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Light Of The World - I Shot The Sherriff 1980

The emergence of hip hop culture in the 1970's greatly influenced the soul music that followed in the 1980s. Afrika Bambaata & The Soulsonic Force had hits with a new electronic sound, with songs such as "Planet Rock" and "Looking For The Perfect Beat". Soul music-makers realised they would have to make their beats bigger, and also find a way of fusing soul with drum machines and synthesizers.

Production teams like "Jimmy Jam" and Terry Lewis (former members of The Time), L.A. Reid and Babyface created a harder but also lusher almost epic soul sound which had a greater focus on beat and rhythm over vocals, providing endless hits for Janet Jackson, TLC, Alexander O'Neal, The SOS Band and Bobby Brown. Still, many soul singers rose to prominence such as Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Anita Baker, and Sade.

12'' Gene Rice - Your A Victim 1991

Gene Rice was [Born:] in Blatimore USA in 1950. His 1991 debut album for RCA ''Just For You'' featured the hit singles ''You're Gonna Get Served'' and ''You're A Victim'' (both produced by Stan Sheppard) earned him a place on the R&B charts the world over.

In 1993 he returned with a self-titled album featuring the singles ''Don't Walk Away'' and the Chuckii Booker produced ''Come A Little Closer''. Gene is ready to hit the charts again with a brand-new release for Mystique Entertainment titled ''Ready To Luv U''. Look for it here

Tracks:

1. You're A Victim [Sound Or Urban London Mix]
2. You're A Victim [Surgery 12" Mix]
3. Love Is Calling You

USA - Import 12''

12'' One Way - Don't Think About It 1986

One Way 12''

Tracks:

1. Don't Think About It [Extended] 7:02
2. Don't Think About It [Instrumental] 7:02
3. Don't Think About It [Bassapella] 5:21

USA - Import 12''

12'' Natile Cole - I Wanna Be That Women 1988

Daughter of the late Nat King Cole. [Born:] February 6, 1950, in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

For some strange reason this classic mid-tempo floor mover appeared as a B-Side to the Pink Cadillac 12''. Weird! Five stars for the not understanding why this became a B-Side.

Tracks:

1. Pink Cadillac [Club Vocal]

Edited By - John Ratke
Engineer [Mix] - Bruce Miller , Jim Lyons
Engineer [Overdub] - Steve Griffin
Producer - Dennis Lambert
Remix, Edited By - Clivillés & Cole

2. I Wanna Be That Woman [12" Version]*****

Mixed By - Taavi Mote
Producer - Reggie Calloway

3. Pink Cadillac [7" Version]

Edited By - John Ratke
Engineer [Mix] - Bruce Miller , Jim Lyons
Engineer [Overdub] - Steve Griffin
Producer - Dennis Lambert
Remix, Edited By - Clivillés & Cole

UK - Release 12''

Natile Cole - I Wanna Be That Women 1988

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12'' Magic Lady - Betcha Can't Loose With My Love 1988

Magic Lady was the brainchild of singer and songwriter Linda Stokes, wife of Michael Stokes.

The all-girl group first signed to Arista for 'Magic Lady' (1980), including 'I Just Wanna Be Free', following which they moved on to A & M for 'Hot And Sassy' (1982), including the American r & b hit 'Hot And Sassy' and a cult U.K. soul track 'Hold Tight'.

On signing to Motown the group was reduced to just Linda Stokes and Jackie Ball. A single 'Betcha Can't Lose With My Love' and album 'Magic Lady' were released in 1988. Since that last release, the group has not recorded since, however 'Hold Tight' has been released on various UK rare groove compilations including 'Soul

Tracks:

1. Betcha Can't Lose [With My Love][Long Version- Remix]
2. Betcha Can't Lose [With My Love][Club Dub]
3. Betcha Can't Lose [With My Love][Single Version]
4. Betcha Can't Lose [With My Love][Instrumental]

USA - Import 12''

Magic Lady - Bet You Can't Lose With My Love [Long Version Remix] 1988

12'' Mystic Merlin - Just Can't Give You Up 1980

Up 1980

Mystic Merlin were from New York. The original line-up consisted of:

Clyde Bullard (bass)
Barry Roark Strutt (sax / keyboards)
Leslie Dorsey (keyboards / lead and background vocals)
Jerry Anderson (guitars / background vocals)
Keith Gonzales (lead vocals / harmonica)
Sly Randolph (drums / percussion / background vocals) and Betty Brown (lead and background vocals).

