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Sharon McMahan - Get Out Of My Life 1973

She began her career as a songwriter in Detroit, Michigan. She wrote her first songs at the age of twelve, 'yes' twelve and turned professional at the age of thirteen. Ollie McLaughlin launched her writing career by publishing and recording several of her songs on his record labels.

McLaughlin recorded Sharon's songs on Barbara Lewis, Deon Jackson, Gracie Darnell, Johnnie Mae Matthews(who discovered The Temptations). He also secured a UK recording for Sharon on the London based group, The Searchers. It charted in Billboard to #11 in several countries and #23 in the U.S. Thus, Sharon has a tremendous fan base in the UK. Hey guy's catch Sharon Here!

Bryan Loren - Bryan Loren 1984

Bryan Loren is a multi-instrumentalist / songwriter / recording artist / producer. His smooth mid-tempo debut single 'Lollipop Luv' was a Top 30 R & B hit in 1984.

Loren, whose production and songwriting credits range from Vesta Williams, Eric Benet (as one half of the brother-sister Benet), Michael Jackson ('Dangerous'), Barry White ('Right Night' & 'Barry White'), Sting ('Nothing Like the Sun'), and Fox-TV's 'The Simpsons', is a multi-talent to be reckoned with.

The Long Island, New York, native was signed to Philadelphia's Philly World Records with Nick Martinelli (Loose Ends, Phyllis Hyman, Regina Belle, Stephanie Mills) handling the production chores for his debut LP, 'Bryan Loren', issued in June 1984. The first single on the Atlantic Records-distributed label 'Lollipop Luv' made it to number 23 R & B on Billboard's charts in spring 1984. It's included on 'The Best of Philly World Records'. The follow-up, the mellow and funky 'Do You Really Love Me' charted number 68 R & B in summer 1984.

Though Loren's later productions on various artists were often energetic and sometimes very funky, Bryan Loren was quite laid back. The LP and the 12 inch and Seven inch singles, including the third single 'Easier Said Than Done' b/w 'For Tonight,' have become collectables. Loren also wrote and produced hits for Vesta Williams ('Something About You,' 'Don't Blow a Good Thing'), Shanice Wilson ('[Baby Tell Me] Can You Dance'), and 'Do the Bartman' from the 1991 two-million-selling TV soundtrack from Fox-TV's 'The Simpsons', 'The Simpsons Sing the Blues'.

Some of his other credits include 'Wait for Me' not to be confused with the Slave hit from the 1990 self-titled MCA album by former Sugar Babes Stacy and Kymoko and the adventurous solo debut of Mic Murphy of the System ('Don't Disturb This Groove') on East West. Loren made one more LP, 'Music for the New World', issued by Arista in 1992. Loren-related 1999 releases are the self-titled A&M album from Johnson & Branson and former Three Dog Night member Chuck Negron's Hip-O CD 'Long Way Back'.

Tracks:

1. Lollipop Luv
2. Easier Said Than Done
3. For Tonight
4. Complications
5. Do You Really Love Me
6. Falling In Love
7. Stay With Me
8. Take All Of Me
9. Lollipop Luv [12'' Version]
10. Do You Really Love Me [Single Version]
11. Easier Said Than Done [Single Version]
12. For Tonight [Single Version]
13. Lollipop Luv [Instrumental Version]
14. Do You Really Love Me [Instrumental Version]
15. Easier Said Than Done [12'' Version]

Bryan Loren - Falling In Love 1984

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Colonel Abramham - Colonel Abramham 1985

In 1985 he signed to Steven Machat"s Label/Production company, AMI. Machat, who was working with the New Zealand producer Richard Burgess and hired him against conventional wisdom to produce Colonel Abrams for his company the album Colonel Abrams. Machat then talked MCA into signing the Colonel recordings to have them released throughout the world.

AMI also at this time had Ready for the World and the New Edition/Bobby Brown with MCA. This collaboration with the British producer Richard James Burgess produced the hits "Trapped", "I'm Not Gonna Let You" and urban contemporary ballad "Table for Two".

"Trapped" reached the top five and went gold in the UK Singles Chart and topped the U.S. Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1985, followed by the entire Colonel Abrams album, which spent two weeks at number one the following year. It was estimated by the Phonographic Association that "Trapped" sold over 5 million copies worldwide by spring 1987.

"Trapped" was copied by the producers Stock, Aitken and Waterman in London, U.K, and gave the U.K. singer Rick Astley a number one track with "Never Gonna Give You Up" which used an identical bassline to "Trapped."

