The Jones Girls - Get As Much Love As You Can (LP 1981 P.I.R - CD 1992 Repertoire) - Rare Soul (FLAC 225MB)

 UPGRADE from the old blog....The Jones Girls were, originally, from Detroit and were the daughters of the singer Mary Frazier Jones. They were Brenda,Shirley Valorie. They recorded seven studio albums and circa 40 45,s. on many labels. It was through their association with the Impressions, that the Girls met Curtis Mayfield who took them to his, Chicago based, Curtom label, where they recorded several sides. At this time the Girls recorded several sides that were never released. By 1978 they had sang background vocals for Aretha Franklin on the Curtis Mayfield produced outing 'Almighty Fire'. They later recorded with Linda Clifford on 'Runaway Love' before the tour that took them to a higher level with Diana Ross. The Jones Girls accompanied Diana on a marathon tour which took them to Philadelphia and to the attention of Kenny Gamble. They had also worked with Diana Ross in the studio, however, none of these sides have seen the light of day.At Philadelphia International, they provided background vocals for other artists at the label. These include Dexter Wansel, Lou Rawls and Jean Carn. Kenny Gamble recruited the Girls to his Philadelphia International label in 1979 and a series of excellent album releases followed. There they released four albums, 'The Jones Girls' in 1979, (including 'This Feeling's Killing Me', 'You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else' and 'Life Goes On'), 'At Peace With Woman' in 1980, (including 'Dance Turned Into A Romance', 'When I'm Gone' and 'Let's Celebrate'), 'Get As Much Love As You Can' in 1981, (including 'Nights Over Egypt' and 'Love Don't Ever Say Goodbye'), and 'Keep It Comin' in 1984, (including 'You Can't Have My Love' and 'Ah Ah Ah Ah', a collaboration with Keni Burke). Sadly Valorie & brenda have passed with shirly still doing back up singing. This was their third studio album. Five out of the seven fro P.I.R. This is the CD version, only ever european release in germany for some reason ?...I love these girls harmonies and will post up more by them. This is now a rare album to acquire when once easy.

AMM 

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