Love Is the Message (MFSB album)

Love Is the Message is the second album by Philadelphia International Records houseband MFSB. The album includes the number one pop, R&B, and adult contemporary hit and winner of the 1974 Grammy for Best R&B Instrumental Performance, "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)". The song was the theme song for the television show Soul Train.

Late 1970s resurgence
In the transition period between disco and the up-and-coming hip hop movement, the title track became a staple at house and block party events in the summers of 1978 and 1979. That track later became the basis for the last Salsoul Orchestra single "Ohh, I Love It (Love Break)", released in 1983.

Personnel

 * MFSB
 * Bobby Eli, Norman Harris, Reggie Lucas, Roland Chambers, T.J. Tindall - guitar
 * Anthony Jackson, Ron Baker - bass
 * Leon Huff, Lenny Pakula, Eddie Green, Harold "Ivory" Williams - keyboards
 * Earl Young, Karl Chambers, Norman Farrington - drums
 * Larry Washington - percussion
 * Vincent Montana, Jr. - vibraphone
 * Zach Zachery, Tony Williams - saxophone
 * Don Renaldo and his Strings and Horns
 * The Three Degrees - vocals