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Slow Dancer

1974 studio album by Boz Scaggs

Manuscripts, fine bindings, an engraving plate and preserved performance ephemera
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 27, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

Slow Dancer is the sixth album by Boz Scaggs released by Columbia in 1974. Initially, the album was released with a cover photo of Scaggs walking alone on the beach, with the back of the album framing a head and shoulders shot of Scaggs lying on the beach. The cover photographs were taken by Annie Leibovitz. After the breakout success of 1976's Silk Degrees, Slow Dancer was re-released with a new cover showing Scaggs and a woman in fine clothing, with Scaggs bending to kiss her bosom. This photo was taken by Ethan Russell.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Slow Dancer” as 1974 studio album by Boz Scaggs. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Slow, Dancer and studio.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1974, 1976—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Slow, Dancer and studio providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Slow Dancer”, the useful work is to connect “1974 studio album by Boz Scaggs” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 27, 2026. The first chronological checks are 1974 and 1976.

Critical limits

Titles can refer to several editions, objects or performances, making precise identification essential before interpretation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  2. Expand the search: follow Slow Dancer primary sources, Slow Dancer archive and Slow research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “Slow Dancer” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.