TKA - One Way Love (Tommy Boy Music Vinyl, 12", US 1986)

	TKA
Real Name:	Tony "O" Ortiz, Louis Ramon "Kayel"/"K7" Sharpe, Ralph "Aby" Cruz, Angel "Love" Vasquez, George LaMond
Profile:	TKA stands for Tony, Kayel and Aby (later, Angel). In early 1985, Latino vocalist Louis (or Luiz) Kayel Sharpe submitted a rap demo to producer Joey Gardner at Tommy Boy Music. Gardner rejected it, but agreed to hear Kayel, along with friends Tony, Aby, and "Spider" sing Kayel's ballad "Scars Of Love" over rap instrumentals at a birthday party in an East Harlem church basement. Gardner was impressed, and also happened to meet The Latin Rascals (Tony Moran and Albert Cabrera) at the same party. Envisioning a possible Latin disco version of Planet Patrol, Gardner brought all six musicians into the studio to record a rough demo of "Scars Of Love", and encouraged the group to generate a buzz by playing various free shows in the summer of 1985. Soon after, they were signed to Tommy Boy, and released "One Way Love" as their first single. One month later, Spider was voted out of the group. For a short time, female singer India was a member of the group, and at some point, Aby departed and was replaced by Angel "Love" Vasquez. Under pressure from Warner Brothers to record only relatively accessible pop songs, and unsure of what direction to take as a group, TKA decided to split up in late 1991, but continue performing until October, 1992. Kayel began recording as K7, Tony created the artist management and production company TPR Productions, and Vasquez cofounded R'n'B trio Goodfellaz, which released an album in 1997. Following a reunion concert in 2000, TKA reformed and released an album of new material in 2001. In 2003, Angel was replaced by George LaMond, and the trio of Tony, Kayel and LaMond made themselves available to tour, performing TKA and George LaMond hits, under the name TKG. In 2005, former member Ralph Cruz, under the name Aby, released an album of new versions of TKA hits.
Aliases:	Tee-Kay-A
Members:	India, Kayel, Ralph Cruz

TKA - One Way Love

Label: Tommy Boy Music Catalog#: TB 866 Format: Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM Country: US Released: 1986 Genre: Electronic, Hip Hop Style: Freestyle, Latin, Hip Hop Credits: Artwork By [Direction] - Monica Lynch Artwork By [Type And Design] - Steven Miglio Co-producer, Mixed By, Edited By, Percussion - Latin Rascals, The Engineer [Mix] - Tom Lord-Alge Engineer [Recording] - Eric Calvi , Tom Lord-Alge Executive Producer - Joey Gardner Keyboards - Michael Baker (3) , Vince Madison Mastered By - Herb "Pump" Powers* Producer, Written-By - Jeff Mann , Marco Olivo Notes: Co-produced and mixed by Tony Moran and Albert Cabrera for Latin Rascal Productions, Inc. Recorded at Tommy Boy and Unique Recording, NYC. Mixed at Unique, NYC. Edited at Rascaland, NYC. Mastered at Frankford-Wayne, NYC. (C)(P) 1986 Tommy Boy Music, Inc. Rating: 3.7/5 (12 votes) Rate It

Tracklisting:

A		One Way Love (Vocal) (5:36)
B1		One Way Love (Dub) (5:15)
B2		One Way Love (The Nest Mix) (6:45)

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