THE 65th MIX FOR FSVB

Here's the 65th Mix for F.S.V.B, a Christmas Special, including some Soul, Funk, Rap, Reggae and Jazz.

Its been Mixed by Stevie G,  Its called "Black Christmas Part 1", there's some classic tracks on here, including Great Tracks by James Brown, Kurtis Blow, Smokey Robinson, Temptations, Run DMC, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding and Treacherous Three!

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BARRY WHITE Part 8 (and Final)

It was 3 Years since Barry Whites last Studio Album release (Put Me In Your Mix) in 1991, This 1994 Release for Barry White was his 19th and Last Album for A&M Records "The Icon Is Love" and as it Turned out, it was His Biggest Selling Album of all Time!

The 11 Track Album was Produced by several Different People including, BW, Jam and Lewis,   Chuckii Booker and Gerald Levert.

It was the Biggest Selling Album that Barry White had ever had, it Attained Double Platinum Sales in US and his First Chart entry in UK for 16 Years, and it was Generally Cited as BW's Best Ever Album!

The Chart Postitons were as follows: US Pop number 20, US R&B number 1 and UK number 44.

The Album contained 5 Single Releases with "Practice What You Preach" Reaching Number 1 in US, but the other 4 Releases did not do to well!

Love Is The Icon, Come On, I Only Want To Be With You and There It Is.

In July of 1999, 5 Years after his Last Album,  B.W released his First Album for "Private Music" it was His 20th and Final Studio Album of All Time!

It was called "Staying Power" and it again attained Gold Status and with Chart Positions as Follows: 43 on US Pop Charts and Number 13 on US R&B Charts!

It was Produced by B.W and Jack Perry.

Only 1 Single was ever Released "Staying Power" which Reached Number 45 on US R&B Chart.

A couple things were a bit different for B.W on this Album, he had a Couple of Duets with "Chaka Khan" and "Lisa Stansfield" He had only ever  Duetted with Former Wife "Glodean White" before! and He Recorded a Couple of Cover Versions from other Artists, including  "Low Rider" by War and "Thank You" by Sly Stone.

The Following Year of 2000, B.W won a Couple of Grammy's for " Best R&B Vocal Performance" and "Best Traditional R&B Performance"

After His Last Album Barry White had been Unwell for a long while,(in fact while on tour in 1999, he had to cancel several Dates through Illness)  He had Chronically High Blood Pressure, brought on through his Size and Weight, this Resulted in Kidney Failure in the Autumn of 2002, about 8 Months later he suffered a Stroke!

From May in 2003, Barry White Retired from Public Life and Sadly on the 4th of July 2003, He Died (from Complete Renal Failure) at the "Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre" in Los Angeles!

Barry White was Cremated and On 20th September 2004, his Ashes were Scattered at Sea, off the California Coast by his Family and Friends.

Barry White (Born Barry Lee) was 58, when he Died, he had Fathered 8 Kids and Sold Over 100 Millions Record Sales!

Barry White had made a lot of  Great Music in his time and made a lot of People Very Happy Listening to it, (including 

Our Friend George)............
and he was a True Legend of Soul Music!

 PHOTO EDIT DONE BY MY GRAND-DAUGHTER -JESSICA

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THE 64TH MIX FOR FSVB

Here's the 64th Mix for F.S.V.B,  Its a Frankie Beverly and Maze, there's some classic Tracks on here, Its called  Frankie Final!

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Track Listing

Before I Let Go
The Look In Your Eyes (Live)
Running Away
Back In Stride
Laid Back Girl
Golden Time Of Day
Joy And Pain
We Are One
After The Morning After
Happy Feelin's
Can't Get Over You
I Wanna Thank You
While I'm Alone
Silky Soul Singer (tribute to Marvin Gaye)

MAZE FEATURING FRANKIE BEVERLY Part 4

By 1982 Maze were Probably the Biggest Soul Band here in U.K, they had Sold out a 2 Night Stint at the Hammersmith Odeon, even though their Music was never played on Mainstream Radio and they had never appeared on British TV!

After the Success of the Tour, Maze returned home to start work on their New Album, by May of the following (1983) "We Are One" was Released, It was again on the Capitol Record Label, Produced by Frankie Beverly, but this was the First Maze Album, not to go Gold!

It Charted at number 25 on US Pop Charts and 5 on US R&B and 38 on UK Pop.   

It contained 4 Singles  with "Love Is The Key" being their Biggest Hit to Date. 

I think "Love Is The Key" is my Favorite Maze Track of all time!  

                                   US POP, US R&B , UK

Love Is The Key           80 ------- 5 ------- 88
Never Let You Down    0 ------- 26 ------- 0
We Are One                 0 -------- 47 ------ 86
I Wanna Thank You      0 -------- 59 -------0


During 1984 Maze had 3 Personel Changes, Phillip Woo, Keyboards, was replaced by Wayne Linsey.
Billy Johnson,  Drums was replaced by Tony St James and Ron Smith, Guitar was replaced by Wayne Thomas, an Original Maze Member, who had left 4 years previous!

By March 1985 Maze Released their Last Studio for Capitol Records,  the Result was "Cant Stop The Love" This turned out to be their first Number 1  Album (also went Gold) and their first Number 1 Single " Back In Stride" on the US R&B Charts!

The Album Charted at Number 45 in US Pop and Number 41 in UK Charts, it contained 3 Singles (Chart Positions in brackets)

                                        US POP, US R&B , UK 
Back In Stride                     88---------1---------79
Too Many Games               103--------5---------36
I Want To Feel Im Wanted   0---------28---------0
       
By 1985  Maze were Recieving Great Promotional Support from UK Club DJ's including Robbie Vincent, and during May, they Sold Out The Hammersmith Odeon, for 8 Nights Running!

I Believe Maze have appeared at The Hammersmith Odeon about 27 Times in total!

Around this Period of time Maze were Falling out with Capitol Records, Frankie Beverly saw Groups such as Earth Wind and Fire, Commodores all having Crossover Success, while Capitol were seen as not Pushing Maze enough to have a Commercial Hit Record!

The Outcome was, Maze were Contracted to Record one more Album for Capitol, So to get around this,  Another Live Album was Recorded! 

This was Recorded in 1986 in Los Angeles, It contained 9 Tracks, but 5 Tracks were included on the previous Live Album of only 3 years ago! 

Apart from reaching Number 12 in US R&B Chart, other placings were modest to Mazes usual Standards!

It would be another 3 years before their next Album Release.

Download...... All of Maze's Albums!

Watch out for FSVB Mix this week (Thurs), its a Maze Special!

THE 63RD MIX FOR FSVB

 Here's the 63rd Mix for F.S.V.B, Its been Mixed by Matthew Africa, Its a Tribute to Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards, there's some classic Chic, Norma Jean, Fonzi Thornton and Diana Ross Tracks from the  Late 70's / 80's on here, Its called  2 Busy Saying Yeah - The Chic Organization Pt. 1 

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