As promised:
Would love any further comments/info anyone has.
Cheers,
Ken
Paradise Regained (Compilation) Republic Records 1988
Title Artist Musicians Author(s)
Production
1. Play To Win Sharone Josh Milan Tyler
Smack/Blaze
R Tyler Goode
R Goode Parkinson
K Hedge Cheshunt
Sharone
2. I Am Somebody Jerry Edwards J Edwards Blaze
Blaze
Hedge, Milan
Herbert
Kelton Cooper-Guitar
3.Blazin Stardust Blaze Blaze
Blaze
4.Wake Up On Top J Milan On Top/Backroom On
Top/Blaze
D Jenkinson
D Richardson-Drums
K Cooper
5.Let Me Show You Tawana Curry Blaze G Louvis/Blaze
Blaze
Kenny+
Keisha Jenkins (b vox)
6.All Of My Love Sense Of Vision Blaze Blaze
Blaze
7.Best Part Of Me Cynthia 'Cookie' Blaze Blaze
Blaze
Abrams
8.Gotta Dance Breed Of Motion Blaze Blaze
Blaze
9.It's A Mystery
(Mystery II U Mix) Blaze Blaze Blaze
Blaze
10.Your Gonna Miss Me Turntable Hippie Hippie/Paul Scott
Hippie/Paul Scott
Orchestra
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jonny McIntosh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 1:03 PM
>To: Odeluga, Ken; laura gavoor; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Org
>Subject: Blaze
>
>
>> An outfit called Phase II in the late 80s/early 90s, had
>substantially the
>> same members
>
>Most famously, Reachin'. From around the same time check out their other
>work on labels like Quark "If You Should Need A Friend", Movin' (check
>Before The Storm's "I Got The Music" and aforementioned Phase II
>"Reachin'")
>or Easy Street (my favourite Blaze track from this era's In-Sync feat Jerry
>Edwards' "Sometimes Love").
>
>> in collaboration with Dave Lee (who one could say is a well-known 'Brit
>Fad
>> freak', but I wouldn't dream of it ;o). The rest of the tracks
>were mostly
>> by Blaze under different names. I can post details Weds.
>
>Dave Lee (aka Joey Negro), I think, is about as far removed from a
>fad freak
>as you can get! I don't know of anyone as deep in the disco spirit as this
>man. Sure, he's had his pop hits, but this man is disco through
>and through.
>Success or no.
>Check out his excellent Sunburst Band releases on his own label Z, or many
>of his wicked remakes.
>
>> I've come across the names Hedge, Milan, Herbert so often on 'anonymous'
>> disco-house records from the early '90s, I've almost stopped noticing.
>
>Far from "anonymous disco house", Blaze are, if any group are, the most
>deserving of a chapter to themselves in the big ol' book o' house, from the
>90s. Check out any of their classic work for Shelter, Funky
>People, Simplex,
>Area Code ("Love For You" never leaves my bag). Their production of Debbie
>Pender's "Movin' On", alongside fellow New Jersey musicians, Smack
>and Kerri
>Chandler, helped define that UK garage sound (like it or no). Check out the
>comps on Easy Street, Blaze Productions vols 1 & 2 to see how massive they
>were in
>the 90s. Those signature Moog solos on "Moonwalk" and others are far from
>"anonymous disco" :) A closer analogy would be with "That's The Way OF The
>World" era EW&F, I reckon.
>
>Funnily enough, Blaze themselves are probably entirely unaware of their
>influence. They admit to knowing hardly anything about contemporary house
>music (KDJ? who's that?) beyond what they get at the Shelter. Or so said
>Timmy Regisford. Apparently they have a massive loft studio in New York,
>which they rarely get out of.
>
>Oh, and their Motown album was heralded by Motown execs - after
>they dropped
>them! - as one of the best 20 albums (I think) that the label had released!
>
>Of course, Blaze didn't stop making fine music in the 90s! They're at it
>more than ever now.
>
>Jonny.
>
>
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