One of the records in the small stack I picked up last weekend at the Pitman Street Sal's was the soundtrack to Mahogany.
Starring Diana Ross and released in 1975, the film sat on the Black Cinema shelf at the Lost City for years, but I haven't seen it yet. The Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To) is a Diana classic.
But it was one of the tracks on Side Two that caught my ear. Erucu only clocked in at 1:23 on the record, yet it was a funky little Afro-Caribbean flavored breakdown, co-written by Jermaine Jackson and Don Daniels, and arranged by Gil Askey. Don Daniels had an extensive career as a writer/arranger and producer, and is probably best known for co-writing The Originals' biggest hit, Down To Love Town.It was properly released the following year as a Jermaine Jackson single, and elevated to legendary status when it became one of Larry Levan's early Paradise Garage re-edits. On Live At The Paradise Garage, an amazing set from 1979 released by UK label Strut in 2000, it was his closing cut.
- Dyn-O-Mite
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