The Big Break

A Taste Of Honey - Twice As Sweet (1980) {2011 Remastered & Expanded Reissue - Big Break Records CDBBR 0084}
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© 1980, 2011 Capitol / Big Break Records / Cherry Red Records | CDBBR 0084
Funk / Soul / Disco / R&B / Quiet Storm

Digitally remastered and expanded edition of this 1980 album from the Grammy-winning R&B duo. TWICE AS SWEET was their third album overall and was produced by Jazz legend George Duke. The single 'Rescue Me' returned the band to the R&B Top 20 and also quickly became heavily-sampled in early Hip Hop. However, it was the album's third single, a cover of a Japanese pop song with new English-language lyrics written by Johnson, that gave the band a massive surprise hit. 'Sukiyaki' topped the Adult Contemporary charts and gave the band a second R&B chart-topper as well as making #3 on the US Pop chart and becoming a million-selling single.

Arthur Prysock - All My Life (1976) {2013 Remastered & Expanded Reissue - Big Break Records CDBBR 0216}
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© 1976, 2013 Old Town Records / Big Break Records / Cherry Red Records | CDBBR 0216
R&B / Soul / Philly Soul / Disco

Arthur Prysock (born January 2nd 1929 in Spartanburg, South Carolina) had a long and varied career as a vocalist of high repute, lending his velvet baritone to jazz, blues, R&B, pop and disco, having been inspired by his musical hero Billy Eckstine.

First Choice - Hold Your Horses (1979) {2013 Remastered & Expanded Reissue - Big Break Records CDBBR 0232}
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© 1979, 2013 Verse Music / Big Break Records / Cherry Red Records | CDBBR 0232
R&B / Soul / Philly Soul / Disco

FIRST CHOICE, a female vocal trio hailing from Philadelphia, spent much of the 1970s signed to Philly Groove Records under the management of legendary Salsoul guitarist, songwriter and producer, Norman Harris. They released a string of hits throughout the mid to late 70s, the most prominent of which has to be their 1977 hit, Let No Man Put Asunder from the album Delusions which has almost 50 samples to its name, not including the countless samples of the 1983 Frankie Knuckles and Shep Pettibone remixes.

Billy Ocean - Nights (Feel Like Getting Down) (1980) {2010 Remastered & Expanded Reissue - Big Break Records CDBBR 0023}
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© 1979-80, 2010 GTO/Epic / Big Break Records / Cherry Red Records | CDBBR 0023
R&B / Adult Contemporary / Quiet Storm / Soul

Billy Ocean was one of the most popular and successful R&B singers living in the UK during the 70s and 80s. Born In Trinidad and Tobago in 1950, Ocean moved to England at the age of 8 where after learning his trade singing on the London club scene Billy Ocean released his first single in 1972. Four years later he recorded his first album and captured the #2 spot on the UK pop charts while scoring #22 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with single, Love Really Hurts Without You. Red Light Spells Danger returned him to the UK #2 spot a year later in 1977.

George McCrae - Rock Your Baby (1974) {2012 Remastered & Expanded Reissue - Big Break Records CDBBR 0167)
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© 1974, 2012 EMI / Big Break Records / Cherry Red Records | CDBBR 0167
R&B / Soul / Disco / Funk

George McCrae started his musical career in The Jivin’ Jets, his wife Gwen later joined the group before they decided to work as a duo. He has worked on many solo projects and was nominated for a Grammy for Best Male R&B Vocalist in 1975. His first solo album release was ROCK YOUR BABY in 1974 and is a classic of its time that still has a legion of fans to this day. It reached #7 in the R&B album chart, #38 Pop and #13 in the UK.

Ashford & Simpson - Street Opera (1982) {2011 Remastered & Expanded Reissue - Big Break Records CDBBR 0039)
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© 1982, 2011 Capitol -EMI / Big Break Records / Cherry Red Records | CDBBR 0039
R&B / Contemporary R&B / Quiet Storm / Post-Disco

ASHFORD & SIMPSON are quite simply one of the best song writing duos the world has ever known. Being former Motown hit writers and having written a string of hits for greats like Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye and Diana Ross, its little wonder that they were inducted into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame in 2002. 1982’s STREET OPERA was the first album to be recorded by ASHFORD & SIMPSON on Capitol after nine years with Warner Records and is considered by many fans to be their best offering from the 80s. Written and produced by ASHFORD & SIMPSON, the album gained a top 50 Pop chart position reaching #45 and a top ten R&B spot getting all the way to #5 and served as a warm up to the massive success they later enjoyed with SOLID? in 1984.

Isaac Hayes - And Once Again (1980) {2014 Remastered & Expanded Reissue - Big Break Records CDBBRX0178}
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© 1980, 2014 Polydor / Big Break Records / Cherry Red | CDBBRX0178
R&B / Soul / Funk

Isaac Hayes needs no introduction. As a songwriter his career spanned more than 45 years during which time he penned countless songs for himself and others while releasing numerous albums containing tracks that have kept dance floors moving since the 60s. 1980 saw the release of AND ONCE AGAIN, the fourth solo studio album released on Polydor Records from the legendary Isaac Hayes. The follow up to the hugely successful Don’t Let Go, AND ONCE AGAIN took a softer approach and focused more on the fantastic ballad talents of Isaac Hayes.

Isaac Hayes - Don't Let Go (1979) {2012 Remastered & Expanded Reissue - Big Break Records CDBBR 0094}
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© 1979, 2012 Polydor / Big Break Records / Cherry Red | CDBBR 0094
Soul / Funk / R&B

Soul legend ISAAC HAYES released his third Polygram album DON’T LET GO in 1979, at the height of the Disco era. After his first two albums for the label had performed respectively, this time the title track gave him an out-and-out hit. Originally a hit for ROY HAMILTON in 1957, DON’T LET GO returned Ike to both the R&B top 20 and the Pop top 20 in addition to reaching #3 on the Disco chart. A FEW MORE KISSES TO GO, another self-penned ballad, proved a modest R&B hit at the time but is still heard on Quiet Storm radio today.

Isaac Hayes - For The Sake Of Love (1978) {2014 Remastered & Expanded Reissue - Big Break Records CDBBRX0166)
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© 1978, 2014 Polydor / Big Break Records / Cherry Red | CDBBRX0166
R&B / Soul / Funk

Isaac Hayes needs no introduction. As a songwriter his career spanned more than 45 years during which time he penned countless songs for himself and others while releasing numerous albums containing tracks that have kept dance floors moving since the 60s. 1978 saw the release of FOR THE SAKE OF LOVE, the second studio album released on Polydor Records from the legendary Isaac Hayes.

Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now (1972) {2011 Remastered & Expanded Reissue - Big Break Records CDBBR 0064)
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© 1972, 2011 Epic / Sony Music / Big Break Records / Cherry Red | CDBBR 0064
R&B / Reggae / Pop-Soul / Soul / Reggae-Pop

Once billed as a singer of romantic standards in the style of Johnny Mathis, JOHNNY NASH achieved his greatest success when he visited Jamaica in the 1960s and developed his world-famous reggae-influenced style.For his 1972 album I Can See Clearly Now, Nash worked with Bob Marley and the Wailers, then still a struggling group from Kingston, Jamaica. Marley wrote or co-wrote several songs, and Nash used the group as his backing musicians on the album.