Moment Of Truth - Moment Of Truth (1977)

Formed in 1976 in New York. Produced by Reid Whitelaw and Norman Bergen, recorded one album for Salsoul before splitting. 

Reid formed a talented group to finish Album which added Jon Maurice and Carl Smith (Carl Smitty Smooth) to join Norris Harris and Ivery"Caprice"Bell. 

Little is known about the band Moment of Truth, their only album from 1977 enjoys great popularity among soul and disco connoisseurs on both sides of the Atlantic. 

The group, which unfortunately was to record only one album, consisted of Norris Harris, Ivery “Caprice” Bell, Michael Garrison and Billy Jones.

The producer Reid Whitelaw writes in the liner notes “Moment of Truth is an album about the desire for love”. 

From the introductory song “Chained to Your Love” to the last song of the B-side “So Much for Love” this statement proofs to be true.

The label Salsoul Records is better known for their “disco-heavy” releases, but Moment of Truth is more of an “uptempo soul concept” album. Since there is so little information about this group, we located and interviewed one of the lead singers of the group Ivery “Caprice” Bell in New York.

Ivery is not surprised that Moment of Truth are in Europe and even in Japan floor fillers in underground Discos. 

I know that the releases of "Lovin’ You Is Killin’ Me","You got me hummin´" and a few others have often been played, and what we have always regretted is the fact that we never had a chance to perform in Europe.

Track listing

1.  Chained To Your Love - 5:04

2.  Lovin' You Is Killin' Me - 4:21

3.  At Long Last - 3:55

4.  You Got Me Hummin' - 4:11

5.  Helplessly - 3:40

6.  You're All I Want To Be - 3:54

7.  Come On In - 6:01

8.  So Much For Love - 3:37

 

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Salsoul Record Corp.
• Copyright © – Salsoul Record Corp.
• Produced For – Bergen-Whitelaw Productions, Ltd.
• Recorded At – Mediasound
• Recorded At – C.I. Recording Studios
• Recorded At – Sigma Sound Studios
• Mastered At – Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs

Credits

• Art Direction, Design – Paula Bisacca
• Backing Vocals – Debbie McDuffie, Hilda Harris, Lani Groves
• Bass – Bob Babbit
• Concertmaster – Irving Spice
• Conductor, Arranged By, Keyboards – Norman Bergen
• Congas – 'Crusher' Bennett
• Drums – Jimmie Young
• Engineer [C I Recording] – Chuck Irwin
• Engineer [Media Sound] – Bob Clearmountain
• Engineer [Sigma Sound Studios] – Jay Mark, Tom Moulton
• Executive-Producer – Joe Cayre, Ken Cayre, Stan Cayre
• Guitar – Jerry Friedman, Lance Quinn
• Keyboards – Leon Pendarvis
• Mastered By – Jose Rodriguez
• Percussion – George Devens
• Performer [Moment Of Truth Are] – Billy Jones, Ivery "Caprice" Bell, Michael Garrison, Norris Harris
• Photography By – Bob Belott
• Producer, Written-By – Norman Bergen, Reid Whitelaw
• Saxophone – George Marge, Harold Keinz
• Trombone – Alan Raph
• Trumpet – Bob McCoy, Jimmy Sedlar, Irwin Markowitz

Produced for Bergen-Whitelaw Productions Ltd.

Studios:
Media Sound, New York
C I Recording, New York
Sigma Sound Studios, Philadelphia
Mastered at Frankford/Wayne, New York

Notes

Released: 1977 

Genre:  Funk / Soul 

Style:  Disco, Soul 

Length:  34:58

Label - Salsoul Records