Mystic Merlin were originally a novelty act incorporating magic into their live shows before being taken seriously on the soul / dance scene. The group were, originally known as Mystic Merlin's Magic Band.

They then became, simply, Mystic Merlin and in 1980 they signed with Capitol and released the, Charles Kipps produced, album 'Mystic Merlin'.

It featured the dance classic 'Just Can't Give You Up', a U.K. Top 20 single (the acappella from which was utilized by the U.K. group Life On Earth on their single 'Can't Give You Up'). A second album, entitled 'Sixty Thrills A Minute' followed in 1981. Recorded in Hollywood, the album featured the original line-up with further artistic input from Paulinho Da Costa, Jim Gilstrap, Bill Champlin, Cheryl Lynn, Gene Page, Charles Veal and Ernie Watts amongst others.

After that release they added Freddle Jackson to the group, and he sang on their third Capitol album, 'Full Moon'. The album included 'Mr Magician', popular among U.K. soul / dance fans. The song 'Your Love' was penned by Freddie Jackson and Barry Strutt and was originally titled 'Don't Let Your Love (Love Without A Meaning)'.

It was written in the attic of Clyde Bullard's home in the Bronx. Incidentally, Clyde's uncle is Bill Withers. Mystic Merlin continued to record after the departure of Freddie Jackson for a successful solo career.

In 1990, they recorded a single entitled 'Dream Lover' which was released on TAPE. They have also recorded under the name of Storm (not to be confused with the same group who recorded 'Can't Nobody Love Me Like You').

In the aftermath of the September 11th disaster, Clyde Bullard and Barry Strutt wrote a song entitled 'Standing Tall', which was performed at a rememberance service for that day. Barry Strutt is an attorney today, although he still writes with Clyde and is in touch with Jerry Anderson. Sadly, Leslie Dorsey was killed driving a gypsy cab. Leslie was a classically trained singer, and sang on streets corners as part of a Black barbershop quartet.

Albums:

1. Mystic Merlin (Capitol 1980)
2. Sixty Thrills A Minute (Capitol 1981)
3. Full Moon (Capitol 1982)
4. Dream Lover (TAPE 1990)

Tracks:

1. Just Can't Give You Up 6:58
2. Burned To Learn 5:06
3. Got To Make The Best (Of A Love Situation) 4:20

USA - Import 12''

12'' Modernique Ft. Larry Wu - Loves Gunna Get You 1987

Tracks:

1. Love's Gonna Get You [Watch Out Baby For Love][Blu Zone Mix] 5:33
2. Love's Gonna Get You [Watch Out Baby For Love][Radio Mix] 3:57
3. Love's Gonna Get You [Watch Out Baby For Love][Dub's Gonna Get Ya Mix] 5:26
4. Love's Gonna Get You [Watch Out Baby For Love][Mellow Mix] 5:00

USA Import 12''

Modern-Nique Ft. Larry Woo - Love's Gonna Get You [Blown Boom Mix] 1986

12'' Millie Scott - Every Little Bit 1987

In 1986, she was signed to D&B Productions in Detroit, helmed by Producer/Writer Bruce Nazarian, whose recordings led to Millie's being signed as a solo artist to Island Records and releasing her debut single 'Prisoner Of Love' (U.K. Top 75).

The track was followed by an album 'Love Me Right', including 'Automatic' (UK Top 75) and 'Every Little Bit' (UK Top 75).

Note: The 12'' Extended Remix is slamming. Can you imaging been in the car with volume errected and bass range in progress. Check out the YouTube link until I upload a remix from the 12''.

Tracks:

1. Ev'ry Little Bit [Extended Vocal] 5:20
2. Ev'ry Little Bit [Instrumental] 5:05
3. Ev'ry Little Bit [Dub] 7:04

USA - Import 12''

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Millie Scott - Every Little Bit [Dub Mix] 1987

12'' Melba Moore - Pick Me Up I'll Dance 1978

Beatrice Melba Smith [Born:] October 29, 1945, known by her stage name, Melba Moore is an American disco, R&B singer and actress. She is the daughter of saxophonist Teddy Hill and R&B singer Bonnie Davis.

