
Floyd Lawson & The Hearts Of Stone were
essentially unknown when they signed to Motown's VIP label in 1970. Despite other far more established artists not being honoured with an album release they
received one which was was eventually produced by Henry Cosby. After
achieving limited success with the release entitled, Stop The World: We Wanna Get Off they soon parted company with Motown. This Track is taken from a far more obscure 2
nd album called 'Coming Out', which was originally
released as a limited press of only 1000, but
fortunately has only recently seen a re-release on Afro Kats records.
The record has a much grittier
rawer funk sound as compared to the 50's/60's r&b/soul feel of the first album. Entitled 'Only Takes A Minute' the track was written and produced by 70's production team Lambert and Potter, and the original was a top ten hit on the billboard 100 singles chart in the US for
Tavares, peaking at number ten, as well as reaching number one on the US R&B Chart. It would also rather unusually go on to be covered by British boy band Take That in 1992 and featured on their debut album 'Take That & Party'. It recently saw a 7 inch re-release on K-Gee records along with another track from the album entitled 'Air I Breathe'. Click To Listen, or follow the link for more info.