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Wood, Brass & Steel

Real Name:
Doug Wimbish, Skip McDonald, Hubert Powell, Otha Stokes, Randy Bost, Barton Campbell & Harold Sargent.
Profile:
Wood Brass & Steel was a disco group that released one 1976 LP before disappearing. That self-titled album, released on the Turbo label, spawned a pair of minor hits in the form of "Always There" (a Ronnie Laws cover that did well in the U.K.). Bassist Doug Wimbish and guitarist Skip McDonald, would later become members of the Sugarhill studio band, relocated later to the U.K. and formed Tackhead as well as Fats Comet with Keith Leblanc and Adrian Sherwood.
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Discography

Releases:
Hey What's That You Say / A Love Of My Own (7")   Astroscope 1973
Wood, Brass & Steel (LP)   Turbo Records 1976
Welcome To The Party / Same Ol' Me (2 versions)   Turbo Records 1978
Hard & Heavy (LP)   Sugar Hill Records 1980
Appears On:
Lay It On Me (LP, Album)   Vibration 1977
Tracks Appear On:
Jumpin' - Original Full Length Classics From The Disco Underground (2 versions) Funkanova (Original Al... Harmless 1997
Funky 8 Corners (Comp) (2 versions) Funkanova, Always There Sequel Records 2000
Pulp Fusion: Magnum (Comp) (2 versions) Theme Song Harmless 2001
Breakdown - Funky Beats, Jazzy Breaks & Soulful Samples (2xVinyl, Comp) Hey What's That You Say Castle Music 2002
Jazz Funk Sessions (2xCD, Comp) Funkanova Sessions 2005
OST / Original Block Party Edits (3 versions) Funkanova (Fat Camp Br... EMI Records 2005
Pulp Fusion - Fully Loaded (2xCD) Theme Song Harmless 2007
Influences - Compiled By DJ Marky (Comp) (2 versions) Funkanova BBE 2008
Kon And Amir Present - Off Track Volume Two: Queens (2xCD, Comp, Mixed, Dig) Long Live Music (Kon's... BBE 2008
Off Track Volume Two: Queens (2xCD, Comp, Mixed, Promo) Long Live Music (Kon's... BBE 2008
Off Track Volume Two: Queens (3xLP, Comp) Long Live Music (Kon's... BBE 2008
Unofficial Releases:
Loft Classics Volume 8 (12") Funkanova (Extended Mix) Loft Classics 1995
Untitled (12") Funkanova Space Dust Disco Classics 2002
Checkmate / Funkanova (12") Funkanova (12" Edit) Jazz Funk 2003
Always There (2x12", Ltd, Tra) Always There Club Standards 2005
Funkanova / What Cha Say (12")   Not On Label 2005
Funk-A-Nova / I Wanna Be With You (12") Funk-A-Nova Breakthru Records  
To The Source Part 1 (LP, Comp, W/Lbl) Funkanova, Always There Not On Label  
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WOOD,BRASS & STEEL - FUNK-A-NOVA