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2 months ago
Yellow Sunshine - happiness - 1973
Yellow Sunshine - happiness - 1973
SoulJazzBro • 1,425 views
dgwansel
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2 months ago
Dexter Wansel - Life On Mars -1977
By Preciso
GianfrancoByPreciso • 1,850 views
dgwansel
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Thank you GianfrancoByPreciso for this great sounding post. Well this song will always be special for me as well as anyone else who believes that there are infinite possibilities within and beyond God's great universe.
Happy New Year!
God Bless.
Dexter Wansel
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2 months ago
LOU RAWLS --- LOVER'S HOLIDAY
MODERN SOUL
TONIO2K8 • 1,774 views
dgwansel
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Thank you TONIO2K8 for this great sounding vinyl post. A bit of history. The background singers are the Jones Girls. And those sultry female responses to Lou, were done by Brenda Jones of the Jones Girls. Wow! You know what TONIO2K8, those great ladies were always willing to help me with songs/pr...
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2 months ago
The_Jones_Girls_-_Why_You_Wanna_Do_That_To_Me.
The Jones Girls consisted of sisters Brenda, Valorie and Shirley Jones. They served as backup singers for Lou Rawls, Teddy Pendergrass, Aretha Fran...
Zandi5 • 4,496 views
dgwansel
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Hi Zandi5. Thank you for this extraordinary post. To see such wonderful visuals presented along with this particular song is captivating to say the least. I am especially honored that you chose a song of which I was blessed to be a part of. For this amazingly creative posting of yours should be f...
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2 months ago
Dexter Wansel-Voyager(1978)
FROM THE ALBUM OF THE SAME NAME!!! THIS IS A KICKIN' TRACK!!! GEORGE HOWARD(RIP)
musicminor25 • 12,934 views
dgwansel
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Hello and God Bless. Thank you musicminor25 for this great sounding post. I wish to affirm and confirm that this great bass performance was the work of one. Derek Graves. Derek is also the composer of "Ode Infinitum" The much glossed over instrumental track on my 2nd album (What The World Is Comi...
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2 months ago
Dexter Wansel - New Beginning
Odd but nice - Great vocals from Herb Smith! From the Time is slipping away album 1979
hamishblues • 24,641 views
dgwansel
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Thank you hamishblues for such a great sounding post. Herb Smith and I had some creative differences during this production. I loved this song of his and asked him if I could write both the orchestral and choral accompaniments after he and Terri Wells had completed their vocals. And though he eve...
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2 months ago
M.F.S.B. - Manhattan Skyline - 1980
Take off "Mysteries Of The World" album (TSOP, 1980)
magrosi65 • 972 views
dgwansel
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@magrosi65 Hi magrosi65. Thank you once again. As a footnote, I need to mention that the string and horn arrangement was written by my great friend, Jack Faith who has since passed. Jack was the first qualified arranger to help me through method and practice during my formative years as an arrang...
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2 months ago
MFSB - Mysteries of the world
M.F.S.B "Mysteries of the world"
PowerDanceClassics • 9,785 views
dgwansel
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Thank you PowerDanceClassics for this great sonic posting. At the time I composed/arranged this song for the orchestra, I was also it's conductor. Bobby Martin had left to move to the west coast and even though me and everybody else thought that Zach Zachary would be the next conductor, Don Renal...
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2 months ago
New Orleans - Keep On Dancing
Barflashback • 9,700 views
dgwansel
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Hello to all. Thank you Barflashback for this posting in spite of it's visual issues.Now I know for some it may be easy to find flaws about any of the members of this family. But the truth is in spite of their flaws, they will stand forth throughout the coming years as arguably, the best litmus t...
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3 months agodgwansel posted:
http://www.amazon.com/Shortwave-Dexter-Wansel/dp/06155655... everyone. Now the book is at Amazon.com
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3 months agodgwansel posted:
Hello and thank you all for your wonderful comment and support. I have just authored a fiction novel entitled "Shortwave" and have included here, the address to view and/or purchase it at CreaterSpace. (https://www.createspace.com/3717072)
I am so excited about this endeavor and would like to hear back from you should you get it. God Bless.
May your road be smooth and easy.
Dexter Wansel
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3 months ago
Living Together - The Jacksons
From "the Jacksons" 1976
*No copyright infringement intended. Music and Pictures belong to the relevant owners.*
jacksonsjtjmmr • 13,580 views
dgwansel
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@seesdj Arrangement By Dexter Wansel and conducted By Dexter Wansel. That would be me! Hahahaha. Thank you jacksonsjtjmmr for this excellent posting. A bit of history. I invited Tito to play guitar on all my rhythm recordings with regards to the songs I wrote/produced and arranged for The Jackson...
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3 months ago
If Only You Knew-Patti Labelle
Please Rate.
This Is Patti Labelle
If Only You Knew.
Beautiful Song.
JanetIsNumberOne • 854,391 views
dgwansel
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Thank you JanetisNumberOne for this excellent sonic posting. A bit of history. One day Cynthia Biggs and I were in our office at P.I.R squabbling over the line "...About the changes I've been going through" So I said, let's go down the hall to Kenny Gambles office and get his opinion. After liste...
