Sylvester – Step II (Remastered) (1978/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 35:48 minutes | 811 MB | Genre: R&B, Disco
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Craft Recordings
Craft Recordings are set to reissue Sylvester’s iconic 1978 album, Step II, with newly remastered audio.
Available this Friday, 19 June across all digital and streaming platforms, this classic disco album features Sylvester’s enduring anthem, ‘You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real),’ plus his very first Top 40 hit, ‘Dance (Disco Heat).’ The remastered album will be available digitally across all platforms, including hi-resolution for the first time.
By the late 70s, Sylvester (born Sylvester James Jr. in 1947) had been performing in San Francisco for nearly a decade – both as a part of the avant-garde drag troupe, The Cockettes, and as the frontman for a rock group, Sylvester and his Hot Band. Though he failed to find commercial success with the Hot Band’s two releases, he set his sights on a solo career and signed a deal with the Berkeley-based Fantasy Records.
Armed with new backing singers— Martha Wash and Izora Rhodes (better known as “Two Tons O’Fun,” who later became The Weather Girls)—Sylvester released his self-titled, disco debut in 1977. While Sylvester fared better across the Atlantic, it was clear that the artist had found his groove in the disco scene.
When he went into the studio to write his next record, the 30-year-old Sylvester was determined to score a hit song. His guitarist, James Wirrick, had been working on a melody for an R&B ballad. Sylvester saw its potential as a faster club track, however, and enlisted producer and electronic music pioneer Patrick Cowley to work his magic on the track.
Tracklist
1. Sylvester – You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
2. Sylvester – Dance (Disco Heat)
3. Sylvester – You Make Me Feel
4. Sylvester – Grateful
5. Sylvester – I Took My Strength From You
6. Sylvester – Was It Something I Said
7. Sylvester – Just You And Me Forever
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