High on Music/Get Up and Dance

Personnel: The Memphis Horns (vocals); D.J. Rogers , Deniece Williams, John Valenti, James Gilstrap, Lani Groves (vocals); Jay Graydon, Marlo Henderson (guitar); Lewis Collins (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Andrew Love (tenor saxophone); James Mitchell (baritone saxophone); Wayne Jackson (trumpet); Jack Hale (trombone); Clarence McDonald (keyboards); Patrick Moten (Moog synthesizer); James Gadson (drums); Paulinho Da Costa (percussion).
Liner Note Authors: Keith Knudsen; Brian Chin .
Recording information: Ardent Studios, Memphis, TN; RCA Studio C, Hollywood, CA; Wally Heider Recording.
Illustrator: Andy Zito.
Photographer: Ron Slenzak.
The Funky Town Grooves label combines the first two albums the Memphis Horns recorded for RCA: High on Music (1976) and Get Up & Dance (1977), neither of which had been in print for years. The albums didn't exactly burn up the charts. High on Music didn't register, while Get Up & Dance placed three songs -- including the relaxed funk grooves "Get Up and Dance" and "What the Funk" -- on the R&B chart's lower rungs. Both A-sides are in the realm of Brass Construction, the Brothers Johnson, and the club-oriented side of MFSB, if not quite as prone to maximum rotation. Deniece Williams and D.J. Rogers appear as guest vocalists. ~ Andy Kellman