Syl Johnson – Is It Because I’m Black 180g

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Artist: Syl Johnson |Label: Twinight / Numero 1208 |Format: LP |Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B | Vinyl Condition: New | Jacket Condition: Sealed

Syl Johnson
Is It Because I’m Black
Numero / Twinight 1208 on limited 180g vinyl

After Martin Luther King got killed, I wanted to write a song.
Syl Johnson

Ten years into his role as poster boy for pop soul and peak-hour R&B, Syl Johnson did an unlikely about-face and cut his most inspiring and powerful album. Coming on the heels of his first full length, the self-proclaimed “most sampled artist of all time”, released the groundbreaking black concept LP “Is It Because I’m Black”, a full 13 months before Marvin Gaye asked “What’s Goin’ On”. Rumbling past any motion of a sophomore jinx, Syl delivered a bracing, inspiring and politically charged R&B document.Fifty years later,it is still as relevant as the day of its release. No liner notes. No extra tracks. Just the greatest Black concept album of all time.

Track Listings:
It Is Because Im Black
Come Together
Together, Forever
Concrete Reservation
Black Balloons
Walk A Mile In My Shoes
Im Talkin Bout Freedom
Right On

NEW SEALED re-issue LP
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