In 1975, Moore signed with Buddah Records and released the critically successful R&B album, Peach Melba, which included the minor hit, "I Am His Lady". The following year, in 1976, Moore scored her first significant hit with the Van McCoy-penned "This Is It", which reached the Billboard Hot 100, the top twenty position on the R&B chart and also reached the top ten in the UK, becoming her biggest success in that country. In 1976, she scored her third Grammy nomination with the R&B ballad, "Lean on Me", which had originally been recorded by Moore's idol Aretha Franklin.

The song is most notable for Moore's extended long note at the end of the track. In 1983, she re-recorded the song as a tribute to McCoy, who died four years earlier of illness. Throughout the rest of the 1970s, Moore struggled to match the success of This Is It with minor R&B/dance hits, gaining another hit with 1979's "You Stepped Into My Life", which was released on Epic Records and hit the top 20 on the R&B charts and also became one of her biggest pop hits.

It wouldn't be until 1982 when Moore started to gain huge success as a singer signing with Capitol Records and reaching the top 5 on the R&B charts with the dance pop/funk single, "Love's Comin' At Ya", which also hit the top 20 in the UK and became a sizable hit in some European countries for its post-disco sound.

A string of R&B hits would follow during this decade including 1983's "Keepin' My Lover Satisfied" and "Love Me Right", 1984's "Livin' For Your Love", 1985's "Read My Lips", which later won Moore a fourth Grammy nomination for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance, making her just the third black artist after Donna Summer and Michael Jackson to be nominated in the rock category, and 1985's "When You Love Me Like This". In 1986, she scored two number-one R&B hits, including the duet, "A Little Bit More", with Freddie Jackson and "Falling". She scored other popular R&B hits including "Love the One I'm With (A Lot of Love)" and "It's Been So Long".

In 1986 Moore also headlined the CBS television sitcom Melba that debuted the same night as the Challenger explosion and was abruptly canceled shortly thereafter. Her success began to wane as the decade closed, although she managed two further Top 10 R&B hits, "Do You Really (Want My Love)" and "Lift Every Voice and Sing" (which featured such artists as Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Jeffrey Osborne, Anita Baker and Stephanie Mills).

Tracks:

1. Pick Me Up, I'll Dance 7:00
2. Pick Me Up, I'll Dance [Instrumental] 8:30

USA - Import 12''

Melba Moore - Pick Me Up I'll Dance [Instrumental] 1978

12'' Lisa Stansfield - All Around The World 1989

Her British band Blue Zone saw modest success with the single "Jackie", where she achieved some success with her guest vocals on Coldcut's record "People Hold On". She is probably best known for her first UK number-one single, "All Around the World" (1989), which also peaked at number three in the United States Billboard Hot 100 the following year.

Other worldwide hits from her solo debut album Affection include "This Is the Right Time" (featuring a house music influence production by Coldcut with Mark Saunders), "Live Together", "What Did I Do to You" and "You Can't Deny It". "All Around the World" was the second song by a white female singer to hit number one on the Billboard R&B chart; (the first being "Ooo La La La" by Teena Marie in 1988);"You Can't Deny It" also topped that chart. Affection went platinum in the United States and sold a total of five million singles worldwide.

In 1990, Stansfield was among the high profile artists who participated in the Red Hot + Blue charity disc, which honoured Cole Porter's songwriting and benefitted AIDS research. She demonstrated her swing and jazz abilities on the song "Down in the Depths", which was one of few traditional renditions to appear on the album.
Thus began an illustrious and respected tradition of Stansfield offering jazz and torch songs to outside projects (most recently she sang "I've Got the World on a String" for the Mona Lisa Smile soundtrack). This is likely what got her noticed for consideration as the female lead in the independent film Swing (1999), where she was to sing the majority of the film's songs as well as act.

In 1992, Stansfield won a BRIT Award as best British female solo artist. Her second album Real Love did not quite live up to the success of Affection; it did spawn four Top 40 singles on the European charts: "Change", "All Woman", "Time to Make You Mine" and "Set Your Loving Free". "All Woman" became Stansfield's third number one single on the Billboard R&B chart and due to the success of that song, the album went gold.

She continued recording disco-influenced soul throughout the 1990s. Her third album So Natural (1993) spawned three Top 40 European singles including the title track (UK number 15), "In All the Right Places" (UK number 8), and "Little Bit of Heaven" (UK number 32), but the album was never released in the United States. She had continued success throughout Europe, but her popularity in North America had diminished.

