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Con Fun Shun, Space, Fatback Band, Mr. Fingers

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Give your love to me – Previously known as ‘Project Soul’ before changing their name to Con Fun Shun – named after an instrumental trak by ‘The Nite-liters’ … their early trax were released by Memphis independent ‘Fretone Records’ … they spent the core of their recordings with Mercury)

Carry on turn me on – Space (Studio French group headed by Didier Marouani credited on records as ‘Ecama’ … former lead of “Blue Mink” and session singer Madeline Bell is brought in as the featured vocalist – produced by Jean-Phillipe Iliesco)

The Man with the band – Fatback Band (Releasing singles on “B.C. Project commonly known as Bill Curtis Project” – before moving unto ‘Perception’ then ‘Spring Records’ where the first hit was ‘Nija Walk (Street Dance)’ which was covered in the U.K. by “Mexicanos”)

Can you feel it – Mr.Fingers (Nestled as the second trak of a 12 inch released Trax Records – Larry Heard wrote & produced this original instrumental before it was re-recorded, remixed, sampled, copied, chopped up and bastardised by Djs, producers & Record labels)

Trax featured Tashan feat. Alyson Williams, Grace Jones, Con Fun Shun, Jasper Street Company

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Got the right attitude  –  Tashan feat Alyson Williams (Uncredited Alyson was also recorded for Def Jam – primarily a Hip Hop label who later had an “Original Black Records” imprint for their Soul output … Tashan also known as Thomas Jerome Pearse was Def Jam’s first Soul artist)

Comme un oiseau qui s’envole  –  Grace Jones (Previously recorded by Maximelien on CBS … Grace released this trak as a ‘b’ side of a single – however it was not featured on the album but has since been included in “Disco”, the triple cd of her Sigma Sound Productions)

Burnin’ love  –  Con Fun Shun (Named after a trak by ‘The Nite Liters’ – Con Fun Shun were originally assigned to Tennessee’s Fretone Records before moving to Mercury they were originally were known as ‘Project Soul’)

A feelin’  –  Jasper Street Company (Basement Boys “Gospel House” off-shot group .. license from their Basement Boys label to U.K.’s Azuli Records with additional mixes including ‘The Helly & Farley Project mix)

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