A colllection of some rarities i've found through the years and some which a few other collectors i know have located :






- Release year : 1999
- Label : Relativity Records

- Male vocalgroup

- Trax :

1 - If Wou Wanna Get Down
2 - Yes I Will
3 - In And Out Of Love
4 - Why
5 - Special Kind Of Love *
6 - Love On My Mind
7 - Dry Your Eyes
8 - I See That Look In Your Eyes
9 - Till The End Of Time
10 - Too Late
11 - I Pray
12 - Medley

http://cgi.ebay.com/othel...dZViewItem

* - also released by Nu Colors , 3 years before the Othello project .














Ericka Yancey is an R&B singer who signed to RCA Records in 1996 .
Her debut album Ericka was never released, but she scored two minor R&B hits on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart in 1997 .
In 1998 she recorded a duet with R&B performer TQ .
From 1999-2004 Yancey spent time recording background vocals for such artist like Victoria Beckham, MC Lyte, Macy Gray, and Mary J. Blige .




- Release year - 1997
- Label - BMG/RCA
- Release # : RADV-67470-2

- Trax :

1 - U Can't Miss ( W.U.N.H. )
2 - All In All
3 - Not Gonna Beg
4 - If Only
5 - Wait A While
6 - So Good
7 - Moving On
8 - Do The Right Thing
9 - Can I Keep You
10 - Make You Mine
11 - I Like
12 - Longing For You



- Personnel :

- Ericka Yancey - vocals
- Michael Hughes - vocals
- Keith Andes - various instruments
- Big Yam - various instruments
- Michael J. Powell - guitar, percussion ( producer/writer from Anita's Rapture-fame )
- Kurt Bushie - guitar
- Curtiss Boone - keyboards, bass, drums
- Jason Hess - keyboards, drums, programming
- Al Richardson - keyboards, drum programming
- Pete Scott - keyboards, drum programming
- Reggie Hamilton - bass
- Taneka Beard - background vocals
- Alyse Manning - background vocals
- Louise Francis - background vocals
- Erika Evans - background vocals
- Ricky Jones - background vocals
- Felicia Adams - background vocals

( released herself a good solo-album )



Producers :

- Pete Scott
- Al Richardson
- Chris Liggio
- Big Yam
- Victor Merritt

Engineers :

- Martin Hornburg
- Jason Hess
- Gerard Smerek
- Phil Brown
- Elliot Peters



This is the one which can still be found . I scored it @ a bin shop once .
The one with the picture-sleeve ( pictured on top of the article ) is much harder to locate .
A friend of mine was lucky though , cause it is said that the printed cover was shelved very quickly .

http://cgi.ebay.com/Erick...dZViewItem


















Trina Broussard , a soprano best known for covering soul legend Minnie Riperton's hit Inside My Love for the Larenz Tate movie Love Jones . Broussard was signed for a time to Jermaine Dupri's So So Def Label , writing for and working with such artists as Aretha Franklin ,
but her own project was stalled, and Trina then moved to Motown/Universal .
Her second album , Same Girl , was released in 2004, but despite good reviews , it failed to find an audience .


http://www.underground-so...sc&start=0

Check the 3-page link above with lots of interesting info about Trina


http://soultalk.rhythmflo...trina.html


http://www.myspace.com/tr...ssardmusic

Her version of Inside My Love can be heard on MySpace













Writer/Producer Jamie Hawkins is the real deal . Though born
the son of gospel legends , Walter and Tramaine Hawkins , Jamie
has carved out a style all his own . Known around the world for
his beautiful melodies and full-bodied production , Jamie is the
man musicians listen to when they need inspiration .

In 1999 , Jamie signed with Elektra Records and recorded a self-
titled album . Although the album was never released , its
promotional sampler became and international cult classic . With
only 250,000 copies in circulation , it has commanded prices as
high as $400 in online auctions 5 years after its release .






http://www.donelljones8.c...83390.html

http://www.underground-so...&Itemid=35

http://www.fouramg.com/Jamie.html

His new track for this summer-release is in the link here above
... sounds cool .














1 - Alone
2 - Wanna Be In Love
3 - Lonely Girl
4 - Don't Miss The Good Stuff
5 - Smile
6 - Rather Be In Love
7 - Please Don't Leave
8 - Where Is The Love
9 - Never Felt Like This (Lady)
10 - Send Me An Angel
11 - All I Have
12 - You And Me
13 - Wonderful Beautiful Amazing




This outstanding track is my favorite .

http://www.musicobsession...342495.jpg

http://www.allmusicshop.c...a7b365ee90


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100MPH said:[quote]A colllection of some rarities i've found through the years and some which a few other collectors i know have located :














1 - Alone
2 - Wanna Be In Love
3 - Lonely Girl
4 - Don't Miss The Good Stuff
5 - Smile
6 - Rather Be In Love
7 - Please Don't Leave
8 - Where Is The Love
9 - Never Felt Like This (Lady)
10 - Send Me An Angel
11 - All I Have
12 - You And Me
13 - Wonderful Beautiful Amazing


I remember checking Jr's cd out, thought it would be like.....well i was expecting him to sound like his Dad.

mrwigglesdaw1rm said:

His voice or his musicstyle ?
I haven't compared them differences yet .
I dunno , voice-genes can be inherited but he got also genes from his mom which maybe might make a difference on how a voice sounds .

CinisterCee said:

http://www.prince.org/msg/8/192324

100MPH said:

i pretty much had my mind set on him sounding like DJ Sr. you know... ready to hear something that was similar to "Say You Love Me" or "Changed" "Love Brought Me Back""Faithful to the End" etc..etc.. yeah you right about the genes , but "hey" he got his on thing going and taken from that there was a song that kinda put a buzz in the ear probably do to the sample of Al's "Simply Beautiful" and the almost Bootsy title "Rather Be In Love".

100MPH said:

Yeah just wanted to mark my spot because it was alot of artists I never heard of. Liking this cover of "Inside My Love"!

I heard this remake before somewhere??

CinisterCee said:

oops my bad, yeah i have that soundtrack

Wow! So many unreleased albums!

Records companies r really the enemy of the artist!

Thanx 4 all the backdrops

A friend of mine does A&R work for independent soul-artists .
There are dozens of projects which are shelved .
Here's another site which has summed up some treasures :

http://www.soul-treasures...eased1.htm

http://www.soul-treasures...eased2.htm



Even a Motown-list with unreleased albums can be found on the net :

http://www.geocities.com/...otown2.htm



Thanx to the digital era and with opportunities like www.myspace.com and an expanded place like www.cdbaby.com ,
artists can take more control of their product .

It's what Prince started earlier with his NPG-management .
I even was aware about it in the 80's .
Cameo , my alltime fave funkband , had their own Atlanta Artists-label + management in Atlanta .
Only the album-distribution went via Polygram Records.
Larry Blackmon always stressed on this particular segment of the business-industry .
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100MPH~, thanks 4 the thread!

Really fascinating stuff

miguelbulcao said:

You're welcome