James Gilstrap - Love Talk (1976/2016)

Jim Gilstrap is better known as a backup singer, but Stevie Wonder fans might know him for singing the first verse of “You Are The Sunshine Of My Life” on Talking Book. His name appears on tons of albums. You can see a partial list of his session credits here , where as you can see he was very busy in the 1970s in the worlds of rock, soul, jazz, and funk. The fact that Gene Page did the arranging on this record is also worth noting. This album, which has never appeared on CD, is a nice, short set of soulful disco-funk, and the mellow version of Todd Rundgren’s “Hello, It’s Me” has me wondering if Prince ever covered the song on solo piano..