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Blue Thumb Collection

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I am so thrilled to find these albums again after all these years, my vinyl copies had deteriorated before I got them digitized. As you might note these tracks are much more rock and blues based than his later stuff, these were done before the Two Tons of Fun / Weather Girls (Martha Wash & and the Isora Rhodes) joined him. I think this was also before Patrick Cowley joined him too. I love his later stuff, but this has a rawness and immediacy that really grabs me. I first saw Sylvester perform live with the Martha and Isora around 1975/76 at a club in Seattle called Shelly's Leg, I then started making frequent trips to San Francisco and some him a number of times there, most often at the Elephant Walk, every performance was electric.

These tracks come from two vinly albums with one bonus track not on the original albums:
1. Scratch My Flower - 1973 (the first 8 tracks)
Sylvester - Lead Vocals and Piano
James Q. Smith - Guitar, Background vocals and Harmonica
Kerry Hatch - Bass, Background Vocals and Keyboards
Travis Fullerton - Drums, Percussion and Background Vocals
Chris Mostert - Tenor Sax and Flute
Bobby Blood - Trumpet
Peter Mintun - Piano
2. Bazaar -- (tracks 9 thru 18)
I can't find my vinyl on this ....sorry
-- bonus -- "Why Was I Born"

Enjoy!

Finally. Sylvester's classic LPS with Hot Band have been released on CD! Fabulous! I have been waiting for years for this. Sylvester is a music icon who was very talented and an awesome entertainer. He definitely in my opinion deserves more props in history. This CD showcases some of his early songs before he hit big with "(You Make Me Feel) Mighty Real". This is a must-have for every Sylvester fan!

The first time i heard about Sylvester was with the release of "Step II".Since then I am a big fan of Sylvester.His death was very hard for me:after all he was an icon for me.There has never been before him (and after him)an artist with so much authenticity who could translate so much emotions in his singing.
I was always wondering if there is a "Step II",how did the "Step I" sounded like.Here is the answer :real RnB,GOSPEL Soul like only Sylvester James could sing it.Glad to be (finally) able to listen to these masterpieces,that stood the test of time.(Paul Ghysbrecht,Belgium,Europe)The Blue Thumb Collection

I just got this in a New York City record shop after walking in and hearing it. As far as I can surmise this guy works in drag

Nice hook, but not nearly as important as how good these two albums are: funk, soul and some quite well done show-ish tracks are all done with the help of a crack backing band. No matter what genre is tried, both albums hold together extremely well and the music never loses an classy, R&B vibe

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