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Trax presents Curtis Mayfield feat. Sandra St. Victor, Van McCoy, Babatunde Olatunji, Joi Cardwell

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I believe in you – Curtis Mayfield feat. Sandra St. Victor (Former and original member of The Impressions of Chicago and owner of “Curtom Records” – Curtis also known for such soundtracks as ‘Superfly’ & ‘Let’s do it again’ … top session vocalist for Chaka Khan and others plus female lead of band of “The Family Stand”)

Turn this mother out – Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony (A prolific writer/producer who had releasess with artists such as Aretha Franklin, The Marvelettes, Melba Moore, Barbara Lewis … putting to gather a studio ‘Big Band’ and releasing trax them on Buddha also on AVCO/Hugo & Luigi)

Takuta – Babatundi Olatunji (Having released the grounding-breaking album “Drums of Passion” around 1959/60 on Columbia Records in the U.S – which featured “Gin-Go-Lo-Ba” which is now commonly known as “Jingo” which has since been covered by ‘Santana’ and others)

Last chance for love – Joi Cardwell (Joi recorded sessions for various Hip-hop & Free-Style artists and became the lead vocalist for such Dj/Producer(s) as Fred Jorio & Tommy Musto … writing and produced for her own No-Mad Industries – Pacific Drive Mix)

Trax featured David Sea, Loose Change, Joe Thomas, Joi Cardwell

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Turn out the stars – David Sea (David was assigning to Alabama’s “Magic City” before moving to Japanese ‘Victor Records’ … trak was written by Jim Weatherly who is known for such classics as ‘Neither one of us’ – from the album “Love makes the world go round” which was produced by Frederick Knight on ‘Park Place Records’)

Love is just a heartbeat away – Loose Change (Chicago trio was put together by Producer/Remixer Tom Moulton, with musical assistance by Thor Baldursson & John Davis … they released one album for Tom’s own “Tom N Jerry Records” then part of Casablanca – written by Reid Whitelaw known for his “Moment of Truth” composition/production on Salsoul Records)

Funky fever – Joe Thomas (Inspired by his brother Frank – Joe picked a variety of woodwind instruments including the saxophone & flute … recording mainly for “Groove Merchant Records” and “Lester Radio Corporation” after his stint with ‘Cobblestone’ as the ‘Joe Thomas Group’)

Touble – Joi Cardwell (Having writing and providing vocals to such titans as Kashif and LLCool J Joi became the featured vocalist for a variety of Djs/Producers before Joi debuted her long player ‘The World is full of Trouble’ on New York’s independent “Eightball Records”