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THE JONES GIRLS - "On Target" Instrumental (RCA Recs 1983)

By 1983 The Jones Girls were an established act with hits under their belt. Even so, this is a lesser known track, but a really good one. A solid uptempo, boogieish production. The song was co-produced by Fonzi Thorton, who was an artist in his own right (Check out "(Uh Oh) There Goes My heart".)

I chose the B-side, which is the instrumental version of the album's title track. Really it's a dub in that the chorus and some backing vocals are included. Once again, I prefer this to the vocal version. I have to say, RCA records was killing it in the early 80's when it came to 12's. They put out many known classics (Evelyn "Champagne" King- "I'm I Love') as well as excellent releases that went under the radar of the general public, or that were limited to promo-only pressings, often with exclusive mixes.

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Jeffrey Osborne - "Plane Love (Dub Version)" (A & M Records 1983)

Might as well start with a great track. Shout to DJ Seeps for playing this record, it helped me to remember I even had it. For the longest I slept on it, even though it's been in my collection for years. I'd heard played it out and in mixes but didn't put two and two together, duh. Yet another example of the dub version murdering the vocal one. George Duke's production is top notch, which is no surprise. Although he may generally be associated with Jazz Fusion stuff, Duke also produced some great Disco, Boogie and Club tracks. This is one of them...

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