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Solar Records Appreciation Thread One of my favorite records labels during my favorite period in music, 1975-1985, I have a crate with nothing but the Solar funk, here's some of my favorites from that label:
The Whispers - It's A Love Thing http://www.youtube.com/wa...Y1GJYWYkH8 Shalamar - A Night To Remember http://www.youtube.com/wa...VAm_obRPQ8 Lakeside - Fantastic Voyage http://www.youtube.com/wa...GP_mPAdQyQ Carrie Lucas - Show Me Where Your Coming From http://www.youtube.com/wa...iiA0qILD-8 Dynasty - Do Me Right http://www.youtube.com/wa...YxmBNBHyLs The Whispers - And The Beat Goes On http://www.youtube.com/wa...qgm9wdMSfk Lakeside - Your Love Is On The One http://www.youtube.com/wa...esbiFePwLc Shalamar - There It Is http://www.youtube.com/wa...nyPv5RV7JQ | |
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The Deele - 9 To 5 // Shoot Em Up Movies
Midnight Starr "Wet My Whistle" // "Midas Touch" The Whispers "Innocent"  Straight Jacket Funk Affair
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paisleypark4 said: Midnight Starr "Wet My Whistle" // "Midas Touch" Wet My Whistle Live http://www.youtube.com/wa...u6kO7kXLLc Midas Touch http://www.youtube.com/wa...Ve0o6lRgcY | |
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The Deele - Material Thangz
http://www.youtube.com/wa...Hxh7coSKpw More Midnight Star: No Parking On The Dance Floor http://www.youtube.com/wa..._Uj1u86lrE Operator http://www.youtube.com/wa...s9hXBLZZCk Freak-A-Zoid http://www.youtube.com/wa...8OL7I3hpYA | |
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 for Solar, I'm jammin' Dynasty's "Right Back @ Cha'" as i do the www.
Checking out that Dynasty Vid, that was '80 or '81, Leon on Bass. [Edited 10/22/07 23:29pm]   National Funk League✮✮ | |
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Lakeside 
 It is not known why FuNkeNsteiN capitalizes his name as he does, though some speculate sunlight deficiency caused by the most pimpified white guy afro in Nordic history.
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MIDNIGHT STAR "CURIOUS"
THE DEELE "SWEET NOVEMBER" LAKESIDE "I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND" SHALAMAR "I DON'T WANT TO BE THE LAST TO KNOW" THE WHISPERS "LADY" -JUST SOME OF MY FAVORITE SOLAR JAMS FROM BACK IN THE DAY!!!!! | |
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Don´t forget Scientific Love by Midnight Star, and Operator.
Curious has been mentioned already...cool. The Whispers were tight ! My early teenage years. " I´d rather be a stank ass hoe because I´m not stupid. Oh my goodness! I got more drugs! I´m always funny dude...I´m hilarious! Are we gonna smoke?" | |
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ALL the artists from SOLAR was the shit.
Along with the songs you mentioned, I also dig: MIDNIGHT STAR: "Snake in the Grass" "Slow Jams" "Curious" "Operator" "Freakazoid" "Headlines" WHISPERS: "And the Beat Goes On" "It's a Love Thing" "Just Keep On Lovin' Me" "Rocksteady" "It Gets Better With Time" DYNASTY: "I Don't Wanna Be a Freak, But I Can't Help Myself" "I've Just Begun to Love You" Everything SHALAMAR put out is A++++! ("The Second Time Around", "Take That to the Bank", "Make That Move", "This is For the Lover in You", "Night to Remember", etc.) LAKESIDE: "Shot of Love" "From 9 Until" "It's All the Way Live" "Givin' It To Love" "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" "Say Yes" "Fantastic Voyage" "Real Love" "Outrageous" "Raid" "Your Wish is My Command" "Pull My Strings" --- To put it shortly, SOLAR was the most important urban record label of the late 1970s and 1980s.  [Edited 10/23/07 7:47am] | |
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Timmy84 said: ALL the artists from SOLAR was the shit.
Along with the songs you mentioned, I also dig: MIDNIGHT STAR: "Snake in the Grass" "Slow Jams" "Curious" "Operator" "Freakazoid" "Headlines" WHISPERS: "And the Beat Goes On" "It's a Love Thing" "Just Keep On Lovin' Me" "Rocksteady" "It Gets Better With Time" DYNASTY: "I Don't Wanna Be a Freak, But I Can't Help Myself" "I've Just Begun to Love You" Everything SHALAMAR put out is A++++! ("The Second Time Around", "Take That to the Bank", "Make That Move", "This is For the Lover in You", "Night to Remember", etc.) LAKESIDE: "Shot of Love" "From 9 Until" "It's All the Way Live" "Givin' It To Love" "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" "Say Yes" "Fantastic Voyage" "Real Love" "Outrageous" "Raid" "Your Wish is My Command" "Pull My Strings" --- To put it shortly, SOLAR was the most important urban record label of the late 1970s and 1980s.
[Edited 10/23/07 7:47am] 'Given In To Love' 
Love the cut, it's practically about me anyways  It is not known why FuNkeNsteiN capitalizes his name as he does, though some speculate sunlight deficiency caused by the most pimpified white guy afro in Nordic history.
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Timmy84 said: --- To put it shortly, SOLAR was the most important urban record label of the late 1970s and 1980s.
