Sylvester - Stars FLAC

Sylvester Hi NRG Disco 1979 Greece

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Stars Backing Vocals – Hodges, James And SmithWritten-By – Patrick Cowley	8:06
A2	Body Strong Backing Vocals – Hodges, James And SmithWritten-By – M. Finden, S. James	8:10
B1	I (Who Have Nothing) Backing Vocals – Martha WashWritten-By – Lieber - Stoller*	10:40
B2	I Need Somebody To Love Tonight Written-By – P. Cowley*	6:38

Credits

Arranged By [Horn Arrangements] – Mike Bailey
Arranged By [String Arrangements] – Chris Rae
Art Direction – Phil Carroll
Design – Dennis Gassner
Engineer [Assistant] – Danny Kopelson, Nyya Lark, Paul Smykle*
Engineer [Recording] – Eddie Bill Harris, Terry Barham
Mastered By [Mastering] – Jim Sintetos
Photography By [Cover Photograph] – Peter Brill
Photography By [Sleeve Photograph] – Phil Bray
Producer – Harvey Fuqua, Sylvester
Producer [Associate] – Nancy C. Pitts
Remix – Eddie Bill Harris, Phil Kaffel, Steve Mantoani
Vocals [All Other Vocals] – Sylvester

Notes

Catalog number on inner label: F-9579
Catalog number on back of sleeve: FANTASY F-9579

Produced for Honey Records Productions
Recorded at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley; and Island Studios, London.
Mixed at Different Fur Studios, San Francisco; Fantasy Studios, Berkeley; and Conway Studios, Los Angeles.
Mastering (Kendun Recorders, Burbank)
(p) 1979 Fantasy Records

Side One = A: A1 (BPM: 138), A2 (BPM: 138)
Side Two = B: B1 (BPM: 132), B2 (BPM: 108)

LP also pressed on pink vinyl

NOTE: The actual track duration times are longer than listed on the label. Approximate times are as follows -

A1 Stars - 10:31
A2 Body Strong - 8:46
B1 I (Who Have Nothing) - 11:14
B2 I Need Someone To Love Tonight - 6:46
_____________________________________________
on the side one :
" Disco Mix : Blecman & Hedges
Mixing Engineer : Ritchie Corsello "
________________________________________________

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
TC-9579	Sylvester	Stars ‎(Cass, Album)	Fantasy	TC-9579	Greece	1979
F.P. 59470	Sylvester	Stars ‎(LP, Album, Ltd, Pic)	Fantasy	F.P. 59470	France	1979
FCO 59471, 59471	Sylvester	Stars ‎(LP, Album, Pin)	Fantasy, Fantasy	FCO 59471, 59471	France	1979
F-9579	Sylvester	Stars ‎(LP, Album)	Fantasy	F-9579	Greece	1979
BMC 12570⊗, BMC 12570	Sylvester	Stars ‎(Cass, Album)	Fantasy, Bellaphon	BMC 12570⊗, BMC 12570	Germany	1979

Moogura

Just the very best ..a sublime disco album - shows that the sometimes best music doesn't need you to remortgage your life !

Qane

If you hop on over to amazon and look up the review by Lavenderbyrd for Sylvester's Greatest Hits 2cd set, there is a complete History of all his recordings- including info on how the STARS album came to be, his collaborations with The Pointer Sisters, Herbie Hancock, Earlene Bentley, etc. Fun Stuff !!

Inabel

The 4 tracks feet perfectly together with one of the most beautiful disco track ever at the end : I need somebody to love tonight. I discovered it with a compilation from the label Sonar Kollectiv but it was a dub version, voiceless i mean. Ask me which disco album is the best : Stars!!!

Efmprof

you right! the best disco album

Valawye

Sylvester's "I Need Somebody to Love Tonight" could be described as an early "techno" record in my opinion. What an amazing sounding recording for 1979. I can't get over how modern, funky, and emotional this song is. The record was produced by Harvey Fuqua and Sylvester and this actual track was written by Patrick Cowley. Cowley, a few years later, became well known for a remix of Donna Summer's "I Feel Love", the early 80s HiNRG 'Megatron Man" single, and was part of the San Francisco disco scene during that time. This collaboration effort between Sylvester/Cowley could be described as similar to the Georgio Moroder / Donna Summer electronic connection...each bringing in the late 70s synth-techno disco sound around the same time. Love this record and still sounds fresh and futuristic.