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Trax feat. Grover Washington feat. Patti Labelle, Tasha Thomas, The Kay Gees, Debbie Malone

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The best is yet to come  –  Grover Washington feat. Patti Labelle (Written by Dexter Wansel & Cynthia Biggs … Grover worked with a variety of “Prestige Recording Artists before going solo starting with Kudu/CTI  – whilst Patti was part of the trio ‘Labelle’)

Midnight Rendevous  –  Tasha Thomas (Former New York session vocalist Tasha also starred in Broadway show “The Wiz” – an African American adaptation of ‘The Wizard of Oz’ … trak from her only solo album before being struck down with cancer has recently been released on cd)

Waiting at the bus stop  –  The Kay-Gees (Headed by Kevin Bell & originally known as “New Dimension” before signing with elder brother’s Ronald label ‘Gang Records’ – named after “Kool & the Gang”, an imprint of “Delite”)

Rescue me  –  Debbie Malone (Co written & co-produced by Debbie with Scipio Sergeant … this track was released on U.K.’s Krunch Records and later re-released on Pulse-8 with new mixes)

Trax feat. Brothers Johnson, Tasha Thomas, Ohio Players 6th Borough Project

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Treasure  –  Brothers Johnson (Written by Rod Temperton who penned monster hits for Michael Jackson & was part of Heatwave, a Soul/Funk band assigned to the U.K.’s GTO Records … Brothers Johnson were real life by brothers were got their break by being part of Quincy Jones’s army of musicians – he also produced their albums)

Hot buttered boogie  –    Tasha Thomas (Tasha was on a roll  – having become a top session vocalist in New York, being a cast member of the hot new Broadway show “The Wiz” and a scorching new solo album … sadly to say she developed cancer and died shortly afterwards)

Sweet Sticky Thing  –  Ohio Players (The Players were an underground Soul/Funk band who recorded albums on Capitol & Westbound but it was not until they tied up with Mercury Records that they hit gold … they had gold albums and singles so frequently that they called their greatest hits just that : Gold)

Read my mind  –  6th Borough Project feat. paul Joseph (6th Borough Project are Craig Smith and Graham Clark – name was inspired by New York’s five boroughs … 6.B.P. started off as re-editers and remixers on such record labels as ‘L.E.S.S. Productions’, ‘Instruments of Rapture’ & ‘Delusions of Grandeur)

Trax feat. Grover Washington feat. Patti Labelle, Tasha Thomas, The Kay-Gees, Debbie Malone

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The best is yet to come – Grover Washington feat. Patti Labelle (The Saxman give us one of the best soul/jazz efforts)

Midnight Rendezvous – Tasha Thomas (From a wonderful even lp with Disco,Soul and even Jazz … sadly to say Atlantic or no-one else has released it on cd officially)

Waiting at the bus stop – The Kay Gees (Name after The JB’s – Mr Brown”s backing band)

Rescue Me – Debbie Malone (U.K. produced – top notch, released on Krunch and re-released on Pulse 8)