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Slave

Just a Touch of Love

1979 · via De La Soul

Slave’s 1979 recording of “Just a Touch of Love” is the earliest release on file. Mark Adams, Steve Arrington, Mark Hicks, Ray Turner, Daniel Webster and Starleana Young are credited as its writers. De La Soul’s “Keepin’ the Faith” (1991) carries this song’s writers on its credit.

Slave – Just a Touch of Love
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Six writers from "Just a Touch of Love" are credited on "Keepin' the Faith," so the groove De La Soul kept the faith with started on a Slave record from 1979. Play them back to back and listen for where one hands off to the other.

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Liner notes

Credited writers: Mark Adams, Steve Arrington, Mark Hicks, Ray Turner, Daniel Webster and Starleana Young.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1979.

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De La Soul’s “Keepin’ the Faith” (1991) carries this song’s writers on its credit, the mark of a cleared sample or an interpolation.

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De La Soul's "Keepin' the Faith" runs on an earlier song, "Just a Touch of Love." Which act first recorded that one?Slave
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