Take Three – Music and Time, 1983 – 1985

Fronted by former South London lovers rock vocal harmony group, Alpha (sisters Jackie and Jean Heron and Marlene Richardson), Take Three was the brain-child of writer/producer trio “S.H.E.” – Steve Sinclair, Peter Hinds and Kevin Ellis.

Meeting each other at The Factory community centre in Paddington (now known as the Yaa Asantewa centre and in the last few years, The Yaa Centre) Steve and Kevin began a partnership writing and directing their own theatre productions as part of The Black Theatre Co-Op, which called the centre home at the time. When a song they had written together for one of their productions received praise and plaudits, the path toward writing and producing records began, bringing in more seasoned hand Peter Hinds – formerly a member of key brit funk groups Light of the World and Beggar and Co, and player with Incognito, Imagination and Loose Ends – to complete the circle.

Take Three represented the first project for a creative partnership that would spawn multiple projects/aliases spanning the UK soul, funk and dance scenes, and still continues to this day. This compilation we showcase for the first time the group’s combined output as Take Three, complete with previously unreleased material.