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2007 MARKS THE 40th ANNIVERSARY OF SLY’S SIGNING
TO EPIC RECORDS AND THE BAND’S FIRST RELEASE
SLY & THE FAMILY STONE ORIGINAL EPIC STUDIO ALBUM CATALOG CELEBRATED
LIMITED EDITION RUN OF INDIVIDUALLY-NUMBERED DIGIPAKS –
NOT TO BE RE-MANUFACTURED AFTER THEY SELL OUT
SEVEN EXPANDED EDITIONS – WITH 4-6 BONUS TRACKS ON EACH,
INCLUDING TOTAL OF 21 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED TRACKS – AND
NEW LINER NOTES WRITTEN BY TOP MUSIC JOURNALISTS
The tumultuous hit making career of Sly & The Family Stone continues to reverberate in every single genre of contemporary music – from pop and R&B to hip-hop and jazz – more than three decades after the group’s last appearance on the Top 40 charts.
The groundbreaking saga of Sly & The Family Stone was played out over the course of their seven original studio albums on Epic Records, recorded and released between 1967 and 1974: A WHOLE NEW THING (1967), DANCE TO THE MUSIC (1968), LIFE (1968), STAND! (1969), THERE’S A RIOT GOIN’ ON (1971), FRESH (1973), and SMALL TALK (1974). And now, 40 years on from Sly’s original signing to Epic, the catalog is being upgraded to a level worthy of these timeless classics.
For the first (and last!) time, newly remastered, numbered expanded editions will be issued of all seven albums – with multiple (four to seven) bonus tracks on each CD (a total of 33 bonus tracks, 21 of them previously unreleased) and brand new liner notes written by some of today’s top music journalists. The seven albums will be manufactured in a strict limited edition run of custom digipaks, and they will not be re-pressed when they sell out. All seven albums will arrive in stores April 10th on Epic/Legacy, a division of SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT. Additionally, the seven titles will be available as a numbered, limited-edition box set.
The Sly & The Family Stone Limited Edition Expanded Editions on Epic/Legacy:
A WHOLE NEW THING by SLY & THE FAMILY STONE
(Originally issued late-1967)
Selections: 1. Underdog • 2. If This Room Could Talk • 3. Run, Run, Run • 4. Turn Me Loose • 5. Let Me Hear It >From You • 6. Advice • 7. I Cannot Make It • 8. Trip To Your Heart • 9. I Hate To Love Her • 10. Bad Risk • 11. That Kind Of Person • 12. Dog • Bonus tracks: 13. Underdog (single B-side version, mono) • 14. Let Me Hear It From You (single B-side version, mono) • 15. Only One Way Out Of This Mess • 16. What Would I Do • 17. You Better Help Yourself (instrumental track, previously unreleased). Produced by Sly Stone.
DANCE TO THE MUSIC by SLY & THE FAMILY STONE
(Originally issued April 1968)
Selections: 1. Dance To The Music • 2. Higher • 3. I Ain’t Got Nobody (For Real) • 4. Dance To The Medley (a. Music Is Alive / b. Dance In / c. Music Lover) • 5. Ride The Rhythm • 6. Color Me True • 7. Are You Ready • 8. Don’t Burn Baby • 9. I’ll Never Fall In Love Again • Bonus tracks: 10. Dance To The Music (single version, mono, Hot 100 #8, R&B #9) • 11. Higher (unissued single version, mono) • 12. Soul Clappin’ • 13. We Love All (previously unreleased) • 14. I Can’t Turn You Loose (previously unreleased) • 15. Never Do Your Woman Wrong (instrumental track, previously unreleased). Produced by Sly Stone.
LIFE by SLY & THE FAMILY STONE
(Originally issued November 1968)
Selections: 1. Dynamite! • 2. Chicken • 3. Plastic Jim • 4. Fun • 5. Into My Own Thing • 6. Harmony • 7. Life (single, Hot 100 #93) • 8. Love City • 9. I’m An Animal • 10. M’Lady (single B-side) • 11. Jane Is A Groupee • Bonus tracks: 12. Dynamite! (single version, mono) • 13. Seven More Days (previously unreleased) • 14. Pressure (previously unreleased) • 15. Sorrow (instrumental track, previously unreleased). Produced by Sly Stone.
