SYL JOHNSON DRESSES TOO SHORT, IS IT BECAUSE I ' M BLACK ULTRA - RARE OUT OF PRINT CD
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<img src= http://picsWE CURRENTLY HAVE NEARLY 400 LISTED ITEMS ►Clickhere to see ALL our ROCK auctions ►Our JAZZ auctions ►OurBLUE NOTE JAZZ auctions ►OurBLUES auctions ►OurCLASSICAL auctions►OurCOUNTRY auctions ►OurR&B, SOUL & FUNK auctions ►OurLATIN auctions ►OurMETAL auctions►OurREGGAE auctions ►OurSOUL auctions ►Our STILL SEALED items ►OurPROMO auctions►OurAUDIOPHILE auctio...ns ♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫ · SYL JOHNSON - DRESSES TOO SHORT (1968) AND IS IT BECAUSE I'M BLACK (1970) -BOTH FIRST TWO ALBUMS RELEASED ON OBSCURE TWINIGHT LABEL ON ONE 'TWOFER' CD -EXTREMELY RARE AND LONG OUT OF PRINT KENT (UK) STEREO COMPACT DISC (1997, STEREO) Single-discreissue combining Johnson's rare initial two albums, originally released onTwinight in 1968 and 1970. His debut, Dresses Too Short, was a decent butderivative mix of cheery, uptempo Southern soul, somewhat in the mold of JoeTex (in fact one of the cuts, "I'll Take Those Skinny Legs, " and isan obvious takeoff of Tex's hit "Skinny Legs and All"). "Ode toSoul Man" also shows that Johnson was listening to a lot of James Brown atthis point. "Come on Sock It to Me, " his first hit, is highlighted bysome fluid bluesy guitar runs that serve to help elevate the material a bitfrom the crowded late-'60s Southern soul pack. Is It Because I'm Black, on theother hand, is characterized by socially conscious songwriting, especially inthe seven-and-a-half-minute title track, an elongated, serious statement ofblack pride with a sad funk-blues groove. It wouldn't be fair to call Johnson abandwagon jumper; this was before Sly Stone's There's a Riot and Marvin Gaye'sWhat's Going On had made realistic ghetto songs chic, and it was a fairly gutsymove for a minor soul singer such as Syl to put such material to the forefront.While nothing else here matches that lost mini-classic, there are some goodcuts along similar lines in which Johnson pleads for tolerance and justice andextols black pride, including covers of jazzman Oscar Brown's "BlackBalloons, " Joe South's "Walk a Mile in My Shoes, " and, lesssuccessfully, the Beatles' "Come Together." (EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY RICHIE UNTERBERGER, ALL MUSICGUIDE /ALLMUSIC.COM/) ♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫ · THIS IS A REGULAR CD: THIS IS AREGULAR COMPACT DISC ("RED BOOK"DIGITAL PROTOCOL), WHICH WILL PLAY IN ALL COMPACT DISC PLAYERS;FOR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN AND OTHER TECHNICAL DETAILS , PLEASE REFER TO THE ITEMSPECIFICS (SEE ABOVE) (►PLEASE SEE THE STOCKIMAGE OF THE COMPACT DISC SHOWN IN OUR IMAGE GALLERY; PLEASE NOTE: ALL IMAGES SHOWN IN OUR IMAGE GALLERY - EXCEPTTHOSE ACCOMPANIED BY THE IMAGE OF THE JAPANESE "OBI" CD STRIPS - ARE STOCK, GENERIC IMAGES) ♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫ · CONDITION OF THEITEM: · CONDITION OF THE THE DISC(S) ON THE SCALE FROM 1 TO 10: 7 (SEVEN) · CONDITION OF THE CD JEWEL CASE, DIGIPAK, OR CARDBOARD SLEEVE ON THE SCALE FROM 1TO 10: 9 (NINE) ♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫ WANT ADISCOUNT ?!? IT’SEASY: CLICK ►HERE TO see HOW! (pleasenote recent changes in our policy) ♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫ FOR OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION, CLICK ON THE LINKSBELOW: ►OUR VOLUME DISCOUNTS ANDPOSTAGE REBATES ►OUR GRADING POLICY►ITEMS WE DO NOTGRADE ►HOWTO ACKNOWLEDGE WINNING BID OR RESOLVE A DISPUTE ►OURPAYPAL “CHARGEBACK” POLICY ►ACCEPTABLEPAYMENT METHODS ►OUR REFUND POLICY►PAYMENTDEADLINES ►FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ) ♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫ OUR REFUND POLICY : WE OFFER UNCONDITIONALMONEY-BACK GUARANTEE WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THE RECEIPT OF THE MERCHANDISE, NOQUESTIONS ASKED ; Still sealed items MUST be returned sealed inorder to be eligible for a refund Some restrictions apply. Please read our completerefund policy before placing a bid. ►Click here for the full text of our policy © 2001, 2007MDJ. All rights reserved.
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