"I'm Not Gonna Let You" also spent a week at number one in 1986. The album peaked at number 75 on the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart and number 13 on the U.S. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. His second album, 1987's You and Me Equals Us saw similar success.

Abrams also enjoyed a string of entries on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart in the 1980s and 1990s, including four entries that hit number one. In 1987 he had his fourth number-one U.S. dance hit with "How Soon We Forget."

An electronic remix of "Trapped" was later released in 1995 by Boards of Canada under the pseudonym Hell Interface. A new version of "Trapped" ("Trapped 2006") was released in the UK.

On January 9, 2007, Colonel Abrams released the single "Just When You Thought." It became the third single released on his own record label, Colonel Records, the others being "Heartbreaker" and "Let Us All Be Friends". On April 2, 2007, Colonel also released a dance smash called "Never Be". In 2007, Abrams released "Just Like Mathematics" and "True Stories."

Even though all of Abrams' recent singles output has become popular, none seem to have charted on the Billboard charts such as the Hot Dance Singles Sales, Hot Dance Airplay and Hot Dance Club Play charts. Colonel Abrams' forthcoming album, entitled Tribute to My Brother will be released in either late 2009 or early 2010." during the Spring. June 2008 saw the release of his single, "Only A Few." The Colonel continues to consolidate record sales due to a strong underground cult following.On December 12, 2009, Colonel performed at the o2 arena in London,Uk,and gave an eneregetic performance.

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Chuck Stanley - The Finer Things In Life 1987

The finer things in life" and "Jammin' to the bells" are the two hard-hitting openers that were the distinctive trademark tracks of the album at the time. "My all and all", "Real Soon" and "Day by Day" and perhaps to a lesser extent "Never gonna let you go" are excellent compositions, changing the tempo to bring out the artistic talent and wonderful vocalist that is Chuck Stanley.

"When it all falls Down" is a "life lessons" composition that takes the tempo a shade lower but keeps it real and has brilliance written all over it. "Love Toy" deserves special mention here because it was the track that many a radio DJ in Manchester, UK, used to promote the album - and it certainly worked on the reviewer. "Make you mine tonight", a duet with Alyson Williams of the "I need your lovin'" fame is a slow jam that simply fits and is no filler.

Tracks:

1. The Finer Things In Life
2. Jammin´ To The Bells
3. My All And All
4. Real Soon
5. When It All Falls Down
6. Day By Day
7. Love Toy
8. Never Gonna Let You Go **
9. Burning Up
10. Make You Mine Tonight

Chuck Stanley - Never Let You Go 1987

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Cherelle - High Priority 1986

Tracks:

01. The Opening
02. You look Good To Me
03. Artificial Heart
04. New Love
05. Oh No It's U Again
06. Saturday Love **
07. Will You Satisfy
08. Where Do I Run To
09. High Priority
10. New Love Reprise

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Change - The Glow Of Love 1980

To Change’s detractors, the studio group was nothing more than a poor man’s Chic. But knowledgeable disco and R&B enthusiasts knew better; Change wasn’t a carbon copy of Chic any more than jazz great Chet Baker was a clone of Miles Davis.

Without question, Change was heavily influenced by the Nile Rodgers/Bernard Edwards sound; nonetheless, Change had an energy of its own, and anyone who seriously listened to its first album, The Glow of Love, could easily tell the difference between Chic and Change (just as serious jazz fans can tell the difference between Baker’s trumpet playing and Davis’).

Produced by Jacques Fred Petrus and arranged by David Romani and Paolo Gianolio, this 1980 debut is a disco/R&B masterpiece. The playful opener “A Lover’s Holiday” is Change’s best-known song, but the group is just as captivating on the sassy “It’s a Girl’s Affair” and the passionate “Angel in My Pocket.” Meanwhile, Luther Vandross is featured on “Searching” and the dreamy, laid-back title song, which became a quiet storm favorite and demonstrates that not everything Change recorded was aimed at the dancefloor.

In 1980, Vandross had yet to provide his first solo album, although many of the people who heard his performances on those two gems agreed that a solo career was inevitable; and sure enough, his first big solo hit, “Never Too Much,” came out the following year. Excellent from start to finish, The Glow of Love is Change’s most essential album. (Alex Henderson-All

Tracks:

01. A Lover’s Holiday (A Jim Burgess Mix) **
02. It’s A Girl’s Affair
03. Angel In my Pocket
04. The Glow Of Love
05. Searching
06. The End
07. Searching (Parkside Remix) **

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Carl Anderson - Protocol 1985

This is an album I have ALWAYS wanted to see the light of day on CD, and thanks to the good guys at Funkytown Grooves USA in conjunction with Sony Music US we now have this 1985 gem on CD for the very first time AND digitally remastered from the original master tapes and not some tatty old record! The quality speaks for itself.

