Syl Johnson - The Complete Twinight Singles (2015)

“There are many great soul singers, but few have inspired hip hop from its early beginning to now. Syl Johnson is a unsung pioneer of musical fusion.” Syl Johnson began the ‘60s a blues singer and session guitarist and concluded it having synthesized his own brand of gritty Chicago soul. Their first signee, Syl Johnson set the tone at Twinight Records, writing and producing fifteen 45s during his four year tenure with the label. This double LP neatly bundles each side of each of Johnson’s Twinight 45s, from the heavily-sampled grunts on “Different Strokes,” to the ghetto-conscious “Concrete Reservation.”

TRACKLIST

01. Come On Sock It to Me
02. Try Me (1967)
03. Different Strokes
04. Sorry 'Bout Dat!
05. Ode to Soul Man
06. I'll Take Those Skinny Legs
07. I Feel an Urge
08. Try Me (1968)
09. Send Me Some Lovin'
10. Dresses Too Short
11. I Can Take Care of Business
12. Take Me Back
13. I Can Take Care of Homework
14. Don't Give It Away
15. Going to the Shack
16. Is It Because I'm Black
17. Let Them Hang High
18. Concrete Reservation
19. Together Forever
20. One Way Ticket to Nowhere
21. Kiss By Kiss
22. Thank You Baby
23. We Do It Together
24. Get Ready
25. Same Kind of Thing
26. Annie Got Hot Pants Power
27. Annie Got Hot Pants Power (Instrumental)
28. Everybody Needs Love
29. That's Why