Savoir-Flair were a group formed in July 1982 by Roger
Boykin, John Miller and Cassandra Wright who had been working as studio
singers and musicians on a variety projects at "Precision Audio" in
Dallas.
They wrote songs in their spare time and experimented with, and recorded,
them in the studio. Several of them found their way onto a self-titled
album "Savoir-Flair" in 1983. When the album was completed they decided to put a group
together with some other musicians James Thomas, Malcolm Ealy and
Thomas Hill to play gigs. Only one singe escaped from the album, "Keep Holding On" c/w "Happy Hour". Both the album and single were released on Boykin's Dallas based
Soultex label.
Former Acid Jazz label manager, Dom Williams' Miles Ahead label has
selected the two-step boogie/funk track "Keep Holding On" along with "You're The Best" from the album to issue as their latest 7" vinyl release on 7 Oct 2021.
It's available from
Bandcamp. but only short sound samples are available, so have linked to Spotify
for audio files as the album was reissued digitally by those good guys at
Now Again Records in 2009.
Original albums are highly sought after selling for well into three figures with only three currently listed for sale on Discogs with one commanding a sale price of $499!
Click on image below for link to where you can buy from.
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