RCA Records in early 1984. At the tail-end of 1984, A Total Experience Christmas was released, featuring songs by five of the label's acts, as well as two of the label's writers. Even though the Gap Band and Yarbrough & Peoples still had high charting records through the mid-80s, the successes were ephemeral and they resulted in far fewer sales. Lonnie signed a plethora of new acts in 1984-85 and two established acts: Switch and Billy Paul. None of these acts managed to have any success with Total Experience. The Gap Band released 4 albums: Gap Band VI, Gap Band VII, Gap Band 8, and Straight from the Heart before moving on to Capitol Records in 1989. Yarbrough and Peoples left the label in 1986, and moved back to Texas, where they married in 1987. In 1987 Total Experience ended its distribution deal with RCA and carried on as an independent label, faltering soon after. The label's post 1984 holdings now belong to Minder Music, while its PolyGram-distributed holdings, and the complete catalogues of Yarbrough & Peoples and the Gap Band belong to Universal Music Enterprises. Personnel Acts Bernie Hamilton & the Inculcation Band (1985) s Billy & Baby Gap (1985) s Billy Paul s Eddie "E.T." Towns (1985) s The Gap Band (1977–1988) m Robert "Goodie" Whitfield (1982–1985) m Pattie Howard (1985) s Pennye Ford (1984) s Prime Time (1984) m Prophet (1985) s Sparkle s Switch (1984) s Will King (1985) s Yarbrough and Peoples (1980–1985) m An m indicates the group released multiple full-length albums on Total Experience. An s indicates the performer either only released one full-length album on Total Experience, or released multiple singles and no album at all. Key Producers Jonah Ellis p Lonnie Simmons Oliver Scott p Suha Gur Key Writers Charlie Wilson p Jonah Ellis p Lonnie Simmons Malvin Vice Oliver Scott p Raymond Calhoun Robert Wilson p Ronnie Wilson p Rudolph Taylor Greg C Jackson p A p indicates a writer/producer who also performed at least one song on the label. See also Charlie Wilson The Gap Band Yarbrough & Peoples References American record labels Soul music record labels Rhythm and blues record labels Record labels established in 1977