actually I heard that, in an act of vengeance for poor Flo's plight, Tony Turner disguised himself in drag as a member of High Inergy and snuck into the Motown vaults to trash and destroy the hot new Diana Ross tracks for Ross 78. he also doodled a mustache on the proposed back cover art, hence the uninspired design of repeating the front art.
As he was finishing up, Suzanne DePasse spotted him/her and, thinking it was Vernessa Mitchell, rushed him/her into Studio A as they were late for a recording session. the tracks revealed a whole new dimension to the group and was slated as a follow up lp to their Turnin On debut.
Worried that his plot would be discovered, Miss Turner/Mitchell snuck out of the studio during a break and tried to escape. But ran into Rick James and the Stone City Band, who had recently just signed. He/she was easily able to blend into the pack of whores that typically hung around the group and slipped out into their waiting limo
The next morning, bow legged and exhausted, Miss Tonita turner returned home, comfortable in the knowledge that she single handedly redeemed the memory of her wonderful Miss Flo.
And as we know, the glorious Tonita eventually landed herself a coveted royal title in Spain as Baroness where she channeled Tracy Chambers to become the toast of the crowned heads of europe
of course all of this will be confirmed in the Ross 78 Expanded Edition and the upcoming High Inergy Lost & Found release
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