The Original Hits

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合計収録時間 : 01:09:45
Personnel includes: Sylvester (vocals, piano); Tip Wirrick, George Victory, John Tropea (guitar); Eric Robinson (piano, keyboards, sythesizer); Louis Small (piano, electric piano, synthesizer); Michael Finden (electric piano, Clavinet, organ); Patrick Cowley (synthesizer, special effects); Bob Kingson, John Dunstan, Norman Durham (bass); Randy Merritt, Woody Cunningham, Kelvin Dixon (drums); David Frazier (percussion); Hodges, James & Smith; Ella Mitchell, Cookie Holt, Jeanie Tracy (background vocals). Two Tons O' Fun: Izora Rhodes, Martha Wash (vocals). Includes liner notes from Gene Santoro. Personnel: Sylvester (vocals, piano); Tip Wirrick, Ralph Wash, George Victory, John Tropea (guitar); Alfredo de la Fe (strings); Marc Baum, Jay Stolmac (flute, saxophone); Mauricio Smith (alto saxophone, horns); Mel Martin (baritone saxophone); Ross Wilson (trumpet, trombone); Allen J.M. Smith, Frederick Berry, Allen Smith, Dean Boysen (trumpet); Kenny Warden (flugelhorn, horns); David Sprunk (French horn); Dan Reagan, Julian Priester, Wayne Wallace (trombone); John Gatchell, Louis Barbarin, Danny Chan, John Echert (horns); Louis Small (piano, electric piano, synthesizer); Eric Robinson (piano, Clavinet, keyboards, synthesizer, background vocals); Michael Finden (electric piano, Clavinet, organ, keyboards); Dan Reich (keyboards); Patrick Cowley (synthesizer, sequencer); Louis Biancaniello, Allen Wentz (synthesizer); Sandy Reiner, Kelvin Dixon, Thomas Price, Randy Merritt, Woody Cunningham (drums); Rick Kvistad (timbales, timpani); David Frazier, Gus Anthony Flores (percussion); Delores Hall, Maurice Long, Ella Mitchell, Izora Rhodes, James Farber, Sharon Hymes, John Paul Fetta, Jeanie Tracy, Martha Wash, Carl Hall (background vocals). Liner Note Author: Gene Santoro. Recording information: Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA (03/11/1979); San Francisco War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, (03/11/1979); The San Francisco War Memorial Opera House, San Francis (03/11/1979). Photographer: Phil Bray. Unknown Contributor Roles: Tip Wirrick; Hodges, James & Smith; Bob Kingson; Greg Crockett; Eric Robinson; Michael Finden; Jeanie Tracy; Martha Wash; Mel Martin. Arrangers: Eric Robinson; Louis Small. The paradox of being a disco star is that while the role requires a certain kind of glitzy flamboyance, the rigors of the style itself demand that the artist also give up a large measure of his or her personality. No one exemplified this dilemma better than Sylvester, the San Francisco dance artist who broke out with two nation-wide hits, "Dance (Disco Heat)" and "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)," and who also introduced the Two Tons 'O Fun powerhouse singers, Martha Wash and Izora Rhodes (a.k.a. The Weather Girls.) Indeed, while Sylvester possessed a fine falsetto gospel voice that he could employ to great effect, it is near impossible to pick him out of the Two Tons vocal mix on a track like "Dance (Disco Heat)." He could be as anonymous as they come. Still the gospel strain is perhaps the most important. For all the drag queen aspect of this singer's persona, he was his greatest as the most prominent member of a shouting, praising community. Extended, beat-driven tracks like "Stars" and "Body Strong" only give him (and his singers) ample room to shout and praise to his soul's content.
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