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trademark Salsoul logo. Warm feelings and memories of happy music- the kind they don't
make anymore- fill my mind. Those were the days.. Anticipation proceeded every new release
by Aurra, Instant Funk, Skyy, Rafael
Cameron and all the other greats on Salsoul's roster; and they always came up to
expectations. The legendary Salsoul Record Corporation, located on Madison Avenue in New
York, was started in the early seventies by the three Cayre brothers and quickly became
one of the leading Dance labels. It kept that position for many years, as it continued to
churn out first-rate material in what seemed like an never-ending flood. Around 1984, when
Salsoul decided that the market had changed too much and stopped releasing any new
records, an entire nation of DJ's, party goers and just about everybody that simply liked
good music, mourned. But Salsoul never really died. Through countless re-issues, new
remixes, samplings and cover versions of classic as well as obscure Salsoul recordings,
the label with the brightly colored logo continues to live and it's impossible to ignore
the influence Salsoul has on today's House, R&B and Hip-Hop. Below you'll find a small
Salsoul Records biography and links to bios, discographies and photos of some of the
people that made Salsoul what it was. |
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Aurra |
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Joe Bataan |
Rafael Cameron |
Loleatta
Holloway |
Instant Funk |
Skyy |
Salsoul Records
Biography |
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| Other
Salsoul related sites you may enjoy: |
Barbara
Mason on Miss Funkyflyy's web pages
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disco-disco.com (Where you can hear various Salsoul sound
clips in Real Audio)
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Vincent
Montana Jr. (Home of legendary vibes player, producer,
songwriter, director and arranger Vince Montana Jr.)
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Ellen
Michaels (The Salsoul Orchestra Cover Girl, featured
on the cover of "Nice & Nasty", "Christmas
Jollies", "Christmas Jollies 2", Barabas "Watch
Out" and others. Ellen was also Playboy Playmate of the
Month, Miss March 1972.
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Credits and Special Thanks: |
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huge "Thank you" goes out to Edward Hogan for supplying
priceless additional Instant Funk information and to Armando
Rivera and Joe Cali for letting me know what Loleatta Holloway
has been up to for the past couple of years. Also thanks to
Ami at CNR Music in Sweden for those original black and white
Salsoul promo shots and to Per Stavborg and Mattias Bridfeldt
for submitting the prizes to the Salsoul Competition. Thanks
Fabrice for letting me know about the re-issue of "Cameron's
In Love". Steve "The Fearless Leader" Washington,
thanks for filling me in on Slave and Aurra. Justin Kantor,
I owe you for the information regarding Starleana Young's solo
album and backing work for J.T. Taylor. I would like to extend
my gratitude towards everyone who's written such kind and supportive
things to me, in regards to these pages. If you have any contributions
or corrections you'd like to make, feel free to contact me.
You will be credited for your help. |
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© Maria Granditsky
February 1997.
All rights reserved.
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