Silk Degrees

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Cat No: PPAN33920

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Format Details: Translucent Green Coloured Vinyl

Release Date: 01 June 2009

Label: Pure Pleasure Records

Packaging Type: Gate Fold

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 5060149620946

Genres: Pop

Release Date: 05 June 2026

Label: Music On Vinyl

Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 8719262044852

Genres: Pop

Description
180g audiophile vinyl reissue, re-mastering by Ray Staff at Air Mastering, Lyndhurst Hall, London.

Boz Scaggs is a unique and marvellous singer. His soulful voice can be, in turn, silky-smooth and sensual or funky and upbeat, depending on the material, but it is always compelling. This voice comes through superbly on the ten great tunes featured on "Silk Degrees".

Scaggs, a solid composer in its own right, wrote three tracks on his own, co-wrote five more with David Paich. Paich contributed the delightful "Love Me Tomorrow" by himself while the remaining tune is a cover of Allen Toussaint's excellent "What Do You Want the Girl to Do".

Stylistically, the compositions are a nice blend of Philly soul influenced pop and rock. The production is very slick and sophisticated thanks to the arrangements by future Toto's keyboardist David Paich, to the orchestral direction (strings and brass) by Sid Sharp, to the soulful back-up vocals and to the sheer artistry of all the musicians involved. A classic of elegant, well crafted music.

Description

American singer, songwriter and guitarist Boz Scaggs rose to fame in the 1970s with several top 20 hit singles in the United States. In 1976, he teamed up with a group of session musicians who would later form Toto and recorded his seventh album, "Silk Degrees", which became a huge hit. The album reached #2 on the US Billboard 200 and #1 in a number of countries around the world, and spawned three hit singles: "Lowdown," "Lido Shuffle," and "What Can I Say," as well as the MOR standard "We're All Alone," which was later recorded by Rita Coolidge and Frankie Valli. Silk Degrees is available as a 50th anniversary edition on translucent green coloured vinyl and includes an insert.
Tracklisting
Tracklisting