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Today’s trax includes Stanley Turrentine feat. Jean Carn, Sylvester, B.T.Express, N.Y. House’n Authority

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Night breeze – Stanley Turrentine feat. Jean Carn (Jean returns to her Jazz roots, when she teams up with saxophonist – Stanley who has recorded over 50 albums which includes the iconic Jazz label ‘Blue Note Records’ which was co-founded by German born Alfred Lion)

Grateful – Sylvester (Having being part of ‘The Cockettes’ – an avantgarde coterie of hippie actor/musicians out of San Francisco, Sylvester put together ‘The Hot Band’ which recorded for “Blue Thumb” & later was assigned to Honey Productions/Fantasy Records as a solo artist)

Still good, still I like it – B.T. Express (Brooklyn Transit Express were a self-contained band from New York whose trax were released on ‘Roadshow’ distributed “Scepter/Wand Records” owned by Florence Greenberg – who allowed some of their Mid-Seventies catalogue to be remixed by Tom Moulton)

Apt. 3A – N.Y. House n Authority (Burrell (twin brothers) released an album for U.K.’s Virgin Records and when it faulted financially – they freelanced with ‘Nu Groove Records’ … as stated on the vinyl release ‘Everythang by Rheji Burrell’)

Trax feat. Sylvester, Wayne St John, Brand New Heavies & Main Source, Harley & Muscle

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Shadow of the heart – Sylvester (After leaving Fantasy, Sylvester joined with San Francisco based Megatone Records headed by his friend – the wunderkind Patrick Cowley … written by Kathy Wakefield Jay Grushka and was featured on his album ‘M-1015;)

Somethings up (love me like the first time) – Wayne St. John (Canadian “Three Hats Poductions” released their fellow countryman single on U.S.’s Salsoul Records … Wayne was in a variety of local groups including ‘St.John’, & written by U.K.’s Gary Benson)

Bonafide funk – Brand New Heavies & Main Source (U.K.’s Funk band encamped to the U.S.A. & whilst there – they were assigned to “Delicious Vinyl Records” and recorded with a variety of Hip-hop artists including Masta Ace and Gang Starr)

The King – Harley & Muscle (Inspired and featuring the radio announcement(s) of the fatal attack on Dr. Martin Luther King in Memphis, U.S.A. in 1969 – featuring Mauro Capitale on saxophone … Italian Djs/producers Harley & Muscle heads their own “Little Angel Records”)

Trax feat. Sweet James Epps, Sylvester, Peoples Choice, Bobby D’Ambrosio feat. Alicia Hill

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Love at first sight – Sweet James Epps (Coming from the State of Michigan, U.S.A., James was a member of “The Fantastic Four” who recorded for Ric Tic Records – which was later engulfed by The Motown Corporation … in between dropping four albums for Westbound – James recorded a few solo singles)

Can’t stop dancin’ – Sylvester (After being member of ‘The Cockettes’ – he then fronted ‘Sylvester & the Hot Band’ then he moved unto Fantasy Records/Honey Productions headed by former Motown producer/executive Harvey Fuqua … written by Sylvester James – from the album ”Living Proof”)

If I knew then what I knew now – Peoples Choice (Peoples Choice leader Frank Brunson has been plying his trade since the Fifties via various small independent labels and groups … Signing to Philadelphia International and later with the Remix Maestro Tom Moulton’s “Tom N Jerry Records” then distributed by Casablanca)

In the spirit of love – Bobby D’Ambrosio feat. Alicia Hill(Bobby released one of the few ‘long player’ on David Morales’s Definity Records – featuring a bevy of vocalists including Michelle Weeks & Kelli Sae … interestingly enough the U.S. edition of the cd has a slightly different trak listing to the European listing)