … Syreeta spent nearly all her recording career with Motown Records)

Pete’s Crusade  –  Light of the World (Named after a “Kool & The Gang” album of the same name (minus the ‘s’)… these London boys help create the genre that became known as ‘Jazz Funk’ … signed to the newly formed Ensign Records by owner Chris Hills)

Get your thing together  –  Soulmagic & Ebony Soul feat. Ann Nesby (Soulmagic is primarily Morten Trost known for his trax on Morehouse Records amongst others – Ebony Soul is Victor Simonelli of Blind Truth, NY Finest, Bassline Records and a plethora of pseudonyms … Ann is the former lead vocalist of “Sound of Blackness” the African American Gospel ensemble)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Tme9saulDg

Trax feat. Soul Clan, Metropolis, Willie Hutch , Ralphie Rosario feat.Xavier Gold

Soul Meeting  –  Soul Clan (One of the first super groups as The Clan consists the powerhouse male soul vocalists at the time including Solomon Burke, Wilson Pickett, Ben E King, Joe Tex Don Covay & Otis Redding … sadly Otis’s died in a plane crash & the group broke up shortly afterwards)

I love New York  –  Metropolis feat. The Sweethearts of Sigma (What was a jingle (advert) for New York City by Steve Karmen became a monster Disco hit for Metropolis – an amalgamation of German & U.S. (Philadelphian) musicians … the Sweethearts were Barbara Ingram, Carla Benson & Evette Benton)

All hell broke loose  –  Willie Hutch (Willie was a jobbing writer, producer, arranger –  who after a brief sojourn with RCA Records moved on to Motown where he was the co-writer of The Jackson Five’s monster hit “I’ll be there” … he later pact with Norman Whitfield’s Whitfield Records who previously left his stamp at Motown)

You used to hold me  –  Ralphie Rosario Feat. Xavier Gold (Released on Chicago’s “Hot Mix Five” Records before becoming a House anthem across the world … after always been in DJ’s box for a number years it was remixed by Masters At Work to give it a new twist)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NzM5rZkABo