Let's go back to October 1986 to see what's happening in the music business those days. These Liners are from a populair magazine from the UK.

LIONEL Richie follows his top 10 pop success "Dancing On The Ceiling" with his new single "Love Will Conquer All", the second track to be lifted from his current album. Richie's "Outrageous" tour has began its four month itinerary in America and will continue until Christmas covering all major areas. The U.K. stint will be part of the Euro tour which is expected in late Spring next year. Lionel is supported by Sheila E. who joins the Motown megastar on stage to perform the new single. Sheila's brother Pete (Escavedo) will also be part of the Richie band on percussion. Renegade Of Funk, as Afrika Bambaataa now likes to be known, releases his new album this week on Tommy Boy Records via WE A. Entitled "Beware (The Funk Is Everywhere)", Bambaataa and cohorts Keith LeBlanc, Eric Calvi, Paul Pesco and Rae Serrano rap and rip their way through nine new tracks including their latest single " Bambaataa's Theme (Assault On Precinct 13)". Five Star have added an extra date at the Brixton Academy On October 18th to their current U.K. tour. Ragamuffin MC/DJ Smiley Culture, currently flirting with pop audiences with his "School Time Chronicle" single, begins a short university tour this month beginning October 3rd at Manchester and closing 21st at Reading. Full dates, see U.K. Datesheets. Meanwhile, the cockney rapper releases his debut album on Polydor later this month entitled "Tongue In Cheek" which includes his new single plus recent hit singles "Police Officer" and "Cockney Translator". The cassette version also includes a bonus track "Nuff Personality". Smiley's shows will include grafitti artists The Chrome Angels, breakdancers and scratch deejays Rock City Crew, plus old friend and sparring partner Senator Asher. Also just out on Polydor is Hot Streak's "Body Work" which was originally released in 1983. New York mixer Timmy Regisford has been recruited for new '86 remix chores for the single which is released on Polydor's dance label Boiling Point. Blue Moon has released a compilation album featuring the early work of Bob Marley under the banner "Roots: Early Tracks From Reggae's Greatest Artist". The album features 16 tracks including "Concrete Jungle", "Slave Driver", "Kinky Reggae", "I'm Going Home", "Soul Captive" and "Stand Alone" and will be available simultaneously on disc, cassette and compact disc. Following his 1985 album "Soda Fountain Shuffle", guitarist Earl Klugh releases his new album entitled "Life Stories" this week on Warner Brothers. Produced by Klugh, the album features ten new track including his version of the {safm}Isley Brothers{/safm}' "For The Love Of You". Following the deejays choice "Soweto" from his current "Emotional" album on A&M, Jeffrey Osborne now releases a new single "Room With A View", an altogether more sophisticated offering from the singer which is likely to secure a more commercial market for Osborne whose biggest British success to date is "On The Wings Of Love". The new single is produced by Richard Perry who worked with Osborne on three cuts on his album. The 7" includes a remixed edited version plus "The Power" from his "Don't Stop" album whilst the 12" features an extended Arthur Baker remix of "Room With A View", a dub cut and "The Power". CBS has launched a new series of 12" tapes featuring ten major CBS acts including Michael Jackson and the SOS Band. Each cassette contains five of the act's best selling singles in their full length 12" versions and retail for the price of a mid price LP. The Michael Jackson tape contains "Billie Jean", "Beat It", "Wanna Be Startin' Something" and "P.Y.T." whilst the SOS Band tape features "Just Be Good To Me", "Just The Way You Like It", "Weekend Girl", "The Finest", and "Borrowed Love".
The Temptations Otis Williams is planning to write his autobiography which should (or could) prove to be an interesting read. The book is due late '87. Jaki Graham could be the next Brit to make our colonial friends sit up and take notice of the : British black music scene. Her "Set Me Free" 12" release is currently causing much interest and comment from those who count Stateside. American label Suite Beat has released an interesting package titled "Doo Wop's Greatest Hits" from the Vee Jay Records vaults and containing tracks from the Dells ("Oh What A Night"), Jerry Butler & The Impressions ("For Your Precious Love"), Gladys Knight & The Pips ("Every Beat Of My Heart"), Gene Chandler ("Duke Of Earl") and The Spaniels' classic saga of teenage unrequited lust "Goodnight Sweetheart Goodnight". Confirming what many observers in black music have I been muttering for some time, Tina Turner claimed that she's now singing rock *n' roll and is tired of R&B. Okay, Tina, you've done your bit anyway but we'd hoped for a few more gems before you decided to call it a day.
Rapper Doug E. Fresh has become an active participant in the current American fight against crack. He has been named an "ambassador" to youth in New York Gov. Mario Cuomo's antidrugs drive. The rap star will travel around New York City in a "crackmobile" to perform and speak out against the drug. Fresh's current single "All The Way To Heaven" has an anti-drugs flip side called "Nuthin"'. Another upcoming autobiography which should prove to be more than simply a good read is "The Godfather Of  Soul" by you know who Early U.S. reports suggest that J.B. can be equally as feisty and provocative on paper as he can be on vinyl. Brown recalls his early troubled childhood, life in a Georgia prison and the evolution of his legendary bands and is well laced with the famed Brown pride. Comparisons are already made with that other magnificent autobiography "Brother Ray" by Ray Charles published in the 70's. Doug Wimbish, bass player on such rap gems as "White Lines" and "The Messages", is cutting a solo album with the help of ex-Sugar Hill session mates Reggie Griffin, Keith LeBlanc and Skip McDonald. Wimbish has recently been playing in the Jeff Beck