By the time of their 1992 release "The Funk Strikes Back" only 2 original members remained, and one of them had left before and returned, that was Mark Hicks, the other members included, long standing original member Mark Adams & Keith Nash, incidentally these 3 Produced the Album aswell!
My favorite Tracks were "Hanging Out" She's Just My Kinda Girl and the Instrumental track "Barbera Jean Blvd"
As it turned out, this Album was the last ever full studio Album, Slave ever recorded!
The album did not Chart in US.
A "Best Of" Album was released on "Rhino" in 1994 , which included Slave tracks & Steve Arrington (& Hall of Fame) tracks, it did chart in US R&B Charts at number 44.
1995 saw the release of the Album entitled "Masters of the Fungk" this again included the Best of & a couple of new Tracks, one called "Funky like a Lunatic"
Mark Hicks & Mark Adams were still present, but 2 new members were added, named Michael Kyle and Phillip Dukes!
Checkout this interview concerning the Album release!
Over the years there has been several "Best of " Albums released, most of them with different Album covers but nearly all containing the same songs!
So after recording for about 15 years "Slave" were finally finished, they had Recorded some Great Music, that will remain played by plenty of fans all over the world!
One last thing, the latest item I have seen concerning Slave was a DVD released in 2008, it was recorded Live in Chicago, the only original member left now is Mark "Drac" Hicks!Checkout this Blog concerning SLAVE, some Great stuff on here!
CHECK OUT SOME GREAT SLAVE MUSIC
The 1985 release was called "Unchained at Last" it reached number "56" in US R&B Chart!
In UK it was on the "Certain Record Label"
My couple of Favorite tracks on Album were : "Thrill Me" and "Dont Waste My Tyme"
Group members had changed slighty, the Main 3 Members were still in Slave, Mark Adams,Floyd Miller & Danny Webster, 2 members from previous album, Keith Nash & Aubrey Rivers and 2 new members, Kenny Anderson & Billy Beck.
The 1987 release "Make Believe" on Ichiban, was Slaves last Studio Album to Chart in US (@ No:44)
My favorite Tracks were " Juicy "O" & "You Take My Breathe Away"
Band Members were now down to 4, including Adams, Nash, Webster & Miller, also back for this Album was Charles Cedell Carter (from "Hall of Fame") he was on Sax Keyboards & Vocals, but strangely enough was not on Album Cover photo shoot!
1988 saw "Slave 88" released on Ichiban, it contained a new version of "Slide" not a patch on the original version.
The same line up as previous Album, but with 2 additions, one was Charles Carter's Brother"Sam" also from "Hall of Fame" & back was Mark"Drac" Hicks, the original Lead Guitarist!
1990 saw the release of "Rebirth" on Ichiban, 2 great tracks were "Thrill Me" & "Andys Ways"
But what always amazed me about this Album, and I have never seen anything written about it either! was the fact that the rear Album Shot was the same Photo Shoot as the 1987 release "Make Believe"
What was even stranger was Slaves line up was " Adams, Webster, Nash, Hicks & Sam Carter, but the rear Album cover had Floyd Miller with his Trumbone on it!
I cant find nothing of Floyd Miller in Slave at this time, but as I said this was a photo for 3 years previous, so perhaps money was tight!
I have found some cheap Downloads! of most of Slaves Albums, Click the Links below!
Or check this out , look for "download this torrent" on left hand side of page!