Her self-titled fourth album Lisa Stansfield (1997) was a hit in Europe with two Top Ten singles: "People Hold On" (re-released as a dance mix by the Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) and "The Real Thing," and the Top 40 track "Never Never Gonna Give You Up" (a remake of Barry White's 1973 hit); upon being released in North America, the album received some mainstream attention. Its peak charting position was number 30 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and number 55 on the Billboard 200.

Also in the U.S., "Never Never Gonna Give You Up" also became Stansfield's last Top 40 R&B hit, and final Hot 100 hit. Subsequently, the remix album was released due to Stansfield's reinterest from the dance community. The music video for "Never Never Gonna Give You Up" featured a nude Stansfield strolling a city street, acquiring a few items of clothing along the way. VH1 featured the clip and even gave it the Pop-Up Video treatment.

Her 2001 album Face Up was less successful, charting but with less publicity but featured the singles "Let's Just Call It Love" and "8-3-1" and found her experimenting with newer styles of R&B such as 2-step while continuing with her established sound. Stansfield's husband, Ian Devaney, delivered an arrangement for the ballad "How Could You", which displayed his love of Burt Bacharach. Only one single was released in the United Kingdom.

Following the release of Face Up, a greatest hits collection called Biography was released. Stansfield then parted ways with Arista/BMG records, ending an eighteen year association with the label. Stansfield signed with ZTT Records for the United Kingdom, and her 2004 release The Moment was produced by Trevor Horn, who has worked with Seal, Grace Jones and Frankie Goes to Hollywood, among others.

The album was distributed in Europe by Edel. Featuring the singles "Treat Me Like a Woman" (released as a "double A side" with "Easier") and "If I Hadn't Got You" a song written by Chris Braide with ex-Squeeze songwriter Chris Difford. The album found her exploring more pop oriented album and focusing on ballads.

At the time of the project's release, ZTT Records was gearing large amounts of its resources into re-marketing its music catalogue and producing the Trevor Horn concert for The Prince's Trust and its accompanying double CD, Produced by Trevor Horn. The release of "Treat Me Like a Woman" was delayed twice. Her record label eventually paired it with the album "Easier". Later that year ZTT dropped her from their record label. A DVD of Stansfield's Ronnie Scott's performance in 2003 was released in 2005.

Stansfield also has a career in acting; she starred in the 1999 film Swing with actor Hugo Speer, and recorded cover versions of swing songs and a few original songs written in the style for the soundtrack. She later appeared on a London stage in The Vagina Monologues. In 2006, she guest-starred in the series Goldplated. In 2007, she starred in a Marple episode ("Ordeal by Innocence") and later joined the cast of The Edge of Love.

In 1998 Stansfield was named in a list of the biggest private financial donors to the Labour Party (UK).

Tracks:

1. All Around The World [Long Version] 7:02
2. Wake Up Baby 3:58
3. The Way You Want It 4:16

UK - Release 12''

12'' Leonard Chin - Visions 1985

Title: Visions

Label: Adelphi - UK
12inch 45 rpm NM/NM

I've managed to upload this recording. The recording is extremely poor. But don't dispair, I'll re-up shortly with sharp and crispness at 320Kbps.
Here you get a taster of this underated talented solo performance. Extremely rare and sort after recording by Leonard Chin.

Tracks:

1. Visions
2. Visions [Instrumental]

Produced by Leonard Chin and Cornelius Felix 1985

USA Import 12''

Leonard Chin - Visions [Extended Remix] 1985

12'' Lee Prentis - Love This Way 1985

Arranged By, Written-By - Michael Garvin
Executive Producer - Mark Berry
Producer, Recorded By, Mixed By - Mark Berry , Michael Garvin , Nathan Garvin

Tracks:

1. Love This Way [Vocal]
2. Love This Way [Dub]

USA - Import 12''

Lee Prentiss - Love This Way [Club Mix] 1983

Lee Prentiss - Love This Way [Dub Mix] 1983

12'' Larry Wu - Let Me How You 1984

[Born:] Larry Wedgeworth, New York, New York State, U.S.A.
Session musician Larry Wu (a.k.a. Larry Wedgeworth) hails from New York and is a singer, songwriter and producer.
Larry first appearred on the music scene in 1980 with an unusual single entitled 'No More Games' on the Massachusetts based label Groovehall Records under the name of Larry Wedgeworth And Clique.

