GIVE ME THE SUNSHINE

SIDE A Give Me The Sunshine -Original US 7› Mix- (4:12) SIDE B Give Me The Sunshine - Extended Grapevine RED 3 Mix- (4:40) BAR CODES: GENRE: LABEL: LABEL GROUP: Passion Music This definitive rare groove was first released in 1978 but the unique US 7› version from 1980 has not been reissued for over 40 years and has been impossible to find. It sounds how It was originally pressed and is coupled with an extended version of the ultra-rare ˜RED 3™ mix released in the UK on Grapevine, the Richard Searling/John Anderson label that preceded Expansion šGive Me The Sunshine› was composed by Johnny Simone at the time he was working with Stevie Wonder at Motown. Others in the group were Kenny Stover and Alvin Few, all three of them born under the ˜Leo™ star sign. Kenny worked as a songwriter at Motown and lived in the same house as Marvin Gaye at the time šWhat™s Going On› became an idea. He co-wrote šInner City Blues› but was only credited much later. The original šI™m Back For More› included here has equal standing in the soul world too, the song later reaching new heights when covered by Al Johnson featuring Jean Carn. Both songs come from the album šWe Need Each Other›, long associated with Expansion Records. The two songs featured here first appeared on Expansion 12› in 1986, the launch year of the label which in 2021 celebrates it™s 35th Anniversary.