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Syl Johnson
Tripping On Your Love b/w Foxy Brown
NUMERO GROUP - Cat No: ES104lp
- updated:2026-04-07
NUMERO GROUP drops three brand-new titles in its Eccentric Soul 45 series all at once! Boogie treasures originally issued in '88, presented in full-color sleeves that'll turn collectors' heads, shining a light on overlooked modern soul gems. Limited to 1,000 copies each — don't sleep on these!
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After parting ways with Memphis soul powerhouse Hi Records in 1979, Syl Johnson reanimated his dormant Shama imprint for another run at the charts. “Disco came in, my repertoire went down, down, down," Syl recalled. A string of tepid blues numbers followed, but by the end of the decade he'd found a new stroke: boogie. 1988's Foxy Brown album arrived to little fanfare, and nearly forty years later is a tough pull even its native Chicago. Our 2026 shrinkflation reissue combines the title track and the album opener "Tripping On Your Love" for club use on the inconvenient 7" format, housed in a full color sleeve to keep the trainspotters guessing.
Syl Johnson made his name in the '60s as a hitmaker and producer on the blues scene. In 1979 he parted ways with Memphis soul powerhouse Hi Records and revived his own dormant label, Shama, aiming to return to the charts. As Johnson himself recalled, "Disco took over, and my repertoire kept slipping." He continued to release blues sides, but with little to show for it. By the end of the '70s he was staking out new boogie territory, and in 1988 he issued the album Foxy Brown — which barely registered. Nearly forty years on, it still hasn't caught on, even in his hometown of Chicago.
From that overlooked boogie album Foxy Brown come the title track (sample_2), with its rubbery bass and funky vocal — you'd never guess this man was cutting blues records — and the LP's groovy opener "Tripping On Your Love" (sample_1), built on mellow electric piano, guitar, synths and bass. Housed in a picture sleeve matching the original album art, a clear sign of NUMERO's deep love for this record. (Original Japanese text by AYAM)