Paradise Trax is having a short break however whilst we are away kindly chek out past blogs and – if you like what you hear there is an opportunity to click on the ‘follow button’ and it will come to you as an e-mail ! … we are currently working on Paradise Rapx – for Hip-hop aficionados !

Intimate friends  –  Eddie Kendricks (The former Temptation stayed with Motown – the group’s record label when he went solo … written by Gary Glenn who later became became a recording artist in his own right – from the album ‘Slick’)

Tom’s song  –  The Trammps (From the only album release on Buddah Records – this track was named after Tom Moulton (Remixer Extra-ordinaire) … on the  records that were mixed by him usually featured his tag ‘A Tom Moulton Mix’)

I like it  –  Charles Earland (From his Mercury Records release, Randy Muller produced ‘Perceptions’ album … released on the b-side of a promotional  only 12inch … this album should have been re-released on cd)

Addicted  –  Dj Pope featuring Lynne Smith (King Street Sounds does not let you down with this Baltimore based Brian  Pope production – co-written by Lynette … remixed by Kerry Chandler)

Kiss and make up   –  William DeVaughn (The story goes that William walked into a Philadelphia recording studio – that used for free-lance production which included the session musicians … the owner was so bowled over with what he heard that he made a call and William was assigned to Chelsea/Roxburgh Records)

Ma Baker  –  Boney M (Producer Frank Farian created this studio group  … he also changed the name of Ma Barker who the song is based around – the mother of criminal sons whose were regular inmates at various U.S prisons)

Victorious  –  Ripple (After General Recording Corporation was shut down due to the owner Michael Thevis was sent to prison – a few acts hot-footed to Salsoul Records including this band – their producer Floyd Smith (Loleatta Holloway’s husband))

Get down Africa   –  Andrew Harris (Released as an E.P. (extended play) on Large Records out of Chicago, U.S.A. … this is a 12 inch with different mixes rather than four different trax)