Deep, rich and crystal clear there is no muffled sounds, no distortions and no sibilance. This, dear readers is what our music deserves. It doesn't matter a tuppenny jot if the artwork is first-rate...if the recording quality is not up to par I see no point.

This, though, is sublime and thanks to all concerned for this and many more releases of the same high quality to come! A gem from 1985, the late, great Carl Anderson served up some superb uptempo soul on here and this is exactly the kind of material I had always thought criminally ignored in the past! This album has many highlights, and we open up with one that is called "Don't Stop This Feeling". Very much of it's day, and produced by Al McKay hot from the studio with Motown legends The Temptations and Finis Henderson!

This has a super buoyancy that carried over into the popular music world at that time. Nowt wrong with that - Kenny Loggins would have done a great job on this, equally. As an added extra we have the 12" extended version too.

My cream cut, as well as being one of my all-time favourites is the Gary Taylor written and produced "Let's talk". I worship the work that comes from Gary Taylor, and although I love his new material I really do think that he would benefit from re-appraising his 1980s material and this killer tune in particular. This has Gary Taylor stamped all over it...and once the bridge kicks in I am in Gary Taylor heaven.

This is definitely my kind of 80s groove and thank you Matt and Tony sooooo much for having it properly on CD!!! "Love On Ice" still stands it's ground a quarter of a century on (man, is that not a scary thought...25 years!) and sounds as splendorous to me now as it did then. The three bonus songs are also here for you to enjoy - I've already highlighted one; the other two being "Light Me" which did not appear on the original album.

This is not the greatest track Carl Anderson ever laid down but still a bubbly uptempo track that would have suited any soundtrack from that glorious period. The UK remix of "Let's Talk" is also here but is, for me, a very poor relation to the album mix. Still, nice to have it here and hats off to all players involved in this re-release.

CD:

1. Can't Stop This Feeling
2. Let's Talk
3. Still Thinking of You
4. What Will Happen Now
5. Somebody Up There Likes Me
6. One More Time With Feeling
7. Love On Ice
8. Girl, I Won't Take No
9. Saving My Love For You
10. Let's Talk [U.K. Remix]
11. Light Me
12. Can't Stop This Feeling [12" Extended Version]

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Cherly Lynn - Its Gonna Be Right 1985

Cherly Lynn - Fedility 1985

[Born:] Cheryl Lynn Smith, 11th March 1957, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The full-throated Lynn became a hitmaker at the height of disco's popularity, singing dance tunes that retained the gospel vocal approach of classic soul. Lynn grew up in the church where her mother was a minister of music. Her break into the music business came in 1976 after she won as a contestant on the US television amateur talent show The Gong Show.

Before signing with Columbia, however, she spent half a year with a touring company of 'The Wiz', a black musical based on the Wizard Of Oz story. Lynn achieved a million-seller with her very first record, 'Got To Be Real', reaching number 1 R & B and number 12 pop in 1978.

Other chart entries followed, notably 'Shake It Up Tonight' (US R & B number 5), 'Encore' (US R & B number 1), and 'If You Were Mine' (US R & B number 11).

She also enjoyed success in 1982 with an excellent remake of the Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell hit, 'If This World Was Mine' (US R & B number 4), on which she duetted with Luther Vandross. Her success in the UK was minimal, with only 'Encore' briefly entering the charts in 1984.

Albums:

Cheryl Lynn (Columbia 1978)
In Love (Columbia 1980)
In The Night (Columbia 1981)
Instant Love (Columbia 1982)
Preppie (Columbia 1984)
It's Gonna Be Right (Columbia 1985)
Start Over (Manhattan 1987)
Whatever It Takes (1989)

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Change - Sharing Your Love 1982

The band's debut album, The Glow Of Love, was released in 1980 and featured the million seller "A Lover's Holiday". The follow-up hits from the album, "Searching" and the title song feature lead vocals by the then unknown Luther Vandross. The three songs combined spent 9 weeks at #1 on Billboard's Disco charts, enough to make it the #1 Disco album of the year and a million seller in the U.S.

The success of "Searching" and "The Glow Of Love" exposed Luther's voice to mainstream and eventually led to a successful solo career starting in 1981. The follow-up album, Miracles, featured the hits "Paradise", "Hold Tight," and "Heaven Of My Life," which, combined, spent 6 weeks at the number one spot in 1981 on Billboard's Disco chart. Due to contractual differences, Luther refused to sing lead on any of the album's tracks and was only featured on backing vocals on selected songs.

