Syl Johnson Complete Twinight

[Stefan Wood]

Check this out:

http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Mythology-6xLP-4xCD-Johnson/dp/B0042GNDWU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1287665272&sr=8-2-spell

[paul secor]

Syl Johnson is a fine performer who's had some great moments in his recording career, but I can't imagine wanting or needing 81 tracks by him. That said, I'm sure there are fans who can't wait for this to be released. That's what makes them true fans and that's part of what keeps music alive.

[soulpope]

Like Paul mentioned, probably 81 tracks are a little bit too much as Syl Johnson was not the most versatile singer (to me !!) - nevertheless thumbs up for this labour of love supplied via the guys from Numero !!

[Alexander]

I've heard some might fine tracks by Johnson on the Hi label...

[JSngry]

81 tracks is ok, but I don't know if I need LP & CD in a single package?

[Chuck Nessa]

81 tracks is ok, but I don't know if I need LP & CD in a single package?

Too bad they didn't include 8-tracks.

[Stefan Wood]

Got this from Dusty Groove. Listened to the "Is It Because I'm Black" lp, and was floored by how different he sounded from his later Hi Records years. The book alone is worth the price - apparently this was a project 4 years in the making, a lot of it spent weeding the truth from the fiction that Sly himself created. He was huge in Chicago, but any attempts to break through nationally were thwarted, always seeming by bad circumstances, the least of which by a man who used to work with him, Al Green.

Addition: Finished reading the booklet last night, which is on par with the research and reviews given in a standard Mosaic box. I'm really digging the "Is It Because I'm Black?" session.

Edited November 18, 2010 by Stefan Wood

[John L]

81 tracks of Syl is not too much.

[Tom in RI]

This set was highlighted on NPR recently.

[paul secor]

Chicago Reader article on Syl Johnson and the Numero box: http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/syl-johnson-profile-numero-group-complete-mythology/Content?oid=2774084

[paul secor]

NY Times article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/03/arts/music/03syl.html?_r=1&ref=music

Seems as if Syl Johnson is becoming the Next Big Thing.

[jlhoots]

Syl Johnson on the back cover of the new issue of Wax Poetics.

[Steve Gray]

NY Times article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/03/arts/music/03syl.html?_r=1&ref=music

Seems as if Syl Johnson is becoming the Next Big Thing.

Funny reading about Syl's problems with record companies.

3 or 4 years ago I saw him in London at the Barbican and between numbers he took a copy of one of his ACE CD reissues out of his pocket and said that he had never received any money for it. Someone in the audience, presumably an ACE employee, shouted at him that he would talk to him after the show. Syl then got back to doing what he does best, singing, but according to that article he is now pretty good at litigating.