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Summer of Sorcery, the follow-up to the critically acclaimed Soulfire, is Little Steven's first album of original material in 20 years. It was written during the second half of the Soulfire Tour and recorded at Stevie's Renegade Studio, September-November 2018. All 12 songs are original SVZ compositions: one recut from his Revolution album, one outtake from the Lilyhammer score, and ten new songs. The album was recorded with the same members of the Disciples of Soul that have been touring this past year.
The album is a breakthrough artistically for Stevie in several ways, as the man himself says: "My first five albums in the '80s were both very personal and very political. I wanted the new material to be more fictionalized. The way records were when I grew up. Before it was an Artform. The concept (loosely) was capturing and communicating that first rush of summer. The electricity of that feeling of unlimited possibilities. Of falling in love with the world for the first time. Obviously, there are occasional personal references, and a bit of what's going on socially scattered throughout, but I achieved what I set out to do. I created a collection of fictional audio movie scenes that feel like Summer. I'm quite proud of it."
This vinyl edition is a two-LP set, with three sides of music.
Summer of Sorcery LP1, Side A:
1. Communion
2. Party Mambo!
3. Love Again
4. Vortex
Summer of Sorcery LP1, Side B:
1. A World of Our Own
2. Gravity
3. Soul Power Twist
4. Superfly Terraplane
Summer of Sorcery LP2, Side A:
1. Education
2. Suddenly You
3. I Visit the Blues
4. Summer of Sorcery
