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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LP
1 150g LP
1 tip-on single LP jacket
1 side-spine obi
1 download code
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