The single was unusual in as much as it was recorded as the 'Official Fight Song Of The Boston Celtics'.
After a move to Atlantic Records, Larry recorded 'Let Me Show You' in 1984 under his other name of Larry Wu.
The track has since become highly sought after on the U.K. soul scene. Larry moved on to Next Plateau Records and formed the group Modernique.

The bands first 12" release, 'Love's Gonna Get You' became highly popular on the UK and U.S. dancefloors.

Modernique moved to Sire Records, in 1987, for the album 'Modernique', by which time Larry's identity had taken another name change to Larry 'Woo' Wedgeworth. Following that release, Larry and his co producer Gordon 'Megabucks' Worthy, turned to producing on a more regular basis. Amongst other artists, Larry has produced tracks for Eleanor Mills ('Mr Right') for his company Modernique Music.

Albums:

1. As Modernique:
2. Modernique (Sire Records 1987)

Tracks:

1. Let Me Show You [Long Vocal] 6:30
2. Let Me Show You [Long Instrumental] 5:50

USA - Import 12''

12'' Kreamcicle - No News Is News 1983

12'' Kreamcicle - No News Is News 1983 - Link

Tracks:

1. No News Is News 6:21
2. No News Is News [Dub Mix] 5:00

USA - Import 12''

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12'' Keith Sweat - My Mind Is Made Up 1985

Tracks:

1. My Mind Is Made Up 6:28
2. My Mind Is Made Up [Instrumental] 5:04

USA - Import 12''

Keith Sweat - My MInd Is Made Up [Instrumental] 1985

12'' Keith Patrick - Night To Remember 1986 - 2

12'' Keith Patrick - Night To Remember 1986

Tracks:

1. Night To Remember [Vocal/Long Version] 5:07
2. Night To Remember [Vocal/Short Version] 3:40
3. Night To Remember [Instrumental] 4:36

USA - Import 12''

12'' Joyce Simms - Lifetime Love 1988

Edited By - Chep Nunez*
Engineer [Mix] - Roey Shamir
Mastered By - Howie Weinberg
Producer, Mixed By - Mantronik*
Written-By - J. Sims*

Albums:

1. Come Into My Life (1987)
2. All About Love (1989)
3. A New Beginning (2006)
4. Come Into My Life: Her Greatest Hits (2008)
5. Come Into My Life: The Very Best of Joyce Sims (2009)

Singles:

1. "All And All" (1986) UK #16; US R&B #69
2. "Lifetime Love" (1987) UK #34; US R&B #23
3. "Come Into My Life" (1988) UK #7; US R&B #10
4. "Walk Away" (1988) UK #24; US R&B #56
5. "Love Makes A Woman" (1988) US R&B #29
6. "Looking For A Love" (1989) UK #39
7. "Take Caution With My Heart" (1989)
8. "All About Love" (1990)
9. "Come Into My Life" (remix) (1994) UK #72
10. "Who's Crying Now" (1995)
11. "Come Into My Life" (2004 remix) (2004)
12. "Praise His Name" (2006)
13. "What The World Needs Now" (2006)

Tracks:

1. Lifetime Love [Hard Club] 6:24
2. Lifetime Love [Hard Dub] 5:43
3. Lifetime Love [Hard Radio Version] 3:35
4. Lifetime Love [Soft Radio] 3:41
5. Lifetime Love [Soft Club] 5:36
6. Lifetime Love [Hard Dub 2] 6:31

USA - Import 12''

12'' Johnny Kemp - Just Another Lover 1986

Johnny Kemp is a R&B and dance music singer and dancer born in 1959 in Nassau, Bahamas and raised in Harlem, New York. He released his self-titled debut album in 1986 and scored a minor hit with "Just Another Lover."

However, true success came the following year, with the release of his Secrets of Flying album, which contained a pair of top-five hits on the R&B charts, "Dancin' with Myself" and "Just Got Paid", the latter of which went all the way to number one. "Just Got Paid" also cracked the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1988 and went to #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play. His only other Hot 100 entry was "Birthday Suit," a tune from the soundtrack to the movie, Sing which climbed to #36 in 1989.

Kemp recently resurfaced on a 2007 DVD release by Keith Sweat entitled Sweat Hotel Live. This DVD features live performances by Sweat in a sort of 'reunion' with other R&B/New Jack Swing era pioneers of the late 1980s, including Teddy Riley. Kemp appears on the final track, an 'all-star finale' rendition of "Just Got Paid," originally recorded at a February 2006 concert in Atlanta, Georgia.

