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Trax feat The Dells, Destination, Osiris, Dionne

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Waiting for you – The Dells (This Chicago-an five piece vocal group were together for a approximately 60 years – with only one line-up change … written by current/former “MFSB” musicians and recorded at Sigma Sound, Philadelphia and produced by “The Harris Machine” headed by Norman Harris)

My No.1 request – Destination (Producer/Remixer Elton Ahi came to world prominence via the 12 inch of “Uptown Festival” – a medley of Motown past hits … released on Butterfly Records was a studio ensemble for a one-off Disco album)

Fantality – Osiris (Hailing from Washington D.C – head honcho Osiris March has been plying his trade – from as far back as the late Sixties/Early Seventies … later putting a band together which at one time also featured Tyrone ‘The Smurf’ Brunson)

Your lies – Dionne (Originally released on Canadian’s “Bigshot Records” and licensed to the U.K.s ‘City Beat’ – co-written by label owner Andrew Komis … Dionne (Warren) later released a cd on her own ‘Miss D Records’ where she wrote all the lyrics on said album)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HCJpYjoLqk

Trak featuring The Dells, Brenda Taylor, Bill Wolfer, East West Connection

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Stay in my corner – The Dells (Chicago based The Dells were first assigned to Vee Jay Records in Chicago – this is the third version of this song being released … was supposed to be produced by ‘Gamble & Huff’ circa ’72)

You can have you cake and eat it too – (Brenda Taylor (Credited to B.T. on record … originally released on ‘After Hours Records’ before being picked up by West End for the U.S. nationwide distribution)

Papa was a rolling stone – Bill Wolfer (Synthesiser wunderkind Bill who had worked Stevie Wonder & Michael Jackson covers the Norman Whitfield/Barrett Strong masterpiece … released on Constellation – a unit of Solar Records)

East west – East West Connection (From their second album on London’s ‘Chillifunk Records’ – written & produced by Dr. Bob Jones and Lofty … their caption was “Soulful Music for Funky People”)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToudOe6MBnY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nyern4XQg6k

Trax feat. The Dells, Brenda & The Tabulations, Morning Noon & Night, Byron Stingily

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Passionate Breezes  –  The Dells (Written by Chuck Jackson & Marvin Yancy formally of The Independents … The Dells were assigned to Chi-Sound Records then distributed by 20th Century Fox Records – produced  by label supremo Carl Davis)

Everybody’s Fool  –  Brenda & The Tabulations (Put together by music entrepreneur Gilda Woods who had the groups trax released on a few independent Philadelphian labels mostly trax written and produced by Van McCoy eventually signing with Chocolate City – part of Neil Bogart’s Casablanca Records)

Time  –  Morning, Noon & Night (Named after an album title by the Nite-liters – released by Roadshow Records and distributed by United Artists Records … produced by Michael Stokes known for his work with “Enchantment” & “Magic Lady”)

Testify  –  Byron Stingily (Byron came to prominence as the featured vocalist on Ragtyme – he later went on to form Ten City along with Herb Lawson & Byron Burke … signing to Michael Weiss’s Nervous Records of New York )