By now, James Robinson and Diva Gray had replaced Vandross. After Miracles, Luther continued to provide backup vocals for the group until 1981, when he left Change to pursue his solo career in 1981.

Tracks:

01. The Very Best In You [0:05:42.47]
02. Hard Times (It's Gonna Be Alright) [0:05:20.64]
03. Oh What A Night [0:05:26.14]
04. Promise Your Love [0:04:29.00]
05. Everything And More [0:04:20.22]
06. Sharing Your Love [0:06:02.08]
07. Take You To Heaven [0:05:26.60]
08. Keep On It [0:05:37.50]
09. You're My Number :04:20.27]
10. You're My Girl [0:04:08.09]
11. The Very Best In You (Single Edit) [0:04:12.26]
12. Hard Times (Extended Version) [0:06:01.52

Change - Sharing Your Love 1982

Change - Promise You Love 1982

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Carl Carlton - Rated Xtra 1980

Detroit native Carl Carlton got his start in the record business through baseball. When a neighbor yelled down from an apartment window to some kids playing baseball in vacant lot to stop playing ball and to turn that radio off, they yelled back "that ain't no radio, that's Carl!" The neighbor ran down to see where this astonishing soulful voice was coming from.

Later, he took Carlton to Lando Records where he began recording in the late '60s as Little Carl Carlton. His first single was "I Love True Love." Carlton had some previous experience from singing in church and being snuck into clubs to perform for tips by his older siblings. When a later single, "Competition Ain't Nothing," started to take off in the summer of 1968, the single was picked up by Don Robey's Back Beat Records.

Carlton signed with the label and moved to Houston where the label was located. It was a big change for the youngster to go from Detroit's notorious Black Bottom neighborhood to waking to fresh country air and the gentle mooing of Jersey cows on Robey's spacious ranch. When he wasn't touring or flying around the country doing recording dates, he'd perform at Robey's club, the Duke Peacock, which was also the name of Robey's other label.

During this time, Carlton worked with a then-struggling songwriting/production duo named Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff, producer David Crawford (Candi Staton's "Young Hearts Run Free"), and producer/writer Bunny Sigler. Carlton scored some minor chart hits for Back Beat in the late '60s and early '70s, with "46 Drums - 1 Guitar," "Oh Mary How I Got Over," "I Can Feel It," and "Drop By My Place," which broke the R&B Top 20 and the pop Top 40. When Don Robey sold his Duke Peacock/Back Beat labels to ABC Records in 1972, a compilation album of Carlton's singles was released, You Can't Stop a Man in Love.

Former Temptations David Ruffin was a friend of Carlton. After listening to one of Ruffin's albums, Carlton got excited about one song, "Everlasting Love." Carlton wasn't aware that the song was previously a Top Ten hit for Robert Knight in 1967. In spite of the song's previous success, the first Carl Carlton single on ABC was "I Wanna Be Your Main Squeeze" with a low-key version of "Everlasting Love" on the flip. After given a more disco-friendly arrangement, "Everlasting Love," produced by Nashville's Papa Don Schroder (Bobby & James Purify's "I'm Your Puppet"), garnered Carlton his first Top Ten pop hit in 1974, peaking at number six and going to number 11 R&B.

An album, Everlasting Love, produced by Bob Monaco (Rufus, Three Dog Night), was released and included two other singles, "Morning Noon and Night" and a cover of Rufus' "Smokin' Room," which gave Carlton his second pop hit. 1975 saw Carlton travelling to Philadelphia to work with producer/songwritwer Bunny Sigler.

Though the album credits the backing musicians as MFSB, the core rhythm section is Instant Funk, which was a part of MFSB and scored a million-seller four years later with "I Got My Mind Made Up." The resultant album, I Wanna Be With You, is generally regarded as Carlton's best album. Carlton's vocals are much more relaxed and supple than on the Everlasting Love album.

Despite good reviews in Right On magazine and the release of three singles, "Ain't Been No One Before You" (released January 1976), "Ain't Gonna Tell Nobody (About You) (charted the summer of 1976), and "Live for Today, Not for Tomorrow" (released late winter 1976), the album weakly charted. Some believe that it had to do with the royalty dispute that Carlton was involved in with ABC at the time.

For a year and a half, Carlton had to wait until his contract with ABC lapsed until he could do anymore recording. He resurfaced in late 1977 with a Mercury single, "You You," a lovely lush ballad produced by the Dramatics' L.J. Reynolds along with the group's musical director John Brinson. On the flip was a funky blues number called "Something's Wrong." There were two other tracks recorded, but they were never released.

