Ultra High Frequency - How Many Records Did They Have?

[Disco Funk]

I just found the second single they recorded that I know of. The first single they put out was 'We're On The Right Track' b/w the instrumental. This second single was 'Incompatible' b/w 'Saddest Smile In Town'. The A side sounds like an exact replica of We're On The Right Track, without the memorable melody. It's got the tom-tomb beat, the chunking guitars, and the shakers, just like on We're On The Right Track. The B side is a remake of the same song that the Nat Turner Rebellion recorded with Major Harris on lead. It sounds like this single reused that backing track, and the lead singer even sounds like he's trying to mimic Major Harris' voice!

Besides the above singles and the Tom Moulton remix that was on Disco Gold Vol.2, were there any other releases by this group?

Disco Funk

[all*that*glitters*]

mystery surrounds this group. I've got the two 7" you mention. They sound very similar to later versions by South Shore Commission. I have always wondered if Ultra High Frequency is the early monnicker of this later group; South Shore Commission. Why?
UHF released 'we're on the right track' around 1973 on Wand.
SSC released 'we're on the right track' in 1975 on Wand. Same label, same tracks, same writers/producers. Other releases by
SSC are 'we're on the right track', 'a train called freedom', 'free man'...all mixed by Tom Moulton as well.

all*that*glitters*

[Disco Funk]

I figured that the South Shore Commission version was just created by taking the UHF backing track and dubbing on the SSC vocals. But who would have had permission to do that? The UHF track was produced by Stan Winston and Allan Felder (credit as Stan and Felder on the label). But I don't know if Stan Winston had anything to do with the SSC single. That single had I'd Rather Switch on the flip, so neither track featured Instant Funk, Bunny Sigler's group. Both UHF and SSC were on the Wand label, so that might be the one connection that allowed for the same backing track to be used for two different productions.

Disco Funk

[all*that*glitters*]

the credit on the SSC 7" of 'we're on the right track' says
'produced by Stan Watson and Norman Harris'
I have played the SSC and UHF versions of the same song back to back and guess what...both versions sound identical!! Even the train sounds in the beginning are identical.
So I am convinced that 'we're on the right track' was released under the names of both groups; UHF and SSC; same singers, same arrangements, same instrumentation. UHF came first, then SSC. But why Scepter put the track under the UHF name on 'Disco Gold' while Wand released the same track under the SSC name
is vague...Scepter and Wand are labels by the same company. Maybe the producers had different contracts with both labels for the same track???

The Tom Moulton remix on Disco Gold runs longer than the single; 5'.17" and has been released in 1975 on the Scepter label.
In my opinion this remix is a collage of edits of the original mix, not a remix of the original takes.

all*that*glitters*

[Disco Funk]

The vocals on the SSC version remind me of Smokey Robinson. I don't know if it was the female in the group singing or just one of the men doing a falsetto.

The UHF version on Disco Gold was remixed. If you listen to the original 45 version, you'll hear a fasetto howl in the bridge sections between the verse and chorus. This is absent on the Disco Gold mix. Even more interesting, the CD 'Soul Collector Vol.3' features an even LONGER version of the Tom Moulton mix. The outro goes on for almost another minute. It's just a repeat of the chorus, but there is some ad libbing by the lead singer. Also, the drum arrangement alternates between snare and tom tom hits.

My guess is that Stan Winston thought the single would be better using a different group of vocalists, so he used the same UHF backing track and put the SSC vocals over top. Moulton probably liked the SSC version (I think he mixed their album or some of the tracks on it), but also liked the older UHF version and extended that one on his Disco Gold 2.

The third version of this track, which was produced by Norman Harris and recorded by the Blue Magic, uses a completely new backing track.

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