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Trax featured Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, Ohio Players, Incognito, Byron Stingily

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Dreamin’  –  Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five (Assigned to the iconic Rap label “Sugar Hill Records” where they released the album ‘The Message’ before splitting into two entities … ‘Flash’ was known for his ‘Scratching’ on records that inspired some Djs to become ‘Scratch Djs’)

Everybody up  –  Ohio Players (Named after the U.S. State from where – Funk Meisters ‘Ohio Players’ changed lanes after leaving Mercury Records for Arista where they dropped a slice of Disco)

North London Boy  – Incognito ( An off-shot of London Jazz-Funk combo “Light of the World” and was signed to the same label – “Ensign Records” … their first album “Jazz Funk” however this trak was not included)

So grateful  –  Byron Stingily (After 4 albums with his group “Ten City” – Chicagoan ‘House’ superstar Byron spread his musical wings by going solo … released by New Jersey’s ‘Jet Set Records’ and produced by “Smack Productions”)

Trax feat. The Dells, Brenda & The Tabulations, Morning Noon & Night, Byron Stingily

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Passionate Breezes  –  The Dells (Written by Chuck Jackson & Marvin Yancy formally of The Independents … The Dells were assigned to Chi-Sound Records then distributed by 20th Century Fox Records – produced  by label supremo Carl Davis)

Everybody’s Fool  –  Brenda & The Tabulations (Put together by music entrepreneur Gilda Woods who had the groups trax released on a few independent Philadelphian labels mostly trax written and produced by Van McCoy eventually signing with Chocolate City – part of Neil Bogart’s Casablanca Records)

Time  –  Morning, Noon & Night (Named after an album title by the Nite-liters – released by Roadshow Records and distributed by United Artists Records … produced by Michael Stokes known for his work with “Enchantment” & “Magic Lady”)

Testify  –  Byron Stingily (Byron came to prominence as the featured vocalist on Ragtyme – he later went on to form Ten City along with Herb Lawson & Byron Burke … signing to Michael Weiss’s Nervous Records of New York )