With a lot of time on his hands, Carlton got into fitness. Weightlifting and jogging appealed to him and he found a workout partner in boxer Thomas "Hitman" Hearns. Carlton continued to perform around Detroit. Many people in the music business promised to work with Carlton, but the only one to come through was veteran soul singer Leon Haywood. He flew Carlton to California and worked with him in his recording studio.

Getting him a singles deal with the label that he was signed to, 20th Century, Haywood produced a cover of his own "This Feeling's Rated Xtra" with a James Ingram tune, "Fighting in ihe Name of Love" on the B-side. It charted briefly, doing well enough for 20th Century to release the next single, "She's a Bad Mama Jama. "She's a Bad Mama Jama" earned Carlton a gold record in 1981, staying at number two for eight weeks straight, kept out of the number one spot by Diana Ross and Lionel Richie's "Endless Love."

An album, Carl Carlton, was released with a front cover of a shirtless Carlton showing off his chiseled physique. The album went gold also. Such success afforded Carlton the opportunity to appear on such top-rated TV shows as Solid Gold, Soul Train, and American Bandstand and to tour major venues doing some dates with Rick James. The next single was "I Think It's Gonna Be Alright," a gentle acoustic guitar-laced ballad that briefly charted. Various rappers have rapped over "She's a Bad Mama Jama" in later years.

His next album was The Bad CC (RCA), which included a catchy synth-heavy cover of the Four Tops' "Baby I Need Your Loving." Produced by David Rubinson and Friends, it features one of the last performances by Sylvester sideman/synth wizard Patrick Cowley. The single did good in the U.S. and was a Top Ten hit in Australia. "Everyone Can Be a Star" was the flip side of "...Loving."

It was co-written by Carlton and Gavin Christopher and may be Carlton's most autobiographical song. 1986 saw the release of Carlton's sixth album, Private Property (Casablanca). It is safe to say that Carlton wanted and needed a hit. So one can probably excuse the title track and first single for being a "Mama Jama" clone. It did the trick, landing in the upper half of the R&B charts.

The same can be said for the follow-up, "Slipped, Tripped and Fall in Love." But the album shouldn't be overlooked because of this. It's one of the last albums produced by Memphis hitmaker Allen Jones with able backing from his main band, the Barkays. There's a sweet cover of Ben E. King's "Stand By Me." Sam Dees produces the unique "Mama's Boy," and his heart-tugging ballad "Never Got Over You" has to be one of the best things Carlton has ever recorded.

Dropped from the Casablanca roster, Carlton started working with Leon Haywood again in 1994, releasing a single, "Rock N Roll" b/w "Main Event.."Give Carlton self-admitted fault of "going for the cash" and signing bad contracts, the lyrics of "Main Event" seem appropriate: "Obstacles have come at me/although somehow I've overcome/I can see the prize just waiting there/so through the maze of life I run I run/I fight each battle round by round/maintain my quest for higher ground." An album, Main Event, was released later that year.

Tracks:

1. Sexy Lady
2. Let Me Love You Till the Morinig Comes
3. Don’t You Wanna Make Love
4. This Feeling’s Rated X-Tra **
5. She’s a Bad Mama Jam (She’s Built,She’s Stacked)
6. I’ve Got That Boogie Fever
7. I Think It’s Gonna Be Alright
8. Fighting in the Name of Love

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Champagne - How Bout Us 1982

During the Chicago soul heydays of the '60s and the '70s, arranger James Mack's skills were displayed throughout the Brunswick Records catalog and on releases for other labels. Mack earned a master's degree in composition from Roosevelt University and was an instructor at Crane Junior College; his students included then-future ace arrangers Willie Henderson and Thomas Washington ("Tom Tom") .

In 1968, Henderson joined the Chicago branch division of New York-based Brunswick Records, working on hits by producer Carl Davis. Henderson brought Mack to Brunswick that same year. Primarily, Mack did arrangements for singer Tyrone Davis' releases for the label. Another former student, Leo Graham, took over the production chores of Tyrone Davis.

Mack continued doing arrangements for the singer when he signed with Columbia Records in 1976. Mack's work is heard on all seven of Tyrone Davis' Columbia LPs including the Billboard-charting hit singles "Give It Up (Turn It Loose)," "This I Swear," "All You Got," "Get on Up (Disco)," "In the Mood" (the record was used as the basis for rapper MC Eiht's 1993 gold single "All for the Money"), "Ain't Nothing I Can Do," and "Be With Me."

