The Winners

[tonyg777]

I'm new to this forum, and this is my first post. So please go easy on me.
In the late 70's early 80's i was really into the jazz/funk scene and l've got all the classic tracks on CD, i-Pod etc. The one band i can't seem to get any imformation on were called 'The Winners' and they had an album/single called 'I getting ready for the future'. A real dance floor filler! Any imformation on the band and how to get their album would be brilliant.
Thanks

[needlefingers]

Hi tonyg777,

And welcome.

There was just a recent thread about this group in the forum titled Funk, Jazz, Northern Soul, Rare Grooves.

Here is a link to that thread.

http://www.discomusic.com/forums/fun...-debut-lp.html

Even though that discussion did not get far, please add to the conversation. It's obvious there are some other fans.

I myself, have no knowledge of The Winners, but I hope I have helped in a small way.

[kdavid13]

Originally Posted by tonyg777

I'm new to this forum, and this is my first post. So please go easy on me.
In the late 70's early 80's i was really into the jazz/funk scene and l've got all the classic tracks on CD, i-Pod etc. The one band i can't seem to get any imformation on were called 'The Winners' and they had an album/single called 'I getting ready for the future'. A real dance floor filler! Any imformation on the band and how to get their album would be brilliant.
Thanks

The album was a sleeper hit back in 1978...The album was issued on 2 different labels : Roadshow and Ariola America [but with the Roadshow logo featured on the label].The 12inch with Get ready for the future and Love is free came out on the United Artists label in Europe... I like to think that they were all under the same umbrella.

The album was produced by Fred Frank & Steve Tyrell and the strings were arranged by disco pioneer Meco Monardo.

[sharon333]

I remember that album. I think I got it down stairs.

[tonyg777]

Thankyou for your help. The 'Winners' LP is on it's way to me, from Canada, at this very moment! My next query is about a Funky group from about 1978/79 called Sun. Can anyone give me any mformation about them? Also did George Benson ever do a track called 'Supership' l'm sure i used to hear it at a Northern Soul alnighter i used to go to in the mid seventies
Thanks

[markydefad]

Originally Posted by tonyg777

Also did George Benson ever do a track called 'Supership' l'm sure i used to hear it at a Northern Soul alnighter i used to go to in the mid seventies
Thanks

I can give you some info...from the 1975 Disco Compilation Consensus year-end chart...

233) SUPERSHIP - George "Bad" Benson
(CTI) B= 19; C= 5; Total points = 24
5 weeks on the chart (5/17 - 5/31; 6/14; 7/5/75); Peak: #26

[remicks]

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Vinyllife and I had the thrill of a lifetime recently when an early 70's DJ brought over AND played for us his precious collection of 45s he used back in the early days ...

When i get that experience posted one of the things I will say is

Biggest unexpected "SURPRISE" HIGHLIGHT :

33) SUPERSHIP - George "Bad" Benson
(CTI) B= 19; C= 5; Total points = 24
5 weeks on the chart (5/17 - 5/31; 6/14; 7/5/75); Peak: #26



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[ashley_k]

TonyG, you may like this youtube clip: The Northern Soul Scene - Ernie Bush "Breakaway" then George Benson "Supership", which I've never heard before nice tune.

[tonyg777]

Thankyou Ashley K. I watched the clip, it brought back some great memories. As a teenager living in Gloucestershire i couldn't afford to go to the famous Northern Soul venues like Wigan Casino. But there was a weekly Northern and Funk All-nighter a few miles away in Yate. I remember hearing 'Supership' there , over the years i've built up a large
Northern Soul collection on CD(i can't afford vinyl); but i can't find the George Benson track anywhere. Thanks again

[ashley_k]

Glad to help TonyG, I wanted to check the track out as I'm not really a northern soul connoisseur myself and wouldn't have considered "Supership" being mixed in with northern soul, but finding it with northern soul clip I thought I'd post it, that's trouble with pigeon holing musical styles it tends narrow down the type of tunes that you think fit in it, you forget that a much wider range of records got played on some of these nights.
In "Supership" it's the fog horn type sound that gets me, makes me want to drop a bit of the "shipping forecast" in for some added silliness.
It seem that "Supership" only made it to a seven and couple CTI LP comps, and I've had a good search and I don't think it's found it's way on to CD yet, I wouldn't normally suggest this but someone has posted the "CTI Artists - Fire Into Music" LP which has George Benson's "Supership" on a blog, otherwise it's down to picking it up on vinyl.