A1. Roll A Skate (feat Gina Lewis)
B1. Roll A Skate (instrumental)

Originally recorded in the peak of the roller-disco era 1979,

"Roll a Skate" combines soulful vocal performance, raw groove, and authentic musicianship from a cast of scene-defining players:

Lead Vocal: Gina Lewis

Paris Ford: Bass & backing vocals

Drums: Pumpkin (RIP)

Guitar: Ron “The Pac Man” Pacaud

Piano: Lionel “Cream” Henderson

Paris Ford Bass Player Musician In the earliest years of New York’s post-disco era  when roller skating rinks were packed to the rafters and dance floors were alive with funk, R&B, and early electro grooves  a young artist named  Paris Ford laid down a recording that would quietly endure for decades.

Roll a Skate was supposed to be release on Streetwise Records, the influential New York dance label founded by producer and DJ Arthur Baker

home to seminal club classics and cutting-edge dance sounds of the early ’80s.

Only few month ago, Paris Ford, the artist has uncovered the original 2-inch, 24-track master reel of that recording  the very masters from which Streetwise pressed its vinyl  rediscovered after nearly 40 years.

Listening back, even Arthur Baker reflected that if he’d heard what Ford had captured back then, he would have released it as a second single a testament to the timeless energy and feel of the recording.