[Edited 10/23/07 7:47am] Without a doubt Timmy, they had so many great songs. | |
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paisleypark4 said: The Deele - 9 To 5 // Shoot Em Up Movies
Midnight Starr "Wet My Whistle" // "Midas Touch" The Whispers "Innocent" Innocent wasn't on SOLAR. Innocent was released by Capitol Records (I think SOLAR had folded by then). **--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••-
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Timmy84 said: WHISPERS:
"And the Beat Goes On" "It's a Love Thing" "Just Keep On Lovin' Me" "Rocksteady" "It Gets Better With Time" "In the Raw" was my favorite cut. |
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uPtoWnNY said: Timmy84 said: WHISPERS:
"And the Beat Goes On" "It's a Love Thing" "Just Keep On Lovin' Me" "Rocksteady" "It Gets Better With Time" "In the Raw" was my favorite cut. I knew I forgot one.  | |
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FuNkeNsteiN said: Timmy84 said: ALL the artists from SOLAR was the shit.
Along with the songs you mentioned, I also dig: MIDNIGHT STAR: "Snake in the Grass" "Slow Jams" "Curious" "Operator" "Freakazoid" "Headlines" WHISPERS: "And the Beat Goes On" "It's a Love Thing" "Just Keep On Lovin' Me" "Rocksteady" "It Gets Better With Time" DYNASTY: "I Don't Wanna Be a Freak, But I Can't Help Myself" "I've Just Begun to Love You" Everything SHALAMAR put out is A++++! ("The Second Time Around", "Take That to the Bank", "Make That Move", "This is For the Lover in You", "Night to Remember", etc.) LAKESIDE: "Shot of Love" "From 9 Until" "It's All the Way Live" "Givin' It To Love" "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" "Say Yes" "Fantastic Voyage" "Real Love" "Outrageous" "Raid" "Your Wish is My Command" "Pull My Strings" --- To put it shortly, SOLAR was the most important urban record label of the late 1970s and 1980s.
[Edited 10/23/07 7:47am] 'Given In To Love'
Love the cut, it's practically about me anyways Thanks for the corrections as always. | |
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Midnight Star - Playmates
Shalamar - I Can Make You Feel Good & In the Socket |
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FuNkeNsteiN said: Lakeside
It's All The Way Live (Live In 1979) 
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uPtoWnNY said: Midnight Star - Playmates
Shalamar - I Can Make You Feel Good & In the Socket I thought I was the only one that LOVED "Playmates". It never gets mentioned, but it is my favorite track from them. When "No Parking" was out, it got a hell of a lot of airplay in Dallas. **--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••-
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daPrettyman said: uPtoWnNY said: Midnight Star - Playmates
Shalamar - I Can Make You Feel Good & In the Socket I thought I was the only one that LOVED "Playmates". It never gets mentioned, but it is my favorite track from them. When "No Parking" was out, it got a hell of a lot of airplay in Dallas. The LP is tight from beginning to end. I wore that sucker out in '83. |
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uPtoWnNY said: daPrettyman said: I thought I was the only one that LOVED "Playmates". It never gets mentioned, but it is my favorite track from them. When "No Parking" was out, it got a hell of a lot of airplay in Dallas. The LP is tight from beginning to end. I wore that sucker out in '83. U and me both. I was very young, but I remember jamming to "Playmates" and "Wet My Whistle". **--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••-
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daPrettyman said: uPtoWnNY said: The LP is tight from beginning to end. I wore that sucker out in '83. U and me both. I was very young, but I remember jamming to "Playmates" and "Wet My Whistle". Night Rider | |
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daPrettyman said: uPtoWnNY said: Midnight Star - Playmates
Shalamar - I Can Make You Feel Good & In the Socket I thought I was the only one that LOVED "Playmates". It never gets mentioned, but it is my favorite track from them. When "No Parking" was out, it got a hell of a lot of airplay in Dallas. I love "Playmates" That song is no joke. | |
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Solar Records was definately great with groups like:
Shalamar The Whispers Lakeside Dynasty Midnight Star The Deele Andy is a four letter word. | |
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pick up this nice dvd. lakeside, whispers, dynasty and shalamar. seeing dynasty perform "i wanna be your lover" is worth the price alone 
available at amazon.com for like $20 | |
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Let's not forget about the group Klymaxx. | |
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DarkSideOfBeauty said: Let's not forget about the group Klymaxx.
Was their 1st album (prior to Meeting In The Ladies Room) on SOLAR? **--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••-
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daPrettyman said: DarkSideOfBeauty said: Let's not forget about the group Klymaxx.
Was their 1st album (prior to Meeting In The Ladies Room) on SOLAR? No , my mistake. The were discoverd by Margaret Nash(an executive at Solar Records at the time). | |
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Fury said:
pick up this nice dvd. lakeside, whispers, dynasty and shalamar. seeing dynasty perform "i wanna be your lover" is worth the price alone
available at amazon.com for like $20 that's on my Christmas list! | |
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Fury said:
pick up this nice dvd. lakeside, whispers, dynasty and shalamar. seeing dynasty perform "i wanna be your lover" is worth the price alone
available at amazon.com for like $20 I got my copy of this back in September, it's a great show. Lakeside won the battle of the Solar acts on that one! | |
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Abdul said: Fury said:
pick up this nice dvd. lakeside, whispers, dynasty and shalamar. seeing dynasty perform "i wanna be your lover" is worth the price alone
available at amazon.com for like $20 I got my copy of this back in September, it's a great show. Lakeside won the battle of the Solar acts on that one! Lakeside always wins the battle. I remember one of the members of Lakeside doing an interview and talking about how worn out they were after a concert because, not only did they have to do their own show, but they had also had to play the music behind Shalamar and The Whispers also. Andy is a four letter word. | |
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