Con Funk Shun released Loveshine after the success of their number one hitsingle “Ffun” and used that momentum to power this new LP into the Top 40. It contains more disco-inflected soul than their earlier classic jazz funk material, but yet retaining the funky backbeat. Loveshinec contains the hits “So Easy” and “Shake and Dance With Me” and the catchy horns in “When the Feeling’s Right” were proof that the band was not going to be any flash in the pan. The contrasting style of the traditional ballad “I Think I Found the Answer,” meanwhile, is a fine highlight of the band’s overall range.
With a plethora of instrumentation to complete the picture, including guest percussion from Sheila Escovedo, who would later emerge as the Prince protégée Sheila E, Loveshine is a gem of its era.
Loveshine gave the band the momentum that kept them firmly in the charts for nearly a decade.
1. So easy 4’30
(M. Cooper/ Ffun Int’l.)
2. Magic woman 4’14
(M. Cooper/ D. Cooper/ Ffun Int’l.)
3. Shake and dance with me 3’49
(M. Cooper/ Ffun Int’l.)
4. Make it last 5’02
(F. Pilate)
5. Loveshine 4’45
(F. Pilate)
6. When the feeling’s right 5’35
(M. Cooper/ Ffun Int’l.)
7. I think I found the answer 4’30
(L. McCall/ D. Thomas/ L. L. McCall)
8. Wanna be there 4’21
(F. Pilate)
9. Can’t go away 3’57
(S. Scarborough/ A. Wilson)
All Selections published by Val-ie-Joe Music (BMI) except ‘’Can’t Go Away’’ published by Alexscar/ Irvine Music (BMI).
Produced by Skip Scarborough
For Relmarc Productions Inc.
PTG RECORDS
PTG 34080
Ean : 8717438196800