Many of the session players on this record later performed as MFSB (Mother, Father, Sister, Brother) on the 1974 #1 Philly soul hit “TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)” featuring The Three Degrees. Better known as the theme music for the weekly dance music TV show SOUL TRAIN, it was a direct ancestor of disco.
PakalanaPikake
May 13, 2019 at 4:49 AM
KILL IT – Musical Solace
The Assembled Multitude: “Overture from Tommy” (From the Rock Opera by Peter Townshend) instrumental (1970)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v84dWza5TsQ
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PakalanaPikake
May 13, 2019 at 4:55 AM
Many of the session players on this record later performed as MFSB (Mother, Father, Sister, Brother) on the 1974 #1 Philly soul hit “TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)” featuring The Three Degrees. Better known as the theme music for the weekly dance music TV show SOUL TRAIN, it was a direct ancestor of disco.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Assembled_Multitude
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MFSB
A House on Fire: The Rise and Fall of Philadelphia Soul. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 115. ISBN 0195149726.
https://books.google.com/books?id=Ug0TDAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
Documents the band’s unofficial name, uttered with great admiration.
The Three Degrees: “When Will I See You Again” (1974) live on German bandleader James Last’s TV show (lip sync)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUSYj5zq144
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_Will_I_See_You_Again
Godmothers of disco. 😉