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3 months ago
Nights Over Egypt - The Jones Girls (Vinyl 12") 1981
From my vinyl collection.
fastflyer2007 • 265,756 views
dgwansel
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@Geno224 Hi Geno224. Your comments touched me deeply. I wish to thank fastflyer2007 for this posting. Once upon a time in my life, I was on my way to Cairo. But alas, things changed and I never got to go. So I asked my writing partner Cynthia Biggs to help me put together the right words to descr...
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3 months ago
The Jones Girls-Nights over Egypt 1981
the beautiful Jones girls. Singing Nights over Egypt.
randomhajile11 • 78,705 views
dgwansel
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Thank you randomhajile for posting this track. Hey listen, as long as there are people out there who support good music, music companies are mandated to put it out there. I think.....
God Bless.
Dexter Wansel
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3 months ago
Dee Dee Sharp Gamble - I Believe In Love
Sur le label Philadelphia International Records 1977
djims • 420 views
dgwansel
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Thank you djims for this great sonic posting. A bit of history. One of the engineers I frequently worked with asked me to write/arrange and produce a song for a youth program Temple U. was doing. I agreed. Now during the day we did strings, horns, and vocals, Ms. Sharp happened to walk into the s...
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3 months ago
Dance With Me - Dexter Wansel - HQ
ejxit • 177 views
dgwansel
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Hi ejxit, thank you for this incredible sonic posting. I'm so happy to see a new generation of contributors like yourself in here and helping to raise the game to the next level. A bit of history. Almost every vocal song on all my albums was written for other artists, in-house or out. This song i...
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3 months ago
Dexter Wansel - I'll Never Forget
I'll never forget my favorite disco
ebonitelondon • 7,776 views
dgwansel
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@alanlock007 Yes I have them. e-mail me at hhotplanet@comcast.net
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3 months ago
Dexter Wansel - The Sweetest Pain
From the 1979 album "Time is Slipping Away", this is "The Sweetest Pain" featuring Terri Wells on vocals. A beautiful song that was later covered ...
victornewman06 • 163,545 views
dgwansel
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Hi victornewman06, doe's anyone know what happened with Calicard?
God Bless.
Dex
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3 months ago
Dexter Wansel - Time is the teacher
riker23 • 12,847 views
dgwansel
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Hello. I wish to thank riker23 for this excellent sonic posting. I'm the producer/writer/arranger of this song. During that time, I was actually conducting MFSB and made this song for them. But the powers that be had other ideas. And because the lead sax was a guy from my band (George Howard) and...
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4 months ago
Teddy Pendergrass - Love TKO
amazing mellow soul bluesy song by teddy pendergrass,is one of my favourites....
chakasmoothjazz • 3,682,045 views
dgwansel
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TKO means "Technical Knock Out" A bit of history. I wanted this song for Percy Sledge. Me, Ted, and Cecil Womack sang the background calling ourselves the knockouts. However, Cynthia Biggs and I added the voices of the great R+B group the Futures underneath. I felt that everyone was saying Teddy ...
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4 months ago
Miles Jaye - I've Been a Fool for You
From the 1987 album "Miles" on Island Records, this man could play the hell out of a violin LOL. I remember 8th grade homecoming '87, I got a slow...
victornewman06 • 278,717 views
dgwansel
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I had a great time producing this track and performing on it.
God Bless.
Dexter Wansel
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4 months ago
Living All Alone- Phyllis Hyman
Beautiful song beautiful woman, RIP to the goddess Phyllis Hyman
There used to be time in my life when we were lovers
And we shared this apartment...
taequeen0611 • 99,878 views
dgwansel
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When I wrote, produced, and arranged this song of mine with the lyrical help of Cynthia Biggs, and Kenny Gamble, Phyllis was like our sister at that time. Cynthia even performed with her as a background singer, and I opened shows for her. We had no clue. I will forever remember her as my sister.
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4 months ago
Dexter Wansel - I'll Never Forget.
synkronized90 • 495 views
dgwansel
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Wow! Thanks synkronized90 for such a great sonic posting of this creation of mine. God Bless.
Dexter Wansel
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5 months ago
The Jones Girls - Nights Over Egypt (HD)
Released:1981
Genre:Funk / Soul
Style:Soul, Disco
Nights Over Egypt
Written-By -- Cynthia Biggs, Dexter Wansel
Creditsâ–Ľ
Arranged By -- Dexter Wans...
SuperFunkDoctor • 8,768 views
dgwansel
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Hello SuperFunkDoctor. I want to thank you for this great sounding posting of a song Cynthia Biggs wrote together. We wrote it for one of my albums, but Kenny Gamble placed it with the 'The Jones Girls' The rhythm section you hear are me on all keys and synths, Roy Smith on bass and guitar, and M...
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5 months ago
Dexter Wansel - Dreams of Tomorrow
What the world is coming to (1977) 8th track
Matters84 • 10,084 views
dgwansel
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Hello and God Bless to all. For me, this was a song that I wrote to help me through so much I would never understand. I thank you matters84 for your appreciation of something that I could have only been an instrument for. Take the time to show your love for someone near.
God Bless.
Dexter Wansel
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Thank you SoulJazzBro for this great sounding post. I had originally auditioned for this group on guitar, but they wanted a keyboard player and that's how I joined them. This particular track I actually wrote and had my first keyboard solo on. Roland and Karl Chambers are the musicians who helped...