Mack also arranged such little-known gems as the Willie Henderson-produced single by the male vocal group Essence ("Sweet Fools") and the 1982 self-titled Columbia debut of the group Kokomo. Kokomo became a later post-release favorite of soul music fans and U.K. Northern soul devotees. Mack also did arrangements for the Champaign, IL, sextet Champaign that included Pauli Carman ("Dial My Number") who hit with the gentle ballad "How Bout Us."

Much of his recording catalog is still in print on Brunswick or Brunswick-licensed compilations (Rhino's Billboard Hot Soul Hits/1970). One of the best is The Best of Tyrone Davis: In the Mood by Sony Music Legacy. After serving as a multi-termed president of the Chicago branch of NARAS, Mack returned to teaching.

Tracks:

01. Can You Find The Time?
02. Party People
03. Whiplash
04. I'm On Fire
05. How 'Bout Us
06. Spinnin'
07. Dancin' Together Again
08. Lighten Up
09. If One More Morning
10. How Bout Us - 7'' Version (Bonus Track)
11. I'm On Fire - 7'' Version (Bonus Track)

Champagne - How Bout Us 1981

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Chapter 8 - This Love's For Real 1985

This Detroit group is best known as the band that helped launch Anita Baker's career. The original group was founded by Michael Powell and David Washington in 1972. They backed the Detroit Emeralds until Powell and Washington added vocalist Rick Means and Carolyn Crawford. Crawford was later replaced by Barbara Love.

When Love departed, Washington added Baker, whom he had heard singing background with the Osmoses, another local group. Means had left by the time Chapter 8 signed with Ariola in 1979. Baker and Gerald Lyles split lead vocals, with Powell, Derek Dickson, Allen E. Nance, Courtien Hale, Scott Guthrie, Van Cephus, and Washington completing the lineup.

Their debut LP, Chapter 8, was released in 1979, but Ariola promptly dropped them. Baker moved on to solo fame. By their second LP in 1985 for Beverly Glenn, Valerie Pinkson was alternating on lead vocals with Lyles, while keyboardist Vernon Falls joined veterans Hale, Washington, and Powell. This Love's for Real didn't garner any hits, but was a solid soul and funk outing. The lineup remained intact for their third release, Forever, in 1988 for Capitol.

Powell produced it, but it also didn't sell and Capitol also dropped them. Powell has emerged as a successful producer, scoring hits on songs produced for Baker and Regina Belle. Various Chapter 8 musicians have also recorded with Baker, Peabo Bryson, David Peaston, and James Ingram.

Tracks:

1. Don't Stop Loving Me
2. How Is It Possible
3. This Love's For Real
4. Love Loving You
5. How Can I Get Next To You
6. Tell Me
7. It's My Turn
8. Don't You Think It's Time
9. Ready For Your Love

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Change - Change Of Heart 1984

Tracks:

1. Say You Love Me Again
2. Change Of Heart
3. Warm
4. True Love
5. You Are My Melody
6. Lovely Lady
7. Got My Eyes On You
8. It Burns Me Up

Change - Change Of Heart 1984

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Cherelle - Fragile 1984

This album has been remastered very nicely. All of the juicy 80's goodness is preserved very well. Some songs do not hold up well over such a long time but I do appreciate the ability to listen to them as I was too young when this album was put out. Fragile and I didn't mean to turn you on are truly the boss tracks on this album.

The second album High priority was clearly a more consistent album The second album High priority was clearly a more consistent album musicaly if not in subject matter. This debut album is all over the place and definitley fits with the other stuff Jam and Lewis was doing at the time.

The Liner notes were very informative and revealing considering the admissions that the Mistakes that Jam and Lewis made on the first three Cherrelle albums Janet Jackson profitted from with each of her following albums. (you can hear it when you hear these tracks next to Janet's from her first two albums with Jam and Lewis) Tabu really needs to release Cherrelle's Affair album (remastered) some time soon with more Liner notes. A great LP.

Tracks:

1. Fragile... Handle With Care
2. I Didn't Mean To Turn You On
3. Like I Will
4. I Will Wait For You
5. Who's It Gonna Be
6. Stay With Me
7. When You Look In My Eyes
8. I Need You Now

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By All Means - Beyond A Dream 1989

The second album from the trio By All Means. It was well produced and had some good vocals from Lynn Roderick and some decent arrangements and compositions. What it didn't have was a breakout single or a standout album cut, and didn't enable the trio to continue building from the good buzz that their debut had gotten.

