Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees (LP) (1976) - €10,00

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Silk Degrees is the seventh album by Boz Scaggs, released on Columbia Records in 1976. The album peaked at No. 2 and spent 115 weeks on the Billboard 200. 

It has been certified five times platinum by the RIAA and remains Scaggs’s best selling album. Silk Degrees spawned four singles. “It’s Over”, “Lowdown” and “Lido Shuffle” made the Top 40, while “What Can I Say” peaked at No. 42.

Both artistically and commercially, Boz Scaggs had his greatest success with Silk Degrees. 

The laid-back singer hit the R&B charts in a big way with the addictive, sly “Lowdown” (which has been sampled by more than a few rappers and remains a favorite among baby-boomer soul fans) and expressed his love of smooth soul music almost as well on the appealing “What Can I Say.” 

But Scaggs was essentially a pop/rocker, and in that area he has a considerable amount of fun on “Lido Shuffle” (another major hit single), “What Do You Want the Girl to Do,” and “Jump Street.” Meanwhile, “We’re All Alone” and “Harbor Lights” became staples on adult contemporary radio. Though not remarkable, the ballads have more heart than most of the bland material dominating that format.

The album was recorded at Davlen Sound Studios and Hollywood Sound Studios in Los Angeles. Among the accompanying musicians, David Paich, Jeff Porcaro, and David Hungate became members of Toto, while Fred Tackett became a member of Little Feat. The album marked Scaggs’s commercial zenith, a mix of pop rock (“Jump Street” and “Lido Shuffle“), soul (“What Can I Say” and “Lowdown“), and ballads (“Harbor Lights” and “We’re All Alone“, which became a hit for Rita Coolidge).

The front cover photograph was by Moshe Brakha of Scaggs at Casino Point, Avalon, California.

 

Side A
A1.  What Can I Say  (2:59)
A2.  Georgia  (3:54)
A3.  Jump Street  (5:10)
A4.  What Do You Want The Girl To Do  (3:49)
A5.  Harbor Lights  (5:55)

Side B
B1.  Lowdown  (5:15)
B2.  It’s Over  (2:48)
B3.  Love Me Tomorrow  (3:14)
B4.  Lido Shuffle  (3:40)
B5.  We’re All Alone  (4:10)

Personnel

• Boz Scaggs – lead vocals, guitars, backing vocals
• David Paich – arrangements, acoustic piano, Hohner clavinet, Fender Rhodes, Moog synthesizer, ARP synthesizer, Minimoog, Hammond organ, Wurlitzer electric piano, harpsichord 
• Fred Tackett – guitars
• Les Dudek – slide guitar 
• Louis Shelton – guitars, slide guitar, acoustic guitar 
• David Hungate – bass
• Jeff Porcaro – drums, percussion , timbales 
• Joe Porcaro – percussion 
• Plas Johnson – tenor saxophone solo, saxophone 
• Jim Horn – tenor saxophone 
• Bud Shank – saxophone 
• Chuck Findley – flugelhorn solo 
• Sid Sharp – string conductor and concertmaster
• Vincent DeRosa, Jim Horn, Paul Hubinon, Dick Hyde, Plas Johnson, Tom Scott and Bud Shank – horns
• Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals 
• Augie Johnson – backing vocals 
• Marty McCall – backing vocals 
• Carolyn Willis – backing vocals 
• Maxine Green – backing vocals 
• Pepper Swenson – backing vocals 

Production personnel

• Joe Wissert – production
• Tom Perry – engineering
• Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Los Angeles, CA).
• Ron Caro – design
• Nancy Donald – design
• Moshe Brakha – photography

Notes
Release:   1976
Format:  LP, Vinyl
Genre:  Blue-Eyed Soul, Soft Rock
Label:  CBS Records
Catalog#  81193

Vinyl:  (VG)
Cover:  Goed (VG)

Prijs: €10,00