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Johnny 'Hammond' Smith - Los Conquistadores Chocolates (DSJB)

You're So Impatient

Approachable

EZ to the World

God Gave Me Feet For Dancing

Hung up on You / Chicken Leg

Hung up on You

Greatest Hits

Blackbyrds' Theme

The Very Best Of Jerry Butler

One Night Affair

A Little Deeper

Dy-Na-Mi-Tee

Avaialable from Mr Bongo on vinyl LP and CD https://www.mrbongo.com/products/the-sylvers-ii-vinyl-lp-cdThis is a masterpiece. And we mean it. Beautiful, golden-era soul written by Leon Sylvers III, produced by Jerry Butler and Keg Johnson.

The Sylvers were a family from Los Angeles who were very successful during the 70’s and into the early 80’s, with chart hits – deep into pop-disco territory by then! – including ‘Boogie Fever’, ‘Hot Line’ and ‘High School Dance’.

This is the groups second album, from 1973, and is one of their strongest. Opening with the awesome mid-tempo ‘We Can Make It If We Try’ the record moves through funk, boogie and deep soul moods, finishing on a hazy, acapella version of The Beatles ‘Yesterday’.

The Sylvers always provide a goldmine of samples. This album has been flipped by Madlib (for MF DOOM), Homeboy Sandman, 50 Cent, Ghostface Killah, Black Milk, Roc Marciano, David Banner & 9th Wonder and more.

Official Mr Bongo reissue. Replica original artwork. Licensed from Pride Inc. 2006.

The Sylvers II

06 Stay Away From Me

Hung up on You

The James Taylor Quartet

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