℗ 2020 Craft Recordings., Distributed by Concord.
Released | 1978 |
Duration | 35m 36s |
Record Label | Craft Recordings |
Catalogue No. | CR02784 |
Genre | R & B |
Step II
Sylvester
Available in 192 kHz / 24-bit, 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
1.1
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You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
Sylvester |
6:35 | |||
1.2
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Dance (Disco Heat)
Sylvester |
5:52 | |||
1.3
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You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real / Epilogue)
Sylvester |
3:30 | |||
1.4
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Grateful
Sylvester |
3:36 | |||
1.5
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I Took My Strength From You
Sylvester |
6:59 | |||
1.6
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Was It Something I Said
Sylvester |
4:19 | |||
1.7
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Just You And Me Forever
Sylvester |
4:45 |
Craft Recordings reissue Sylvester’s iconic 1978 album, Step II, with newly remastered audio. This classic disco album features Sylvester’s enduring anthem, ‘You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real),’ plus his very first Top 40 hit, ‘Dance (Disco Heat).’ the remastered album is being offered in high-resolution digital audio for the first time.
By the late 70s, Sylvester (born Sylvester James Jr. in 1947) had been performing in San Francisco for nearly a decade – both as a part of the avant-garde drag troupe, The Cockettes, and as the frontman for a rock group, Sylvester and his Hot Band. Though he failed to find commercial success with the Hot Band’s two releases, he set his sights on a solo career and signed a deal with the Berkeley-based Fantasy Records.
With the release of Step II in 1978 Sylvester’s dreams of stardom came true—and then some. Praised by Rolling Stone for being, “as good as disco gets,” Step II was certified Gold by the RIAA, broke the Billboard R&B Top 10, and peaked at No.28 on the Billboard 200.
Sylvester would go on to release seven more albums in his lifetime, including his 1979 follow-up, Stars, and 1982’s All I Need, Step II, however, would remain Sylvester’s pièce de résistance.
192 kHz / 24-bit, 96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Craft Recordings Studio Masters
Tracks 1-7 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
Tracks 1-7 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.49 -0.51 to -0.44 | -18.91 -21.92 to -17.13 | -15.76 -17.60 to -14.70 | 13 11 to 14 | |
1 | You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) | -0.44 | -18.45 | -15.7 | 14 |
2 | Dance (Disco Heat) | -0.48 | -17.13 | -14.7 | 12 |
3 | You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real / Epilogue) | -0.50 | -21.92 | -17.6 | 14 |
4 | Grateful | -0.48 | -17.77 | -14.9 | 12 |
5 | I Took My Strength From You | -0.50 | -19.59 | -16.5 | 12 |
6 | Was It Something I Said | -0.49 | -18.22 | -15.4 | 13 |
7 | Just You And Me Forever | -0.51 | -19.31 | -15.5 | 11 |