Bill Summers – Come Into My Life / Don’t Fade Away (Miss-press audio is Dream Of Love 45 (Expansion) 7″ Vinyl

** Please note this is a miss-pressed record, the audio is ‘Dream Of Love’ not ‘Don’t Fade Away’ as printed on the B Side of the label**

Bill Summers is a latin jazz percussionist from New Orleans who ventured in to jazz funk and soul in the 70s and early 80s. He also played with Herbie Hancock’s Headhunters and worked on film scores such as “The Color Purple”. He recorded four albums for the Prestige label from which these two rare groove vocal tracks are taken. The two-stepper “Come Into My Life” was written by Alphonse Mouzon and produced by Skip Scarborough (Earth Wind & Fire). Originals on both songs sell for £50 each, if you can find them, two for price of one here. “Don’t Fade Away” features vocals by Leo Miller and was produced by Ndugu (Chocolate Jam Company/The Crusaders). From The period, Bill Summers had a disco hit with “Straight To The Bank”.

Demand on 7”

“Come Into My Life” Sampled by: Motion Man, Graphidi Logik, The Last Trip To Gandahar

** Vinyl is brand new from supplier but there are marks on it 🙁