Tom Washington/Tom Tom 84/Triple S Connection

[Simon White]

I was just playing Triple S Connection 'You Are My Love' on a 12" what a strange and great record it is. A few thoughts came up.....is it part of an album suite? It sounds as though there's something missing on the 12" and has it been used on something else as a sample? and lastly...does anyone have any info on Tom Washington who wrote and produced it ? His name comes up so often on records (Tom Tom 84 and other numbers I seem to remember...whats the significence of thee number? ) he's obviously based in Chicago and was connected with industry veteran Bunky Shepherd, but more info seems difficult to come by !