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Sly Stone I'm Just Like You: Sly's Stone Flower 1969-70

Light In The Attic | Item No: 390083
Vinyl 2LP | 2014 / US – Original | New
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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.

The first 45 came in February 1970: Little Sister’s dancefloor-ready “You’re The One” hit Number 22 in the charts–the label’s highest showing. The follow-up, “Stanga," also by Little Sister, made the wah pedal the star. The third release came from 6IX, a six-piece multi-racial rock group whose sole release, a super-slow version of The Family Stone’s “Dynamite," featured only the lead singer and harmonica player from the group. Joe Hicks was the final Stone Flower stablemate; his pulsing, electronic "Life And Death In G&A” is one of the bleakest moments Sly Stone ever created on disc (Hicks’ prior single for Scepter, “Home Sweet Home,” the first released Stone Flower production, is also included).

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.
Item Details
Item No: 390083
Artist: Sly Stone
Title: I'm Just Like You: Sly's Stone Flower 1969-70
Label: Light In The Attic
Catalog No: LITA121LP
Format: Vinyl 2LP, Vinyl, LP
Pressing: US – Original
Release Date: 2014
Genre: Organic Grooves
Style: Funk | Soul
Available since: 2014-11-25
Condition: New
Price: $ 32.69
Weight: 500g (plus 250g Packaging)
Tracklist
A1 Little Sister - You're The One (Part 1&2)
A2 Sly - Just Like A Baby
A3 Joe Hicks - Home Sweet Home (Part 2)
A4 6ix - I'm Just Like You
A5 Little Sister - Somebody's Watching You (Full Band Version)
B1 Joe Hicks - Life & Death In G&a (Part 1&2)
B2 6ix - Trying To Make You Feel Good
B3 Little Sister - Stanga
B4 6ix - Dynamite
B5 Little Sister - You're The One (Early Version)
C1 Joe Hicks - I'm Goin Home (Part 1)
C2 Sly - Africa
C3 Little Sister - Somebody's Watching You
C4 6ix - You Can, We Can
D1 6ix - I'm Just Like You (Full Band Version)
D2 Sly - Spirit
D3 6ix - Dynamite (Alternate Version)
D4 Sly - Scared
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