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    Johnny Davis Life’s A Party / Expand Your Mind

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    • Johnny Davis – Life’s A Party
    • Johnny Davis – Expand Your Mind
    • 1. Life’s A Party
    • 2. Expand Your Mind

    Double-sider from Johnny Davis and producer Reg Hudson (Hudson People) featuring the previously unreleased funk jam ‘Life’s A Party’, coupled with ’Expand Your Mind’, an in-demand mid-80s soul cut recorded in Bavaria that found new interest in recent years amongst street soul aficionados and balearic devotees.

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