Category Archives: Today’s Trax

Trax feat. Angela Bofill, Philly Devotions, Level 42, Candy Apple & Jon Banfield

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Break it to me gently  –  Angela Bofill (Assigned to Arista distributed GRP (Gruisin/Rosen Productions) before re-signing with Arista … sadly to say Angela has had two strokes and cannot perform – so buying her albums or legal down-loads will help her financial for further information www. angelabofill.com)

Hurt so bad  –  Philly Devotions (Released on ‘Don De Records’ & produced by John Davis (Monster Orchestra) – this a cover version of the “Little Anthony & The Imperials” original …  has recently re-mixed by ‘Dimitri from Paris’)

Star child  –  Level 42 (Originally signed to London’s innovative Elite Records before their contract was taken over by Polydor … fronted by bass guitarist & vocalist Mark King & co-written by Wally Bardarou ardof “Chief Inspector” fame)

No. 1  –  Candy Apple feat. Jon Banfield (A U.K.’s Shack Music Recordings release – this trak is of the highest quality with a strong vocal performance that won’t be out of place on labels such as Basement Boys Records etc.)

Trax feat. Teena Marie, Festival, Maceo Parker, Christian Hornbostel & Alfred Azzetto

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De ja vu (I’ve been here before)  –  Teena Marie (Written by Rick James for Teena Marie – real name Marie Christine Brockert, who became the most successful white artist on black owned Motown Records  … from her first album ‘Wild & Peaceful’ & produced by Rick James & Art Stewart)

Don’t cry for me Argentina  –  Festival (The show “Evita” was developed by Andrew Lloyd-Webber & Tim Rice and was a hit not only on London & New York but worldwide … Boris Midney a Russian native living and working in New York produced Festival which was a studio project and released on RSO Records)

I wish  –  Maceo Parker (Maceo is one of the named side/front men of James Brown various bands including ‘The JB’s – he later moved unto working with George Clinton as part of “The Horny Horns” … this trak his version of Stevie Wonder’s mammoth hit)

TSOP  –  Christian Hornbostel & Alfred Azzetto (Originally recorded by Philadelphia International Records ‘house band’ MFSB featuring “The Three Degrees” … this version was made by Purple Music of Switzerland and is available on their compilation ‘Purple Nights in Miami’)

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

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Soul Meeting  –  Soul Clan (The Clan consists of Solomon Burke, Wilson Pickett, Ben E King, Otis Redding, Don Covay and Joe Tex – sadly they didn’t last very long after Otis died)

I love New York  –  Metropolis (Feat. The Sweethearts of Sigma consisting of Barbara Ingram, Carla Benson & Evette Benton … these women backed hundreds of trax that were recorded at Sigma Sound Studios Phidelphia)

All hell broke loose  –  Willie Hutch (A Motown veteran – Willie hotfoot to Whitfield when Norman started his own label under the W.E.A. umbrella)

You used to hold me –  Ralphie Rosario feat. Xavier Gold (Every so often you have a musical evergreen – a trak that always sounds great and to get more mileage/money out of said trak, you bring in the two and only – ‘Masters at Work’)