SORRY - SOLD OUT
AAA 100% Analogue This LP was Remastered using Pure Analogue Components Only from the Master Tapes through to the Cutting Head
Pure Pleasure / Hi - PPAN SHL32096 - 180 Gram Virgin Vinyl
AAA 100% Analogue - Audiophile Mastering by Kevin Gray
Limited Edition - Pressed at Pallas Germany - Hi Records SHL 32096
During his eight-year stint with Hi Records, Syl Johnson was in the shadows of both Al Green and Ann Peebles. His albums never flew off the shelves but he could be trusted to release two or three good singles a year. By 1975, Johnson's partnership with Hi Records started to yield even more success. As this album's predecessors had Johnson vacillating between being a romantic and a wretch, "Total Explosion" explores his unrepentant side with good results. "I Only Have Love for You" is a classic Memphis shuffle and finds Johnson all but boasting about his lack of financial savvy, as he sings, all I got to give is me
The remastering by Kevin Gray is topnotch as usual. We get to hear the horns and strings soar, but not overwhelm Syl’s vocals and his rhythm section. If you dig Al Green and Ann Peebles, and the Hi Records sound, get yourself this classic Syl Johnson issue!
Side One:
1. I Only Have Love
2. Bustin' Up Or Bustin' Out
3. Star Bright Star Lite
4. Watch What You Do To Me
5. Steppin' Out
Side Two:
1. Take Me To The River
2. It Ain't Easy
3. 'Bout To Make Me Leave Home
4. That's Just My Luck
1973 Willie Mitchell Royal Recording Studios, South Lauderdale, Memphis, Tennessee
Production: Willie Mitchell