Syl Johnson’s first LP hit stores in the summer of 1969. True to its era, it wasn’t so much an album as a collection of singles. The four non-single tracks (“Soul Drippin’,” “Fox Hunting On The Weekend,” “Same Kind Of Thing,” and “I’ve Got The Real Thing”—none of them a throwaway) were outtakes tacked on to capitalize on the expanding long-player market. Prolific designer and photographer Jerry Griffith shot the cover on a South Michigan Avenue building’s balcony. Despite blaring its title in Christmas-y, green-and-red cover lettering, Dresses Too Short never found its season creatively or commercially, selling just a few thousand copies before being discontinued in the mid ’70s.
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TRACK LIST
Syl Johnson Dresses Too Short
Syl Johnson I Can Take Care Of Business
Syl Johnson Different Strokes
Syl Johnson Soul Drippin’
Syl Johnson Fox Hunting On The Weekend
Syl Johnson Ode To Soul Man
Syl Johnson Come On Sock It To Me
Syl Johnson I'll Take Those Skinny Legs
Syl Johnson Try Me
Syl Johnson Same Kind Of Thing
Syl Johnson I’ve Got The Real Thing
Syl Johnson Sorry ’Bout Dat