Cinny said:

I found out about Solar Records' act COLLAGE through Queen Latifah and 45 King using their "Get In Touch With Me" bassline (on "Princess Of The Posse").

I think you included the group in one of your playlists

"Rock Steady" by The Whispers (1987)

MotownSubdivision said:

This deserves a book and/or documentary series. It was the closest thing to Motown on the west coast.

The people who did The Staxx Records Story documentary should do one on Solar Records...

mrwiggles said:

A recent Wax Poetics did a feature on Leon Sylvers III and blew the roof off the whole Solar situation.

I'd love to read that article! Do you recall any details?

Interestingly,Leon joined the band Dynasty in 1981,just in time for their third album The Second Adventure.

Hamad said:

Cinny said:

I found out about Solar Records' act COLLAGE through Queen Latifah and 45 King using their "Get In Touch With Me" bassline (on "Princess Of The Posse").

I think you included the group in one of your playlists

Sure did!

in late 1984,Midnight Star were riding high with "Operator"

"Over And Over" by Shalamar (1983) is one of my favorite Shalamar songs.Makes me kinda sad though,because this was the final Shalamar single that featured the classic line-up of Howard Hewitt,Jody Watley and Jeffrey Daniels.When it came time to film a video,Jody and Jeffrey aren't even in it.They had left the group shortly after The Look album was released.

RJOrion said:

"Keep On Lovin Me" - The Whispers

a funny Prince-related story about this song,as reported in one of the Prince books (can't remember which one):

Prince heard this song on the radio in early 1983 and he actually thought that it was a Jam and Lewis production This was when he didn't like his "employees" working with other artists.He mentioned it to Jam and Lewis and they swore that they didn't have anything to do with the song (lol).

SoulAlive said:

Some of my favorite album cuts from the Solar label!

^^

Got an unexpected day off--gonna dig into the Solar Records catalogue...

"Two Occasions" by The Deele (1987) became a major hit single

Lakeside had alot of kickass jams,but this one ("Your Love Is On The One") is my absolute favorite.This is an 80s funk classic!