As music industry lore acknowledges, the line-up of Ohio-formed group The Deele included future super producers and (LaFace) label owners Antonio ‘L.A.’ Reid and Kenny ‘Babyface’ Edmonds. The Deele’s first three Solar albums (released between 1983-1987) - presented as expanded editions on this 3-CD set - showcase not only the burgeoning skills of the renowned hit-making pair but also the kind of funky R&B-and-pop fusion that was at the very heart ofthe music of the ‘80s, which, some three decades later, is being afforded a new level of appreciation by a whole new generation of music buyers.