Title: Crown Heights Affair. Photocopy Collage Inscribed and Signed by Members of the Brooklyn Disco and Soul/Funk Group William Anderson, Muki Wilson, Bert Reid and Phil Thomas.
Description: (January), (1977). (1977). - A sheet approximately 11 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide with photocopied portraits of Crown Heights Affair musicians mounted as a collage on the page. Dated "1/77" at the top of the sheet by the collector. Inscribed and signed in ink by group members William Anderson, Muki Wilson, Bert Reid and Phil Thomas. The left margin of the sheet is roughed where it has been removed from an album. Very good.
The four musicians who have inscribed this sheet were original 1970s members of Crown Heights Affair, a Brooklyn disco and soul/funk group. Muki Wilson was a bassist/vovalist, Bert Reid a saxophonist, Phil Thomas a vocalist and William Anderson a guitarist/vocalist. The group's "Dreaming a Dream" reached number 5 on R & B charts. Other top 20 hits were "Every Beat of my Heart", "Foxy Lady" and "Dancin'".
The musicians' inscriptions read as follows: "To Bob / Peace and success / from Anderson / Crown Heights Affair"; "To Bob / from Muki / Bass player / C.H.A."; "To Bob, / Best wishes / Love / Bert of C.H.A." and "To Bob, / Best of everything / Phil Thomas". Very good .
Keywords: MUSIC; POPULAR MUSIC; CROWN HEIGHTS AFFAIR; BROOKLYN DISCO AND SOUL.FUNK GROUP; MUSICIANS; MUKI WILSON; BERT REID; PHIL THOMAS; WILLIAM ANDERSON; PHOTOCOPY PORTRAIT COLLAGE; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; SIGNATURES; AUTOGRAPHS.
- Book number: 96182
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