Tracks:

1. Let's Get It On 4:37
2. Do You Remember 3:55
3. Early Fall 4:08
4. Tender Love 5:19
5. I Think I Fell in Love 5:49
6. Stay With Me Tonight 5:19
7. Point of View 4:26
8. I'd Rather Be Lonely 5:11
9. The More You Give, the More You Get 3:59
10. I Know You Well

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Cameo - Single Life 1985

In the late ’70s and very early ’80s, Cameo was the epitome of a horn-driven funk band. Like Parliament/Funkadelic (a major influence), the Ohio Players, Earth, Wind & Fire, the Commodores, Tower of Power, and so many other bands that defined funk in the ’70s, Cameo was famous for its horn section. But when horn bands went out of style and urban contemporary audiences started craving synth-funk and electro-funk, Cameo leader Larry Blackmon was determined to change with the times and remain on the charts.

Thus, the Cameo of 1985′s Single Life is a lot more high tech than the Cameo of 1978′s We All Know Who We Are or 1980′s Cameosis. Blackmon felt that the market called for a downsized Cameo, which is why the Cameo he leads on this LP is a trio consisting of Tomi Jenkins, Nathan Leftenant, and himself. Single Life isn’t devoid of horns, but the horn players are strictly guests — not actual Cameo members — and the group’s sound is built around synthesizers and electric bass. Some funk fans missed the old horn-powered Cameo, but Single Life had no problem appealing to urban contemporary audiences.

Although not quite as essential as 1986′s Word Up!, this album is generally excellent. The infectious title song was a major hit, and Cameo is equally impressive on other synth-funk offerings like “I’ve Got Your Image” and “Attack Me With Your Love.” Much to Blackmon’s credit, the album is fairly diverse and unpredictable. “A Good-Bye” is more of a rock ballad than an R&B ballad, while “Little Boys, Dangerous Toys” is a political reggae gem inspired by the Cold War and the nuclear arms race.

And one of the album’s best songs is “Urban Warrior,” a fun yet idealistic rap tune about a hip-hopper who travels the world partying and promoting world peace. Single Life was a welcome addition to Cameo’s catalogue.

Tracks:

1. Attack Me With Your Love
2. Single Life
3. I’ve Got Your Image
4. A Good-Bye
5. I’ll Never Look for Love
6. Urban Warrior
7. Little Boys, Dangerous Toys

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Change - Turn On The Raido 1985

The Line Up:

James 'Crab' Robinson (vocals)
Mike Campbell (vocals)
Deborah Cooper (vocals)
Toby Johnson (vocals)
Rick Brennan (vocals)
Jeff Bova (vocals)
Vincent Henry (vocals) and Timmy Allen (vocals)
The musicians were:
Mauro Malavasi (keyboards)
Paolo Granolio (guitar)
Bernard Davis (drums)
David Romani (bass) and Rudy Trevisi (saxophone)

Change were, initially, a group led by Paolo Granolio (guitar) and David Romani (bass).

They were a studio creation by producers Jacques Fred Petrus and Mauro Malavasi, who first got together to form Goody Music in 1975.

With material recorded in Fontoprint Studio's, Bologna (where the producers' own 24-track studio was based) and Power Station Studio's, New York, 'The Glow Of Love' launched the group in 1980, with success on the U.K. charts arriving with 'Searching', and its Luther Vandross / Jocelyn Shaw led vocals, and the dancefloor title track.

The album also included the popular track 'A Lover's Holiday'. With touring engagements forthcoming, James Robinson took over from Luther Vandross on lead vocals.

Following 'Miracles' (featuring 'Hold Tight', 'Paradise' and 'Heaven In Your Arms', and further input from Luther Vandross), 'Sharing Your Love' (containing the excellent 'The Very Best In You') and 'This Is Your Time', James Robinson would embark on a solo career.

James Robinson was replaced at the front of the group by Debra Cooper and Rick Brenna, backed by Timmy Allen (bass), Vince Henry (saxophone) and Michael Campbell (guitar).

The emerging production team of Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis took over the helm for 1984's 'Change Of Heart', which brought two further U.K. hits (the title track and 'You Are My Melody'). That success proved difficult to emulate on later recordings, although 1985's 'Turn On Your Radio' did give rise to three minor U.K. hits ('Let's Go Together', 'Oh What A Feeling' and 'Mutual Attraction').

In 1986, and after a stint with the group B.B & Q., Jacques Fred Petrus was shot dead at his villa in Guadaloupe by a Swiss man whom Petrus had refused entry into his nightclub previously. The killer was later arrested in France. In 2010, a new album entitled 'Change Your Mind' was due for release. A single entitled 'Things We Do For Love' featured vocals by Patrick Boothe and Lisa Fischer.

