the Sexual Harrassment thread

..thankfully someone came to the rescue, namely (and all signs point to legit!) someone who used to be a member of early 80s funk/dance group Sexual Harrassment!!!

For those who don't want to search out the Laid Back thread (all respect to Laid Back of course), I'll quote the relevant parts and let the thread continue from here..

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I recently heard a song released by the Black-Eyed Peas titled "My Humps" The music reminded me so much of a song my band did back in the 1980's "I Need a Freak" so I decided to investagate if there was a connection. Much to my suprise it was written by David Payton aka Lynn Tolliver. Lynn Tolliver is the creator of Sexual Harassment. If any of you own an actual copy the the Sexual Harassment EP (the cover has a picture of two women, one is pulling the other one's hair) you'll see my name on the back cover. I'm Dale Jackson drummer and vocals for the band. I had no idea how popular we had become and now I see that our music is being re-released.
Dan Selzer - How in the world did you come across the 12 "We want Prince" we only made a few copies - that one is rare!

Sexual Harassment Releases:
1. I Need a Freak EP - Heat Records (Distributed by Montage Records)
2. I Need A Freak 12" - Heat Records (Distributed by Montage Records)
3. K.I.S.S.I.N.G 12" - Heat Records (Distributed by Montage Records)
4. We Want Prince 12" - Heat Records
5. These Are The Things That I Like 12" - Future Entertainment Records

-- Dale Jackson (adogi...), December 19th, 2005.

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Dale, assuming you're legit (please no offense if you are, but it's hard to tell these days with rampant anonymity/faking on the net and all), I just played "I Need A Freak" a few weeks ago to a dancefloor in Vancouver.. the song has always been above the radar but recently has been getting rediscovered. If that is your voice, it did the job damn well. :)
-- dali madison's nut (do...), December 20th, 2005.

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It gets played a lot in Montreal, too.
-- Jay Watts III (goldkick...), December 20th, 2005.

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it gets played a lot everywhere. it's a bona fide classic. good work dale!
-- stirmonster (jd_*!!!!...), December 20th, 2005.

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In fact, a definitive Sexual Harrassment reissue might be just what the world needs.
*hoping to seed minds of people in a position to make this happen*

-- dali madison's nut (do...), December 20th, 2005.

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Ellen Margulies sat in a cloistered room, trying to see if the flower would bloom, tasted the sweet pollen and opened her eyes, rode the White Pony.
-- Jay Watts III (goldkick...), December 20th, 2005.

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wow!
hey-it was stirmonster who has the We Want Prince 12", I'd never heard about it and was just joking about how ballsy it is to name a song after an influence like that! I knew Lynn Tolliver was involved because another member of this community, Lauren, found that out somehow, and being from Cleveland, was familiar with him as a Cleveland radio personality of some sort? Had no idea he was behind a Black Eyed Peas song though!

And I know I Need a Freak is classic, but I'm still all about If I Gave You A Party.

-- Dan Selzer (danselze...), December 20th, 2005.

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"I need a freak" is on the Andrew Weatherall fabric mix cd.
Presumably you're aware of that Dale.
-- Bn1 (brothernumber...), December 20th, 2005.

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I love I need a freak but if I gave you a party is one of the best EVER. So sweet.
-- Raw Patrick (rawsweate...), December 20th, 2005.

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Yes, Dali I'm legit and no offense taken. I currently live in a surburb of Cleveland, Ohio. Tynn Tolliver is the lead voice that you hear on record. When we performed live I would do the lead parts because he did want to get onstage. We all did vocals on the EP and 12" records. Thanks for your support! - Keep Sexual Harassment Alive!!!!
The group began with Lourdes Figueroa (A latina hottie who later became Mrs. Lynn Tolliver) and Myself. We later became a multi-ethnic band with a little something for everybody. Sexy, Hot and Horney - Good concept..It worked!

I have a couple of the origional radio commericals that aired back then. The audio quality is very poor because they were recorded on cassette tape. I'll try to clean them up and provide a link.

-- Dale Jackson (adogi...), December 20th, 2005.

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Stirmonster sorry for the mistake on "We want Prince" I noticed that I credited the wrong person after I posted my comments. We also had a song titled "Sex Drive" that remains unreleased.
When I was tying to find a connection between the Black Eyed Peas "My Humps" and "I Need A Freak" I came across all of these links referencing our band.
I was so suprised and excited. Lynn Tolliver now works for Hot 105.7 FM WHJX in Florida as the Program Director.

I did hear preview of "I Need a Freak" on Andrew Wetherall's Fabric 19 CD. I Like the way it mixes into The Egyptian Lover – Freak-A-Holic track. I fact I e-mailed Andrew thru the Haywire website (www.haywire.co.uk)last nite. He didn't seem to have a site of his own. I also like the "If I Gave you a Party" remix by Syrup. The only other "I Need A Freak" remix release that I knew of was by rapper Too Short awhile back. To be honest with you I don't belive that Lynn is aware of all the remixes either.

-- Dale Jackson (adogi...), December 20th, 2005.

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Sorry..
Correction: When we performed live I would do the lead parts because he didn't want to get onstage.
-- Dale Jackson (adogi...), December 20th, 2005.

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WTF? How did this become the Sexual Harrasment thread? When's the reissue coming out? Hott!!
-- Bobby Peru (per...), December 20th, 2005.

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Sorry Bobby, I found this page while searching for information about my band. There was so much love for SH music that I had to comment.
-- Dale Jackson (adogi...), December 20th, 2005.

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i don't have the 'we want prince', i've just heard it.
there have been a few covers of 'i need a freak'. this one is a bootleg that adds new drums and extends it. there's at least another two cover versions of it apart from the one by too short but the artists names escape me just now.

copies of this pressing turned up in the shops recently.

-- stirmonster (jd_*!!!!...), December 20th, 2005.

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stirmonster - Here is a link to the origional 12" single label graphics from my personal collection.
http://public.fotki.com/adogia/singlelabels/

-- Dale Jackson (adogi...), December 20th, 2005.

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And here it is.