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DJ Mike: Overall I appreciate the effort, but for my money it sounds like "Elevator Shag". It needs more soul and less schmaltz.

DJ Jim: I can't really say this is a terrible CD, it's just not that good. I know some DJ's are raving about this production, but I just don't hear it. Although there are a couple of songs which work, most leave me feeling nothing. If you "can't feel the groove" you won't dance to it. Nothing on most of this CD says "get out to that floor and dance". I don't think I'll be playing from it very often.

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Kick It Up A Step, Lead Vocals: Mark Black.

DJ Jim: Beach Bop with good production but average vocals. Not quite Shag, not quite Bop, not quite Swing. DJ Mike: Nice Myrtle Beach sound but bad vocals. Doesn’t make me want to dance.

DJ Mike: Sounds a little like Delbert McClinton but needs help. DJ Jim: This song is rather slow but might appeal to Shaggers and Boppers. I think I'd probably speed it up just a bit. It's not a bad song but I've heard better.

DJ Jim: Makes me feel the groove. DJ Mike: True Myrtle Beach sound with great female vocals and good production. This song will appeal to Shaggers and West Coasters. This one’s in the pocket. DJ Jim: This is a good Blues Bop tune with some soul for a change. I like this song. Christy Ballance's vocals are very good.

DJ Mike: Makes me feel like I’m in a bad bar. DJ Jim: It's not that bad! This song seems like an average filler tune. It’s not bad and people would dance to it, but it lacks "oompfh". So far this CD’s leaving me a little cold, I expected better. It smacks of white boy blues, in other words: “It ain’t got no soul”.

DJ Jim: Another Delbert wannabe, "nuff said". DJ Jim: Once again, not necessarily a bad song but not great. This CD seems like a collection of singers looking for a style of their own, which of course it is. A Blues Bop tune.

DJ Mike: Oh No, not Todd Rundgren for a "belly rubbin' song". DJ Jim: Too weak to make me want to belly rub. I really liked her last song. I don't know what this one's on here for. I’m beginning to regret buying this CD.

DJ Jim: Clifford Curry doing a gospel sounding blues song but at least it’s got soul although it’s really slow. DJ Mike: C.C. rules but it could stand a little pep. Buy C.C.’s CD instead.

DJ Jim: Oh No...more commercial sounding beach music. Man this CD is sounding weaker with each song, and it’s Dink Perry, he should be ashamed. DJ Mike: At least the West Coast crowd will like it. DJ Jim: I don’t think so, it just doesn’t make you want to get up and dance. It's definitely Beach, just weak to my ears.

DJ Jim: Nice vocal on 9, smooth, it seems a bit fast for a slow song and a bit slow for a fast song, but it has a good sound. I’d rate it second best on the CD. DJ Mike: Good vocals with nice production. Our dancers will hear a Cha Cha but overall a nice shag smoothie.

DJ Jim: Finally, a track with potential but I hate those horns. It’s got the beat. It’s got soul. It’s the best track so far although I think Shaggers will find it too fast, Boppers and Swing dancers will probably like it. DJ Mike: Good Bop Blues which will drive them to the dance floor but I think the vocals need a little help.

DJ Mike: DJ Mike: This song is getting a lot of airplay for some unknown reason. DJ Jim: Sounds just like the rest to me, lame commercial sound with mostly good vocals from Christy Ballance, but Jerry West's vocals sound a little sick. During their duets, it really begins to sound bad. I don't like it very much.