STAND! by SLY & THE FAMILY STONE
(Originally issued April 1969)
Selections: 1. Stand! (3rd single, R&B #14, Hot 100 #22) • 2. Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey • 3. I Want To Take You Higher (4th single, R&B #24, Hot 100 #60/1969, Hot 100 #38/1970) • 4. Somebody's Watching You • 5. Sing A Simple Song (2nd single, R&B 28, Hot 100 #89) • 6. Everyday People (1st single, Hot 100 #1, R&B #1) • 7. Sex Machine • 8. You Can Make It If You Try • Bonus tracks: 9. Stand! (single version, mono) • 10. I Want To Take You Higher (single version, mono) • 11. You Can Make It If You Try (unissued/cancelled single version, mono) • 12. Soul Clappin’ II (previously unreleased) • 13. My Brain (Zig-Zag) (instrumental track, previously unreleased). Produced by Sly Stone.
THERE’S A RIOT GOIN’ ON by SLY & THE FAMILY STONE
(Originally issued November 1971)
Selections: 1. Luv N’ Haight • 2. Just Like A Baby • 3. Poet • 4. Family Affair (1st single, Hot 100 #1, R&B #1) • 5. Africa Talks To You “The Asphalt Jungle” • 6. There’s A Riot Goin’ On • 7. Brave & Strong • 8. (You Caught Me) Smilin’ (3rd single, R&B #21, Hot 100 #42) • 9. Time • 10. Spaced Cowboy • 11. Runnin’ Away (2nd single, R&B #15, Hot 100 #23) • 12. Thank You For Talkin’ To Me Africa • Bonus tracks: 13. Runnin’ Away (single version, mono) • 14. Untitled instrumental track #1 (previously unreleased) • 15. Untitled instrumental track #2 (previously unreleased, mono) • 16. Untitled instrumental track #3 (previously unreleased, mono). Produced by Sly Stone.
FRESH by SLY & THE FAMILY STONE
(Originally issued June 1973)
Selections: 1. In Time • 2. If You Want Me To Stay (1st single, R&B #3, Hot 100 #12) • 3. Let Me Have It All • 4. Frisky (2nd single, R&B #28, Hot 100 #79) • 5. Thankful N’ Thoughtful • 6. Skin I’m In • 7. I Don’t Know (Satisfaction) • 8. Keep On Dancin’ • 9. Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) • 10. If It Were Left Up To Me (3rd single, R&B #57) • 11. Babies Makin’ Babies • Bonus tracks: 12. Let Me Have It All (alternate mix, unreleased album master) • 13. Frisky (alternate mix, unreleased album master) • 14. Skin I’m In (alternate mix, unreleased album master) • 15. Keep On Dancin’ (alternate mix, unreleased album master) • 16. Babies Makin’ Babies (alternate mix, unreleased album master) . Produced by Sly Stone.
SMALL TALK by SLY & THE FAMILY STONE
(Originally issued July 1974)
Selections: 1. Small Talk • 2. Say You Will • 3. Mother Beautiful • 4. Time For Livin’ (1st single, R&B #10, Hot 100 #32) • 5. Can’t Strain My Brain • 6. Loose Booty (2nd single, R&B #22, Hot 100 #84) • 7. Holdin’ On • 8. Wishful Thinkin’ • 9. Better Thee Than Me • 10. Livin’ While I’m Livin’ • 11. This Is Love • Bonus tracks: 12. Crossword Puzzle (previously unreleased) • 13. Time For Livin’ (alternate version, previously unreleased) • 14. Loose Booty (alternate version, previously unreleased) • 15. Positive (instrumental track, previously unreleased). Produced by Sly Stone.
Sly & The Family Stone Audio Streams:
Stand!: Windows
Media - RealPlayer
- QT
Everyday People: Windows
Media - RealPlayer
- QT
Family Affair: Windows
Media - RealPlayer
- QT
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