Interestingly, Keith Sweat initially passed on the instrumental track that would eventually become "Just Got Paid," when it was first offered to him in the mid 1980s. Kemp listened to it, added his own lyrics to the melody, and "Just Got Paid" was born.

Even more recently, Johnny Kemp appeared as the featured performer (singing "Just Got Paid") at the NJS4E (New Jack Swing 4 Ever) event in New York City on September 8, 2007. As the name implies, the show was celebrating and commemorating 20 years of New Jack Swing, and it took place at Ashford & Simpson's Sugar Bar. A brief clip of Kemp's performance interspersed with commentary from others at the event appears here. He is married and the father of two sons, Jason and Jared.

Tracks:

1. Just Another Lover [LP Version] 4:42
2. Just Another Lover [Extended Mix] 5:38
3. Just Another Lover [Instrumental] 4:23

USA - Import 12''

Johnny Kemp - Just Another Lover [Extended Mix] 1986

12'' Jimi Conwell - I'll Be Leaving Soon 1992

Tracks:

1. Mellow Mellow Me
2. Ill Be Leaving Soon

USA - Import 12''

Jimi Conwell - Mellow Mellow Me 1992

12'' Intrigue - Fly Girl 1984

Tracks:

A Fly Girl [Vocal] 6:25
B Fly Girl [Instrumental] 6:25

Executive Producer - Ray Daniels
Mastered By - Herb "Pump" Powers*
Producer - A. George*, F. McFarlane, L. Burgess*
Vocals [Uncredited] - Dino Terrell
Written-By - Leroy Burgess, Sonny Davenport*

USA - Import 12''

12'' Instant Funk - Got My Mind Made Up 1979

Instant Funk burst on the ’70s disco scene with the million-selling single “I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl)” and the gold album Instant Funk. The Trenton, NJ, band started out with the core lineup of bassist Raymond Earl, drummer Scotty Miller, and guitarist Kim Miller. It later expanded to include keyboardist Dennis Richardson; lead singer James Carmichael; horn players Larry Davis, Eric Huff, and Johnny Onderlinde; and percussionist Charles Williams.

The band can be heard on sides by Evelyn “Champagne” King (her gold single “Shame“), Archie Bell & the Drells (”Let’s Groove,” “The Soul City Walk,” and “Strategy“), South Shore Commission (”Free Man,” “A Train Called Freedom“), the O’Jays (” Let Me Make Love to You,” “I Swear I Love No One but You“), Lou Rawls (”From Now On,” “When You Get Home“), Gabor Szabo (”Keep Smilin‘”), and Jean Carn, as well as for their mentor, Bunny Sigler, and his cover of “Love Train,” “Keep Smilin’,” “Let Me Party With You,” “Sweeter Than the Berry,” and “Only You,” a duet with Loleatta Holloway.

In the mid-’60s, bassist Raymond Earl met drummer Scotty Miller in grade school and formed the duo the Music Machine. In 1973, Scotty’s younger brother, guitarist Kim Miller, joined the duo. After hours and hours of playing together, the trio found that they clicked; they became so intuitively “tuned” into each other that they could anticipate and accent each other’s playing. In 1968, they began backing local vocal group the TNJs, appearing at local dances and venues building up a good reputation. Around 1971, the group’s manager Jackie Ellis christened the backup band Instant Funk because they could come up with funky grooves instantaneously.

Philly soul artist/producer/songwriter Bunny Sigler was invited by Ellis to see Instant Funk and the TNJs perform. Sometime during the show, Sigler was called on stage to perform. He was impressed that the band knew “Sunshine,” a song he co-wrote with Phil Hurtt that was made popular by the O’Jays.

They began backing Sigler, the Manhattans, and various other R&B acts. As a staff songwriter/producer at Gamble & Huff’s Philadelphia International Records, Sigler began using Instant Funk on his sessions along with the TNJs. At those sessions and later, Sigler would record the basic track with Earl and the Miller brothers. Sigler, a brimming fount of ideas, would often stop the band midsong to implement one of his flashes of brillance. They backed Sigler on three of his PIR albums: That’s How Long I’ll Be Loving You, Keep Smilin’, and My Music.

Some tracks from those LPs are on Sony/Legacy’s The Best of Bunny Sigler: Sweeter Than the Berry and the 1998 Sony CD Bunny Sigler. Instant Funk released a single on PIR’s TSOP imprint, “Float Like a Butterfly,” and an album, Get Down With the Philly Jump, issued in November 1976, whose title track and “It Aint Reggae (But It Sho Is Funky)” were popular in disco clubs.

