v/a I'M JUST LIKE YOU: SLY'S STONE FLOWER 1969-70 2xLP/Sly & The Family Stone
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(Various Artists) 'I'm Just Like You: Sly's Stone Flower 1969-70' Double LP (US, Light In The Attic, Catalogue #LITA-121) Brand new/unplayed copy of limited year 2014 Double LP edition/collection of complete Stone Flower label singles (Sly Stone's short-lived label concern, operating just in the years 1969 and 1970) plus previously unreleased tracks from that label's archives. Wicked funk, soul and funky rock from Sly Stone and his friends.
(NOTE: LIMITED VINYL EDITION!)
"In 1970, The Family Stone were at the peak of their popularity, but the maestro Sly Stone had already moved his head to a completely different space. The first evidence of Sly's musical about-turn was revealed by the small catalog of his new label, Stone Flower: a pioneering, peculiar, minimal electro-funk sound that unfolded over just four seven-inch singles. Stone Flower's releases were credited to their individual artists, but each had Sly's design and musicianship stamped into the grooves--and the words 'Written by Sylvester Stewart/Produced and arranged by Sly Stone' on the sticker. Set up by Stone's manager David Kapralik with distribution by Atlantic Records, Stone Flower was, predictably, a family affair: the first release was by Little Sister, fronted by Stone's little sister Vaetta Stewart. It was short lived too--the imprint folded in 1971--but its influence was longer lasting. The sound Stone formulated while working on Stone Flower's output would shape the next phase in his own career as a recording artist: it was here he began experimenting with the brand new Maestro Rhythm King drum machine. In conjunction with languid, effected organ and guitar sounds and a distinctly lo-fi soundscape, Sly's productions for Stone Flower would inform the basis of his masterwork There's A Riot Goin' On. This long overdue compilation of Sly's Stone Flower era gathers each side of the five 45s plus ten previously unissued cuts from the label archives, all newly remastered from the original tapes. In these grooves you'll find the missing link between the rocky, soulful Sly Stone of Stand! and the dark, drum machine-punctuated, overdubbed sound of There's A Riot Going On. I'm Just Like You: Sly's Stone Flower 1969-70 opens up the mysteries of an obscure but monumental phase in Stone's career."
- In-depth liner notes by Alec Palao with first-hand reminiscences of the Stone Flower era from many of the participants, including an exclusive new interview with Sly Stone himself.
- Features all five Stone Flower produced singles plus ten previously unissued cuts.
- All tracks newly remastered from the original tapes.
Artists/Tracks on this Double LP are as follows:
A1 – Little Sister You're The One (Parts 1 & 2) 5:25 A2 – Sly Just Like A Baby 4:02 A3 – Joe Hicks Home Sweet Home (Part 2) 3:01 A4 – 6ix I'm Just Like You 3:08 A5 – Little Sister Somebody's Watching You (Full Band Version) 3:51 B1 – Joe Hicks Life & Death In G & A (Parts 1 & 2) 5:59 B2 – 6ix Trying To Make You Feel Good 5:52 B3 – Little Sister Stanga 3:43 B4 – 6ix Dynamite 3:10 B5 – Little Sister You're The One (Early Version) 2:54 C1 – Joe Hicks I'm Goin' Home (Part 1) 2:58 C2 – Sly Africa 7:43 C3 – Little Sister Somebody's Watching You 2:57 C4 – 6ix You Can, We Can 5:33 D1 – 6ix I'm Just Like You (Full Band Version) 6:14 D2 – Sly Spirit 3:00 D3 – 6ix Dynamite (Alternate Version) 3:42 D4 – Sly Scared 5:31Shipping rates to the following locations at this present time (note: all shipping rates are subject to change.)
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Record shipped in professional, superior rectangular shaped, corner-protecting corrugated cardboard record mailer with filler pads. Satisfaction guaranteed!
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