Lowdown
Boz Scaggs
1976
Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release chronology remains partly unverified.
Release: 1976
Release: 1976Source checked
Source-supported first release year of the original recording at year precision. Later single-chart appearances and anthology or remaster dates are separate. Exact user-file audio, edit and mastering remain unverified.
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Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees original album
The artist dates the original Silk Degrees album to 1976.
Boz Scaggs - official Silk Degrees anniversary notes
Silk Degrees, its 1976 origin, Lido Shuffle, Lowdown and Los Angeles session players later associated with Toto. No borrowed chart-position claim is used.
Inspiration and background
Researched recording background
Lowdown comes from Boz Scaggs's 1976 Silk Degrees. The artist's album history places it alongside Lido Shuffle among the recordings that established the album's wider audience. Its studio setting also connects Scaggs to the Los Angeles musicians who subsequently formed Toto.
Evidence scope: Source-supported recording, release and career context; personal songwriting inspiration is not inferred.
Sources for this information
Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees original album
The artist dates the original Silk Degrees album to 1976. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Boz Scaggs - official Silk Degrees anniversary notes
Silk Degrees, its 1976 origin, Lido Shuffle, Lowdown and Los Angeles session players later associated with Toto. No borrowed chart-position claim is used. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Earlier note and its recorded status
Earlier status: Supplied note - not independently verified. This earlier wording is retained as historical context; the reviewed account above is the current summary.
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Source-supported first release year of the original recording at year precision. Later single-chart appearances and anthology or remaster dates are separate. Exact user-file audio, edit and mastering remain unverified.
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Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 1976 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
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