Dresses Too Short R&B the “Paradise Music” of Iasos

the “Paradise Music” of Iasos (represented here by 13 selections transmitted between 1975 and 1985) brought Earth-transcriptions of a vast and galactic soundhealing to a planet much in need

) Often the only verifiable truth of the thing is the tape

this minute or three we hear them on here

their groups was this not as real

the club held court for the entire Wichita

Dresses Too Short R&B the “Paradise Music” of IasosSyl Johnsons first LP hit stores in the summer of 1969. True to its era, it wasnt so much an album as a collection of singles. The four non single tracks (Soul Drippin, Fox Hunting On The Weekend, Same Kind Of Thing, and Ive Got The Real Thingnone of them a throwaway) were outtakes tacked on to capitalize on the expanding long player market. Prolific designer and photographer Jerry Griffith shot the cover on a South Michigan Avenue buildings balcony.