SYLVERS / シルヴァーズ / SOMETHING SPECIAL / HOT LINE / CD

SOULMUSIC/CAROLINEより、ポスト・ジャクソン・シスターズとして人気を博したSYLVERSの76年CAPITOL原盤の人気作『SOMETHING SPECIAL』が待望のCD化!

"Caroline Internatiional (in association with SoulMusic Records) is proud to present the 2015 reissue of SOMETHING SPECIAL, the 1976 best-selling album by pop/R&B family group, The Sylvers, an expanded edition including one bonus track – the hit single version of “Hot Line.” With roots in Memphis, Tennessee, the Sylvers family moved to Los Angeles in the mid-‘50s, with the eldest four children (Leon III, Charmaine, Olympia and James) performing as a local group, The Little Angels, achieving some measure of exposure on national U.S. television.

At the start of the ‘70s, with the addition of brothers Ricky and Edmund, The Sylvers had their first recording contract, with MGM Records, home also to another family group, The Osmonds. Moving to the label’s R&B imprint, Pride Records, The Sylvers scored a string of charted singles including “Fool's Paradise” and “Wish That I Could Talk To You”. In 1973, younger brother Foster (along with sisters Pat and Angie) achieved solo success with the U.S. hit, “Misdemeanor,” composed by Leon (who would later go on to become a major producer and songwriter in the late ‘70s, throughout the ‘80s and beyond).

In 1975, The Sylvers signed to Capitol Records and teaming with former Motown hitmaker, Freddie Perren, scored a No. 1 U.S. pop and R&B hit with “Boogie Fever” from the album “Showcase.” The follow-up LP, SOMETHING SPECIAL followed at the start of 1976, giving the group another major U.S. charted single with the infectious, “Hot Line,” followed by “High School Dance” (co-written by Leon, James, Edmund and Ricky), another U.S. Top 20 pop and Top 10 R&B hit. “Something Special,” making its worldwide CD debut with this 2015 reissue, also includes four more tracks penned by the team of Freddie Perren and Keni St. Lewis; and three more written by various members of The Sylvers. As a result of a 2011 episode of the U.S. network TV-One’s popular “Unsung” series, the story of The Sylvers has sparked renewed interest and with this reissue – which includes liner notes by renowned U.S. writer Kevin Goins featuring a 2015 interview with Leon Sylvers - all of their Capitol recordings are now available on CD "