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Aurra - Baby Love (1983)

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Disco soul funk group from Dayton, Ohio. Formed by Stephen C. Washington in 1979 as a spin-off from Slave and originally consisted of Starleana Young (lead vocals, percussion), Curt Jones (lead vocals, guitar, percussion), Charles Carter (keyboards, flute, percussion, sax, vocals) and Buddy Hankerson (bass). But just like Slave, Aurra was not a group in the strict sense of the word, more like an extended family, where members from both camps collaborated freely across the borders that record contracts, managers and personal egos normally sets up. Curt Jones and Starleana Young changed name to Déjà when they were signed to Virgin. credits https://funkprojet80.bandcamp.com/track/aurra-baby-love-1983
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Switch - Keep Movin On (1980)

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  Soul, funk and disco sextet, formed in Mansfield, Ohio in 1974 with 3 members from Grand Rapids (Michigan) and 3 other members from Akron (Ohio). At the time, they called themselves First Class. They then joined Barry White’s White Heat as backing band musicians and were let go shortly thereafter. Eventually changing their name to Switch due to their ability to ‘switch’ to different instruments during a song, the group got the attention of Jermaine Jackson who heard the group’s demo tape and within days the group was promptly signed to the Motown Records subsidiary label, Gordy. There, they recorded and released their self titled debut album in 1978. The album featured their first Top 10 R&B hit single entitled “There’ll Never Be”. Depending on whom was singing lead on the songs, their songs were written by Williams, Ingram and the late Bobby DeBarge and often in collaboration with Jermaine Jackson, who continued to sponsor the band throughout their five years on the label. T...
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Roy Ayers - Cant You See Me (1978)

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Roy Ayers (born September 10, 1940) is an American funk, soul, and jazz composer, vibraphone player, and record producer. Ayers began his career as a post-bop jazz artist, releasing several albums with Atlantic Records, before his tenure at Polydor Records beginning in the 1970s, during which he helped pioneer jazz-funk. He is a key figure in the acid jazz movement, and has been dubbed "The Godfather of Neo Soul".He is best known for his compositions "Everybody Loves the Sunshine", "Searchin", and "Running Away".At one time, he was said to have more sampled hits by rappers than any other artist. Ayers started recording as a bebop sideman in 1962 and rose to prominence when he dropped out of Los Angeles City College and joined jazz flautist Herbie Mann in 1966. In the early 1970s, Roy Ayers started his own band called Roy Ayers Ubiquity, a name he chose because ubiquity means a state of being everywhere at the same time. Ayers was responsible for ...
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