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Trax featured Etta James, Salsoul Orchestra, James Brown, Dj Spen & The MuthaFunkaz

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Silent Night  –  Etta James (Named Jamesetta Hawkins and she was discovered Johnny Otis who changed her professional name – he also  included his touring review … she was later recorded for Modern, Kent & Chess Records)

God rest ye merry gentlemen  –  Salsoul Orchestra (After the success of ‘Christmas Jollies’ – Salsoul decided it would be appropiate to for a second Christmas album … with Patrick Adams at the helm using his various musical associates)

Santa Claus go straight to the Ghetto  –  James Brown (From the album ‘A Soulful Christmas’ – with “Soul Brother No.1” James Brown dressed up on the album cover as Santa … written by Pee Wee Ellis, Hank Ballard & Charles Bobbit)

Our First Christmas  –  Dj Spen and The MuthaFunkaz  (Released on the Japan’s “Grand Gallery presents Christmas Time” compilation cd – Sean Spencer was part of ‘The Basement Boys’ before forming the Baltimore based “The MuthaFunkaz” – a Gospel-House loosely based vocal group)

Trax feat. Sandra Wright, Tenderness, James Brown, Paul Simpson Connection

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I not strong enough to love you again  –  Sandra Wright (Sandra Wright had very bad luck – musically as she was assigned to Stax Records just as it was going out of business … her album ‘Wounded Woman’ was eventually released approximately 15 years after it was originally recorded)

Gotta keep on trying  –  Tenderness (Released on RCA  Records – co-written by James Purdie & Skip Mahoaney who both were part of Skip Mahoaney & The Casuals … James later produced Skip’s solo single on Salsoul with Skip’s surname spelt differently)

I’m a greedy man –  James Brown (‘Soul Brother Number 1’, ‘Minister of New Super Heavy Heavy Funk’, were just two of the titles of James Brown … the edited single was released as part 1 /part 2 on the b-side, from the album “There it is”)

Use me lose me  – Paul Simpson Connection (A Streetwise Records release, headed by Arthur Baker … mixed at Bob Blank’s Blank Tape studios by one of their most respected engineers’ Butch Jones & co-produced by Winston Jones who co-wrote the influential “Ma Foom Bey – from the album “The Streetwise Records Anthology”)

CHRISTMAS BLOG ! feat. Patti Labelle, Moonlion, James Brown, Kenny Bobien

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O’ Holy night  –  Patti Labelle (Patti started off her career with ‘The Bluebells’ before becoming “Labelle” then becoming a solo star in her own right … she also performed as “The Acid Queen” – from the Rock-Opera TOMMY,  a role Tina Turner portrayed in the movie)

Little Drummer Boy  –  Moonlion (Released on Pickwick International Records distribution arm – P.I.P. … made famous by Harry Simone Chorale and it was originally known as “Carol of the Drum”)

Soulful Christmas  –  James Brown (“The Minister of New Heavy Heavy Funk” made  three Christmas albums – however they were not all Christmasy as he adding some non-Christmas trax … they were re-released as ‘The Complete James Brown Christmas’ on cd)

Oh come let us adore him  –  Kenny Bobien (Grand Gallery released the  cd “Grand Gallery presents Christmas Time” feat. House/Garage which includes, Eric Kupper, Terrance Down, Heather Johnson, Monique Bingham, Stephanie Cooke amongst others and of course Kenny)