Im talkin Real facts and information. I see they had a couple 45's but that's about it. I am in LOOOVE with the song "You Made Me A Brand New World" and the b/w Right Now. Sounds like some soul - funk teenage group that just didnt get too far.

Any info would be so helpful to regaining my Funk Pass too.

I'm a 70s soul music fanatic,and I've never heard of these guys.

Found these links :


- From a messageboard of a Phil Spector-yahoogroup :

"James Botticelli wrote :
As a former soul collector I had found two records on this label by We The People,
fronted by Landy McNeil who was previously a member in good standing of The Satisfactions
who in 1970 had a minor R&B hit with "One Light Two Lights", parodying the famous Paul Revere story
about spotting Brits entering Boston Harbor to put down the Revolution.

Of course in that song no Brits were involved, the one light two light signal was sent by the protagonist's girlfriend who
would signal from the house when her parents had left. The singer, meanwhile, sung the he "in the bushes hiding would be.....!"

We The People's records were released on Lion in '74 and the lyrics were, as one would suspect, more socially aware.
Something to the effect that if we can put people on the moon why can't we then (you fill in the blank!)"

http://launch.dir.groups....sage/35060



- A brief segment in a Tymes-biography :

"...The two ladies they brought in were Terri Gonzales (soprano) and Melanie Moore (2nd soprano, alto).
At that time Terri was twenty-three years old, a former actress and a model and a member of a New York group called We The People,
who used to record for such labels as Map City, Verve and Lion in the first half of the 70s..."

www.soulexpress.net/tymes2.htm



- A Youtube-soundclip of Landy McNeil :




There also might be some people on http://soulfuldetroit.com/forum/ who are specialised in the early years of soul.
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I got nadda.....

I know everything there is to know about We the People, but a simple dare won't do the trick.

You're gonna have to double-dog dare (or even TRIPLE-dog dare) me to spill the beans.









J/K, couldn't pass up the "A Christmas Story" joke!

Shango said:

Thank you!

Got this 45 record in a basement in Brooklyn looking through an abandoned record store under an apartment with my mom and had it ever since.

You're welcome paisleypark4 ! Glad i could help ya out.
Yeah, there excist indeed many of such rare 45's from all kinda artists.
Some vinyl collectors i've read about purely focus their searches for releases on this specific format.

Shango said:

Yeah, their singles were never released in any other form or on any album..except some cdr-s that I have. I am going to find away to put it on youtube so people will know

paisleypark4 said:

Cool ! Youtube's a good source to share rare grooves with new listeners
It's funny tho, years ago i thought that singles were released most of the time on both 45 and 12, but discovering this world of 45-collectors online changed my whole perspective on the subject, lol.

I had to do some searching through my cd's just to find the mp3, I put it up on youtube

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Shango said:

U liked it!?

paisleypark4 said:

LoLz, yeah that's some sweet soul right there.

Shango said:

Thank you. That the kinda soul that don't exsist anymore..not even since 1979.

you get a temporary funk card for this one

bboy87 said:

U da kang.