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Sylvester (1948 - 1988)
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 Living
Proof Sylvester
Disco Diva is a misnommer for this artist, and
this album is exactly what it claims, Living Proof! Its all here,
soul, r&b, disco, gospel, and the charisma that was Sylvester!
Only here does it sparkle for you, and give you a glimpse of what
was his true genius. It was the twilight year of a genre, and he
transcended it! Still as fresh now as it was over 20 years ago.
What do I love most about Sylvester? ah well, he made us all feel
mighty, mighty real!! -- Anonymous Review
 Do
Ya Wanna Funk Sylvester
It was Originally released late 1982 under the
name "All I need " by the San Francisco dance label
"Megatone" which was owned by legendary (revolutionary)
Synth dance producer Patrick Cowley. Songs where written and
produced by James Tip Wirrick who also performed everything. The
song "Do you Wanna Funk" which is written and produced
by Cowley was added to the album becuase it had become a hit. In
general, in this album you get an energetic yet elegant synth
Hi-Nrg backround ...all very well arranged with moog solos...and
over it you get an extremely emotional and heart pouring melody
song by sylvester in falsetto ..plus a near gospel chant backing
vocals apear featering big voices like Martha Wash/ Daryl Coley/
Jeanie Tracie. I think its Sylvester's best album and one of 80's
best albums to be ignored by the mass media. -- Dario Margeli
(Amazon.com)
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From And We
Danced
Excerpt:
Sylvester was a star, plain and simple. He was
one of the first openly gay pop music stars, and, unlike the
Village People, he was not a caricature. Sylvester was for real.
His shows were wild and his personality flamboyant, but underneath
was a sincere, talent-filled entertainer...
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By Jake Austen, Roctober, #19, 1997
Excerpt:
It's March 11, 1979 and San Francisco belongs to
Sylvester! The city's War Memorial Opera House, which previously
hosted only a handful of tame pop acts along the lines of George
Benson and Carole King, is packed to capacity tonight to see
Disco's truest diva. Twenty tuxedoed members of the symphony
orchestra join Syl's full band and four back-up singers. Though,
as a rule, he doesn't perform under the influence, the thrill of
donning the first of the evening's series of shimmering sequined
outfits in the Maria Callas dressing room of the Opera House seems
a worthy cause to celebrate, so he washes down a hit of acid with
a bottle of champagne. He is feeling good...and he is feeling
r-e-a-l!
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