Instant Funk can also be heard on sides by the O’Jays (”Let Me Make Love to You,” “You’ve Got Your Hooks in Me,” “Once Is Not Enough,” and “I Swear I Love No One but You” from Message in Our Music; “Strokety Stroke” from So Full of Love), Archie Bell & the Drells (”Let’s Groove,” “Strategy,” “The Soul City Walk,” and “I Could Dance All Night” on Tightening It Up:

The Best of Archie Bell & the Drells), the Three Degrees (”Take Good Care of Yourself“), Jean Carn (”I’m in Love Once Again” and “You Are All I Need” from Jean Carn), Dexter Wansel (”Life on Mars,” the best recording that gives an idea of how the band sounded live, and “You Can Be What You Wanna Be” from The Very Best of Dexter Wansel), and M.F.S.B. (”Let’s Go Disco” from Universal Love). The band can be heard on studio bandmate T. Life’s That’s Life album and LPs by his protégée, Evelyn “Champagne” King (Smooth Talk and Music Box).

In 1977, M.F.S.B. guitarist Norman Harris started his own label, Gold Mind Records, distributed by New York-based Salsoul Records. Sigler signed on as a recording artist. He and the band were constantly in the studio recording ideas and songs. One track, “Let Me Party With You,” Sigler would listen to while driving around and excited passengers suggested that he release it. The single, co-written by the Miller brothers, Earl, and Sigler, went to number eight R&B in January 1978.

The track was reminiscent of Marvin Gaye’s “Got to Give It Up.” The album, Let Me Party With You, was a huge disco hit, and included the follow-up single, the funky Sam Peake’s sax-drenched ballad “I Got What You Need,” “Don’t Even Try,” and the club hit “Your Love Is So Good.
While brainstorming in the studio, Sigler and Instant Funk came up with “I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl).” Sigler did overdubs on the track at Philadelphia-area studios, Alpha International and Sigma Sound Studios, before taking it to Bob Blank’s Blank Tapes in New York.

When the track was done, Sigler shopped it around to the record labels, who rebuffed him with comments like “the hook’s not strong enough” and it sounds incomplete.” Instant Funk signed with Gold Mind, but by the time their single “I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl)” was released, Gold Mind had folded and all of its acts were transferred to Salsoul.

The million-selling “I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl)” (remixed by Larry Levan) parked at number one R&B for three weeks, peaking at number 20 pop on Billboard’s charts in March 1979. Their second album, Instant Funk, issued January 1979, went gold hitting number one R&B in spring 1979.

Other Instant Funk albums on Salsoul were: Witch Doctor (November 1979), The Funk Is On (October 1980), Looks So Fine (March 1982), Instant Funk, Vol. 5 (January 1983), and Kinky (September 1983).

The band backed Sigler on his Salsoul LPs: I’ve Always Wanted to Sing…Not Just Write Songs (March 1979) and Let It Snow (June 1980). Other Salsoul LPs that feature Instant Funk are Loleatta Holloway’s Queen of the Night, Loleatta, and Greatest Hits; Double Exposure’s Locker Room; and the Salsoul Orchestra’s How High.

For Bogart’s Casablanca Records, the band can be heard on two albums Sigler produced for the label: Party Girl by Patti Brooks and Callin‘ by the Pips. On Curtis Mayfield’s Curtom Records, Sigler and the band are on Barbara Mason & Bunny Sigler’s Locked in This Position, the self-titled debut of Mystique featuring Ralph Johnson, and Mayfield’s own Heartbeat.

With the John Brothers, who were featured on Witch Doctor, they recorded a Sigler-produced RCA single, “Try to Walk a Mile” b/w “I Just Want to Be Free,” both songs written by Bunny’s brother Jimmy Sigler. They are also on Gabor Szabo’s Mercury LP Nightflight and Carl Carlton’s I Wanna Be With You.

When the Cayre brothers, owners of Salsoul Records, decided to fold the label in 1984, in an effort to concentrate on the then-emerging home video market, Instant Funk was without a record deal. The band toured for a few years then disbanded. Some of the members were still in the music business in one form or another as the 21st century began.

Raymond Earl was operating his own studio and production company, Ray Ray Productions. Kim Miller, Dennis Richardson, and James Carmichael went into gospel music. Bunny Sigler was touring the world as a member of the Trammps.

