Sylvester – (1981) Too Hot To Sleep

Sylvester – (1981) Too Hot To Sleep

Label: Fantasy Honey Records
Catalog#: F-9607
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1981
Genre: Electronic, Funk / Soul, Pop
Style: Ballad, Soul, Funk

Tracklist

A1 New Beginnings 1:17
Backing Vocals - Jeanie Tracy , Maurice Long , Sylvester
Cymbal [Cymbals] - Kelvin Dixon
Piano [Acoustic], Arranged By [Rhythm Arrangement] - Sylvester
Synthesizer [Prophet] - Louis Biancaniello
Written-By - Sylvester James*
A2 Thinking Right 4:12
Arranged By [Rhythm Arrangement] - Sylvester
Backing Vocals - Jeanie Tracy , Julia Tillman* , Maurice Long , Maxine Willard* , Oren Waters , Sylvester
Drums - Auteria "Wally" Winzer Jr.
Guitar - Tip Wirrick*
Synthesizer [Prophet 5], Electric Piano, Bass - Louis Biancaniello
Words By, Music By - Stephanie "Tucki" Bailey
A3 Can't Forget The Love 4:00
Backing Vocals - Jeanie Tracy , Maurice Long , Sylvester
Drums - Harvey Hughes
Piano [Acoustic], Guitar, Arranged By [Rhythm Arrangement] - Tip Wirrick*
Synthesizer - Louis Biancaniello
Words By, Music By - James "Tip" Wirrick*
A4 Too Hot To Sleep 5:20
Backing Vocals - Jeanie Tracy , Sylvester
Bass - Gregg Crockett*
Drums - Auteria "Wally" Winzer Jr.
Guitar - Tip Wirrick*
Percussion - Tony Flores*
Synthesizer [Arp And Prophet], Piano [Acoustic], Arranged By [Rhythm Arrangement] - Louis Small
Words By, Music By - Art Posey , Josef Powell
Written By - Posey - Powell
A5 Give It Up (Don't Make Me Wait) 3:40
Backing Vocals - Jeanie Tracy , Sylvester
Bass - Elunel "Tinker" Barfield*
Drums - Woody Cunningham
Electric Piano - Louis Small
Lead Vocals - Jeanie Tracy
Music By - Harvey Fuqua , Louis Small , Sylvester James*
Percussion - Tony Flores*
Recorded By [Basic Tracks] - James Farber , Scott Litt
Saxophone [Tenor Saxophone Solo] - Gerald Martin
Synthesizer [Prophet] - Harvey Fuqua
Words By - Harvey Fuqua , Jeanie Tracy , Sylvester James*
Written By - James - Tracy - Small - Fuqua
B1 Here Is My Love 5:03
Arranged By [Rhythm Arrangement] - Sylvester
Backing Vocals - Jeanie Tracy
Bass - Gregg Crockett*
Drums - Harvey Hughes
Guitar - Tip Wirrick*
Percussion, Congas - Tony Flores*
Synthesizer, Piano [Acoustic] - Louis Biancaniello
Words By, Music By - Sylvester James*
B2 Can't You See 3:20
Backing Vocals - Auteria "Wally" Winzer Jr. , Harvey Fuqua , Jeanie Tracy , Julia Tillman* , Maurice Long , Maxine Willard* , Oren Waters
Drums - Auteria "Wally" Winzer Jr.
Synthesizer [Synthesizers], Guitar, Arranged By [Rhythm Arrangement] - Tip Wirrick*
Words By, Music By - James "Tip" Wirrick*
B3 Ooo Baby Baby 3:17
Arranged By [Rhythm Arrangement] - Sylvester
Backing Vocals - Jeanie Tracy , Maurice Long , Sylvester
Bass - Gregg Crockett*
Drums - Kelvin Dixon
Guitar - Tip Wirrick*
Piano [Acoustic] - Louis Small
Synthesizer [Prophet] - Louis Biancaniello
Words By, Music By - William Smokey Robinson* , Warren Moore
Written By - Robinson - Moore
B4 I Can't Believe I'm In Love 4:15
Arranged By [Rhythm Arrangement], Vocals [Vocal Adaptation] - Sylvester
Backing Vocals - Jeanie Tracy , Julia Tillman* , Maxine Willard* , Oren Waters
Bass - Gregg Crockett*
Drums - Auteria "Wally" Winzer Jr.
Guitar - Tip Wirrick*
Percussion - Tony Flores*
Piano [Acoustic], Synthesizer - Louis Biancaniello
Saxophone [Alto] - Stephanie "Tucki" Bailey
Trumpet - David MacEachern
Words By, Music By - Joyce J. Murdock
Written By - J. Murdock - G. Murdock - Borden - Keck - Moore - Seay
Written-by [Co-writers] - Barry S. Borden* , Gary Moore (3) , Glenn B. Murdock* , Jerry Seay , Michael Keck
B5 New Beginnings (Reprise) 1:17
Written-By - Sylvester James*

Credits

Artwork By [Art Direction] - Phil Carroll
Artwork By [Design] - James Putnam
Engineer [Recording] - Eddie Bill Harris , Richard Corsello , Wally Buck
Executive Producer - Nancy C. Pitts
Mastered By [Mastering] - George Horn
Photography [Cover Photography] - Steve Fitch
Photography [Sleeve Photography] - Phil Bray
Producer - Harvey Fuqua , Sylvester
Recording Supervisor [Album Coordinator] - Louis Small
Remix - Richard Corsello , Wally Buck
Notes
Produced by Harvey Fuqua and Sylvester for Honey Record Productions, Inc. / Borzoi Music, Ltd.
Recorded, mixed, and mastered at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley
Basic tracks for "Give It Up" recorded by Scott Litt and James Farber at Power Station, New York City.

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TOO HOT TO SLEEP 81 (Fantasy-honey)

Syl does not appear on the cover of this album which feauters this big cactus in front of a house at night. The reason for this is probably because musically this is a completly different Sylvester. For the most part he doesnt sing in his typical falsetto style... instead he sings in his baritone anly voice.The songs are pure R&B with heavy Jazz influence. It sounds like George Benson a lot. The Two Tons o Fun no longer appear . Instead Jeany Tracy takes the spotlight and sings along with Sylvester.

1. New Beginnings
2. Thinking right (Bailey 81)
3 Can't forget...(Wirrick 81)
4 Too Hot to Sleep (Possey/Powell 80)
5 Give it up (Syl , Tracy, Fuqua)
6 Here is my love (Syl)
7 Cant you see (wirrick)
8 OOO Baby Baby (Motown cover)
9 I cant ...
10 New beginnings (reprise)

Singles:

1 Here is my love b/w Give it up (Don't make me wait) 7" (Fantasy 912)
2. Give it up 12"