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Sylvester
Studio album by Sylvester
Released	1977
Recorded	February–March 1977
Studio	Fantasy, Berkeley, California
Genre	Disco
Length	34:58
Label	Fantasy
Producer	Harvey Fuqua
Sylvester chronology
Bazaar (1973) Sylvester (1977) Step II (1978)
Singles from Sylvester
"Down, Down, Down" Released: 1977 "Over and Over" Released: August 1977

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Sylvester is an album by the American musician Sylvester, released in 1977. Previously Sylvester had released two albums on the Blue Thumb Records credited to Sylvester and the Hot Band. It was his first disco album in the series of three that were recorded and released by Fantasy Records in the late 1970s. The album was issued with the alternative title Over and Over in France.

Two singles were issued from the album. The first single, a self-penned song called "Down, Down, Down", charted at number 18 on the Billboard Dance chart. The following single "Over and Over" written by Ashford & Simpson failed to make any impression on the charts. On the track "I've Been Down", the lead vocals are performed by Izora Rhodes and Martha Wash, known at the time as Two Tons o' Fun, they later went on to record as The Weather Girls. The album was re-issued on compact disc in the UK by Southbound Records in 1995, together with the album Step II, this release features no bonus tracks.

Track listing

Side A

1. "Over and Over" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) – 6:58
2. "I Tried to Forget You" (Sylvester James, James "Tip" Wirrick) – 4:59
3. "Changes" (James) – 3:07
4. "Tipsong" (James, Wirrick) – 3:59

Side B

1. "Down, Down, Down" (James) – 5:18
2. "Loving Grows Up Slow" (Morgan Ames) – 4:01
3. "I Been Down" (Rob Galbraith, Maury Keener) – 3:39
4. "Never Too Late" (James) – 2:57

Personnel

Musicians

• Sylvester – lead vocals and backing vocals
• The Weather Girls (Izora Armstead, Martha Wash) – lead vocals and backing vocals
• James "Tip" Wirrick – electric guitar
• Dan Reich – synthesizers and electric piano
• John Dunstan – bass
• Jack "Sandyjack" Reiner – drums
• David Frazier – percussion
• Leslie Drayton – string and horn arrangements

Production

Recorded, mixed and mastered at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley.

• Harvey Fuqua – producer
• Sylvester James – co-production
• Eddie Bill Harris – mixing engineer (tracks 4, 5, 7 and 8)
• Phil Kaffel – mixing engineer (tracks 1, 2, 3 and 6)
• Phil Bray – photographer
• Phil Carroll – art direction
• Jamie Putnam – design

Release history

LP

• 1977 – Fantasy Records F-9531.

CD

• 1995 – Southbound Records CDSEWD 104

References

1. "Sylvester". AllMusic. Retrieved March 14, 2012.
2. Gamson, Joshua (2013). The Fabulous Sylvester: The Legend, the Music, the Seventies in San Francisco. Henry Holt and Company. p. 123.
3. Echols, Alice (2011). Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture. W. W. Norton & Company.
4. "Billboard Chart:Sylvester-Down, Down, Down". AllMusic. Retrieved March 14, 2012.

• Sylvester (singer) albums
• 1977 albums
• Albums produced by Harvey Fuqua
• Fantasy Records albums