“I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl)” can be found on the CD reissue of their 1979 gold album Instant Funk, Greatest Hits from EMI/Capitol/The Right Stuff, in the movie and on the soundtrack for the Disney/Miramax movie 54, Larry Levan’s Paradise Garage, and various Salsoul and Salsoul-licensed compilations.

Tracks:

1. I Got My Mind Made Up 9:46
2. I Got My Mind Made Up [Instrumental] 7:11

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12'' Howard Johnson - So Fine 1982

"So Fine" is a 1982 soul & dance single by Howard Johnson, former lead singer of Niteflyte. The single made it to number one on the dance charts for one week, number six on the soul singles chart.

Executive Producer - Howard Smiley
Mastered By - Herbie Jr*
Mixed By - Steve Goldman
Producer - Kashif , Morrie Brown , Paul Lawrence Jones*
Written-By - Kashif

Tracks:

1. So Fine [Edited Version] 4:18
2. So Fine [Album Version] 5:32

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Howard Johnson - So Fine 1982

12'' High Fashion - Feeling Lucky 1982

A mixed (male/female) trio that was the brainchild of Guadeloupe-born producer Jacques Fred Petrus, who moved to Bologna with dreams of becoming the Gamble & Huff of Italy; (while that didn't occur), he did produce noted disco albums by the B.B.&Q. Band, Change, the Ritchie Family, High Fashion, and others.

Petrus molded High Fashion (New Yorkers Alyson Williams, Me'lisa Morgan, and Eric McClinton) after Chic. Williams and Morgan first met in 1977 when both competed in Hal Jackson's Talented Teen International Scholarship Competition created for young women around the world 13 to 17 years old to display their intelligence and talent while networking with peers and competing for scholarships.

High Fashion debuted on Capitol Records in 1982 with Feelin' Lucky. It spawned one little disco hit, "Feeling Lucky Lately." A second LP, Make Up Your Mind, dropped in 1983; sales were embarrassing, Morgan booked, and by 1985, High Fashion disbanded.

A remake of Prince's "Do Me Baby" earned Morgan a number one R&B hit in 1985 for Capitol; she notched two more Top Ten R&B singles: "Do You Still Love Me?" and "If You Can Do It: I Can Too" before moving on to Arista Records in 1987 and hitting with a duet with Kashif ("Love Changes") that reached the number two spot (R&B). After Arista, she went with Pendulum Records.

Williams, the daughter of bandleader/trumpeter Bobby Booker, joined the Affair after High Fashion; before High Fashion, she was a sought-after session vocalist and worked on a long list of projects. A Def Jam single in 1987 began a solo career that ran out of gas in the late '90s. On Def Jam, in addition to solo work, she paired with Chuck Stanley ("Make You Mine Tonight") and Oran "Juice" Jones on "How to Love Again."

McClinton, whose masculine vocals accented High Fashion's sound, has been the least-active of the trio. He contributed backing vocals to Petrus' sessions, including the B.B.&Q. Band's She's a Woman LP. Jacques Fred Petrus met an untimely end: He was found weighted down in waters outside of Mexico City in 1986, the apparent victim of a mob hit.

Tracks:

1. Feelin' Lucky Lately 5:45
2. Brainy Children 3:32

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12'' Gwen Guthrie - Save Your Love For Me 1986

Tracks:

1. [They Long To Be] Close To You 7:14 [Remix] L. Levan
2. You Touched My Life
3. Save Your Love For Me *****

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12'' Goldie Alexanda - Show You My Love 1981

Arranged & written by Kat Dyson
Producer - Tony Green

Just to point out that the original press is on Quality Records.

Tracks:

1. Show You My Love rranged By - Kat Dyson*
2. Back Arranged By - Richie Rome

UK - Release 12''

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Who could forget the prequel to the Real McCoy Comedy Series - The Posse, co starring Victor Romeo Evans and cast from The Real McCoy.

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So I'd thought to put together a compilation of rare and hard to get video footage, hard get CD's, LP's from the 70's, 80's & 90's era. I've also put together a sample of my record collection accessible via pages with links entitled My Record & CD Collection SALE! .
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Due to an extended record collection it will take a lifetime to upload everything for your enjoyment. So I decided to offer you an incomparable selection of good soul & funk music comprising of imported 12'' singles & LP's.

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