This one has been getting a lot of spins
at chez Darcy in recent days. A storming record that really packs a punch, and
it’s a B side.
A few years ago I featured two of Syl
Johnson’s albums he recorded for Hi (another May post – Syl is like apple
blossom it seems!). I am sure when I bought those albums back in the Seventies I
wouldn’t have known that Syl Johnson’s recording career had begun in 1959, when
he had his first single released on Federal, and that he was far from just
another product of the Willie Mitchell Hi stable.
Syl Johnson had been around the musical block
at least once by the time Willie Mitchell finally took him to Hi in 1971. That
must have been soon after the single here was released on Twinight. In all Syl
had 15 singles released on the Chicago based Twinight (initially Twilight)
label between 1967 and 1972, the final one being released after his first single
had already appeared on Hi.
This track can be found on the
magnificent 6 LP box set Complete Mythology issued by the Numero Group, from
which these notes on Syl Johnson’s career are, I believe, taken.
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He had such a great voice! This is the first time I've heard his Twinight material.
If you missed anything on mine, Darcy, just leave me a comment - I can email it.
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