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October 19, 2010 Numero Group will release Syl Johnson: Complete Mythology in a four CD+six LP boxset (both formats, one package).

Four years in the making, this is by far the most exhaustively researched and meticulously presented work from Numero Group to date.

Encompassing a career that spans half a century, Syl Johnson: Complete Mythology not only covers his obvious hits like the Billboard charting “Is It It Because I’m Black” (the first black concept record) and “Different Strokes” (one of the most heavily sampled songs in the history of recorded music – N.W.A., Kid Rock, Michael Jackson, J. Dilla and countless others) but shines a light into the corners of a true musical visionary.

GRAMMY®-winning soul singer Solomon Burke was revered as one of music’s greatest vocalists and a pioneer of the genre. A deeply spiritual man, his love and passion for his craft…