Mickey and Sylvia

This underrated treasure includes 12 fabulous songs that were waxed during the duo’s most inspired period. In addition to the original masterpiece, this remastered edition also contains 12 bonus tracks, consisting of the aforementioned smash “Love Is Strange,” plus a number of lesser-known local hits and hard to find sides from the same period.

PERSONNEL:

MICKEY BAKER & SYLVIA VANDERPOOL [aka Sylvia Robinson], vocals and guitar on all tracks, plus:

Kenny Burrell (guitar), Abie Baker (bass), Ernest Hayes (piano),
David “Panama” Francis, Dave Bailey (drums), Ray Barretto (congas),
King Curtis (tenor saxophone), Heywood Henry (baritone saxophone), among others.

Recorded in New York, between 1955 and 1957.

TRACKS:

NEW SOUNDS
01 LOVE WILL MAKE YOU FAIL IN SCHOOL
02 PEACE OF MIND
03 RISE SALLY RISE
04 WHO KNOWS WHY?
05 SAY THE WORD
06 TOO MUCH WEIGHT
07 WHERE IS MY HONEY
08 SEEMS LIKE JUST YESTERDAY
09 A NEW IDEA ON LOVE
10 FOREVER AND A DAY
11 I’VE GOT A FEELING
12 SHAKE IT UP
BONUS TRACKS
13 LOVE IS STRANGE
14 I’M GOING HOME
15 NO GOOD LOVER
16 OH YEAH! UH HUH
17 IT’S YOU I LOVE
18 I’M SO GLAD
19 LOVE LESSON
20 SE DE BOOM RUN DUN
21 GONNA WORK OUT FINE
22 THERE OUGHTA BE A LAW
23 THERE’LL BE NO BACKIN’ OUT
24 IN MY HEART

TOTAL TIME: 60:56 min