VINYL FORMAT. According to legend, Sly's disillusionment with progress in the Civil Rights movement, coupled with personal problems, led to a two-year delay before Riot appeared in 1971. What's evident in the grooves is that the Family Stone's sound got darker and even funkier. 'Family Affair,' was a monstrous chart item, but even with the extra studio time, some of the tracks are skeletal, almost unfinished-sounding. Sly's hugely successful non-album single 'Thank You (Fallettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)' is tu...   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. Originally issued by Epic in 1967. Nothing said it better than the title of Sly & the Family Stone's 1967 debut album! They were, indeed, A Whole New Thing! Over his first six groundbreaking Epic LPs, Sly Stone -- a maverick studio genius who heard things nobody else did, turned the worlds of soul, R&B, funk and psychedelia completely upside-down with his breathtakingly innovative band, the Family Stone. Pop music was shaken to its very core by this racially-mixed aggregation of men and women...   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. The breakthrough top ten single that became the name of their sophomore album was everywhere in 1968! As well as being the most innovative 'introduce the band' track ever, hearing Larry Graham, Cynthia Robinson, Rosie Stone, Greg Errico, Freddy Stone and Jerry Martini name-checked by Sly is so addictive it might cost the unwary a few days in rehab. As Sly says in the liner notes, his band is 'as funky as nine cans of wet magic shave.' To which Cynthia answers, 'All the squares go home!'

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