Wonderful Records she made and with Stevie Wonder Too. Anybody else Know who this?

LOVE THIS WOMAN

my fav is Stevie Wonder Presents...


R.I.P.
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I like "Spinnin` & spinnin`" and her cover of The Beatles` "She`s leaving home"

You can get her first two CDs on a 2-for-1 disc (like the rereleased J5 records). They're both good, but she had me with her vocals on "If You Really Love Me."

Icicle said:

this was the first record of hers I heard
well you know how it speeds up a lil
towards the end... the worldwind effect thing
her & Stevie was doin wit the vocals

that part won't found on the version
I downloaded off the internet
so I was like this
fisrt time I heard the full thing

I love "She's Leaving Home" also
I don't know which is my favorite
from the first album that one or
"Black Maybe"

from SWP...
I love "Cause We've Ended As Lovers" the most
the music on this track is
meshed with the vocals from her & Stevie

I love those first 2 albums on MoWest

I have The Spell & Rich Love, Poor Love on vinyl
and recently discovered One To One & Syreeta
(the one from the 80's with "Quick Slick")

AlexdeParis said:

I have to look for them on ebay

DirtyChris said:

I see "One to one" is available on cd too. I only have a compilation, but i haven`t listened to it since i first bought it. I usually "discover" songs a year after i bought the album

Icicle said:

I love "Harmour Love" from there
I may be the only one LOL

DirtyChris said:

I have to listen to the "Essential Syreeta" cd again...

btw, what do you think of Patti Austin?

Yeah, I got to know her through her compilation and later I downlouded her 70's albums. I looooove her version of "I Love Every Little Thing About You Baby", the opening says it all

She's so obscure but she got the session scene in lock, esp her work with Patrice Rushen(she co-wrote couple of her songs) and she was a demo artist for Motown singing songs that were later immortalized by The Supremes, Brenda Holloway, Mary Wells and the rest of the female Motown divas.

She was a pretty thing..

Harlepolis said:

Nobody`s mentioned the beautiful "With you i`m born again"

Icicle said:

I love that song. Whatever happened to Billy Preston.?

whatsgoingon said:

He passed away last year.

whatsgoingon said:

I thought I remember you posting on his tribute threads.

As long as you're on this tip, make sure you check some Minnie Riperton

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and Rotary Connection (for those more inclined to psychedlic-soul)
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Note the Earth, Wind & Fire connection where Charles Stepney served as producer on the RC sessions

All-time Suggestive Hand-Job Award

PFunkjazz said:

It's the look on her face that makes it perfect.

Icicle said:

funny you post THIS album
this is the only album of hers I own
I got the vinyl for a buck...

"Body Language" is the only
one I play from there though

I don't know much about P. Austin

PFunkjazz said:

my fav Minnie LP

DirtyChris said:

If you like jazz you should check out some of her later albums, especially "The real me" and "For Ella"

PFunkjazz said:

I listened to this album the other day, "Alone in Brewster bay" & "Don`t let anyone bring you down" are brilliant...

Icicle said:

"I'm not gonna sing the blues
cuz I don't wanna cry
I only want to be
as free as the skies
don't let anyone bring you down"

PFunkjazz said:

Ndeed!



One of the things I like best about Rotary's last album, "Hey Love", is that you can hear the blueprint of what would become part of the EW&F sound. Take Stepney's strings on, "I Am the Black Gold of The Sun", and compare them to his string and horn arrangement on EW&F's song, "I'd Rather Have You" (From 'Last Days and Time')...the sound was already brewing...



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DirtyChris said:

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Yup! Those first two, produced by Stevie, are still my favorites!!




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