The Three Degrees - The Roulette Years (1970-72) Sequel (1995) + Bonus Tracks - Rare Soul (MP3) HQ

The Three Degrees formed in 1963 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The group has always been a trio, although there have been a number of personnel changes and a total of fifteen women have represented the group so far. The original members were Fayette Pinkney, Shirley Porter and Linda Turner. The most successful line-up was Fayette with Sheila Ferguson and Valerie Holiday, these three being responsible for all the huge hits on Philly International. They are celebrating 60 years in the music business this year! They  signed with New York based Roulette Records in 1970 after having been on the Philly label Swan records for 3 years, then  a few releases on Neptune and Metromedia.Thee line-up was Fayette, Valerie Holiday and Sheila Ferguson and this line-up was to remain intact for their glory years with Roulette and Philadelphia International. they started to take off at Roulette with hits as a remake of the Chantels 1958 hit, “Maybe” and continued through “I Do Take You”, “You’re The One”, “There’s So Much Love All Around Me” (all produced by Ritchie Barrett) and closed out with “Trade Winds” for Roulette. It was during this two year span that they made a cameo appearance in the movie, “The French Connection”, singing “Everybody Gets To Go To The Moon”, portraying themselves in a cabaret scene.This album catches this period in their career. But ive included all the rest of their material at Roulette as a Bonus LISTED BELOW BACK COVER. As soon as i find my CD covering all their records on their previous label Swan i,ll post it up.

AMM

                                                                       The Tasters!

Bonus Tracks

23  Handle With Care
24  The Magic Door
25  Lonely Town
26  Rosegarden
27  If You Must Leave My Life
28  I Wanna Be Your Baby
29  Magic Mirror
30  Love The One Your With
31  No, No Not Again
32  If That Guy Walks Out Of My Life
33  Caught Between Two Fires
34  Contact (withdrawn)
35  Yours