Albums:

The Glow Of Love (RFC/Atlantic 1980)
Miracles (Atlantic 1981)
Sharing Your Love (Atlantic 1982)
This Is Your Time (Atlantic 1983)
Change Of Heart (Atlantic 1984)
Turn On Your Radio (Atlantic 1985)
Change Your Mind (2010)

Tracks:

01. Turn On Your Radio [0:05:20.70]
02. Let's Go Together [0:06:08.62]
03. Examination [0:05:35.74]
04. You'll Always Be A Part Of Me [0:05:20.13]
05. Oh What A Feeling [0:05:40.42]
06. Mutual Attraction [0:05:56.35]
07. Love The Way You Love Me [0:05:35.05]
08. If You Want My Love [0:05:21.44]
09. Turn On Your Radio (Single Edit) [0:03:24.60]
10. Let's Go Together (Single Edit) [0:04:08.58]

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Carl Anderson - On and On 1984

[Born:] February 27, 1945
[Died:] February 23, 2004

Carl was an American singer. Born in Lynchburg, Virginia, Anderson was one of 12 children of James and Alberta Anderson. During his junior year of high school, Anderson enlisted in the U.S. Air Force, where he served as a communications technician for two years.

He returned to Lynchburg to complete high school and graduate in 1965. With his honorable discharge, following high school, Anderson sang at military bases across America as part of the World Wide Air Force Talent Contest.

Tracks:

1. Don't Make Me Wait
2. Magic
3. It's The Love
4. Try
5. Keep It Alive
6. On & On
7. Time To Win
8. Lately

[Born:] Carlton Earl Anderson, 27th February 1945, Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S.A. [Died:] 23rd February 2004, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

Carl was [Born:] in Lynchburg, Virginia, and moved to Washington in the Sixties. He performed at Jackie Lee's Lounge on Kennedy Street, NW for a number of years. At that time, Carl was managed by Dewey Hughes, who was instrumental in linking Carl to Stevie Wonder and his later role in Jesus Christ Superstar.

Carl sang with the rock band Second Eagle before relocating to Los Angeles in the early '70's and joining Motown in 1971. While working with Stevie Wonder on some songs that were never issued, Carl began acting. As previously mentioned, Carl was in both the film and stage productions of 'Jesus Christ Superstar' during the early and mid-70's, and also made appearances in several L.A. clubs.

Larkin Arnold signed Carl to his label in 1980, and Richard Rudolph produced his Columbia debut, 'Absence Without Love', in 1982. Although containing the excellent 'Buttercup' (a collaboration with Stevie Wonder), it didn't attract much attention, however, the second LP, 'On & On', included the single 'Magic' and duet 'It's The Love' with Vanesse Thomas.

He recorded two more LPs for the label, and the 1986 release 'Carl Anderson' earned him a pop hit, the duet 'Friends and Lovers' with soap star Gloria Loring which reached the number two spot. Carl recorded with Nancy Wilson and Weather Report in 1987, his duet with Wilson, 'Forbidden Lover,' won critical praise.

He recorded 'An Act of Love' for Polydor in 1988 and 'Pieces of A Heart' (containing a collaboration with Leon Ware on 'How Deep Does It Go?") and 'Fantasy Hotel' for GRP in 1990 and 1992, respectively.

His acting career included appearances in the television shows 'Hill Street Blues', 'Magnum', Starsky & Hutch', 'The Incredible Hulk' and 'Hotel', along with a part in the movie 'The Color Purple'. In 2001, Carl began work on a new project, as yet untitled, which he described as 'real Rhythm And Blues'. The album never saw the light of day. Carl became ill and lost his fight against Leukaemia in February 2004.

Albums:

Abscence With Out Love (Epic 1982)
On & On (Epic 1983)
Protocol (Epic 1985)
Carl Anderson (Carrere 1986)
Friends and Lovers (Epic 1986)
Act of Love (Polydor 1988)
Pieces of a Heart (GRP 1991)
Fantasy Hotel (GRP 1992)
Heavy Weather (GRP 1994)
Sunlight Again (GRP 1997)

Carl Anderson - On & On 1984

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By All Means - By All Means 1988

Tracks:

1. I Surrender To Your Love 4:42
2. I'm The One Who Loves You 4:55
3. You Decided To Go 4:39
4. I Believe In You 3:59
5. I Want To Thank You 5:10
6. Let's Get Started Now 4:29
7. Slow Jam (Can I Have This Dance With You) 5:03
8. Somebody Save Me 4:29
9. Does It Feel Good To You 3:57
10. We're Into This Groove

By All Means - By All Means 1988

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