Sly & The Family Stone HHV Records 25 Items

This is Sly and the Family Stone caught live in the Netherlands in 1970. A dream set list including big hits such as "Stand!", "Dance to the Music" and "I want to take you Higher", and a marvelous band at the peak of their game featuring Sly Stone - vocals, keyboards, guitar, Freddie Stone - vocals, guitar Rose Stone - vocals, keyboards, Cynthia Robinson - trumpet, vocals, Jerry Martini - sax and the great rhythm tandem of Larry Graham - bass and Gregg Errico - drums.

Sly & the Family Stone came into their own with their second album, Dance to the Music, released in 1968. It contains the Top Ten hit single of the same name. "Dance to the Music" peaked at #8 in The Billboard Hot 100, and reached 9th place in the R&B Singles of 1968. The song propelled Sly & The Family Stone into the stratosphere. This seminal album helped lay the groundwork for the development of Funk music.

180g vinyl.

50th Anniversary Edition. Fresh expands and brightens the slow grooves of There's a Riot Goin' On, turning them, for the most part, into friendly, welcoming rhythms. Fresh winds up more varied, musically and lyrically, which may not make it as unified, but it does result in more traditional funk that certainly is appealing in its own right. It finds Sly precisely balancing funk and pop, creating an album that wound up being his last masterwork and one of the great funk albums of its era. A documentary on Sly & The Family Stone, directed by Questlove, is tentatively scheduled for 2023.

Terre Haute Pressing; Customatrix Mastering:
Record has some hairlines and a few superficial scratches.
Upper and lower seams of the back cover are split completely.

Vinyl with hairlines, Cover with promo sticker on the back, stickers on the front and shelf wear. With original inner sleeve

Sly & The Family Stone are celebrating their 50th anniversary of There’s a Riot Goin’ On released December 10th 1971. The album was a commercial success featuring the hit single “Family Affair” reaching number 14 on the official UK chart. This was a departure from the optimistic psychedelic soul of previous records and shifted to a more political and militant vibe, perfectly encapsulating the turbulent political climate in the United States at the turn of the 1970s. To this day the album is highly regarded and continues to rank in many publications’ best-album lists, including 500 Greatest Albums of All time. This year There’s a Riot Goin’ 50th anniversary features a limited edition red 1LP, which will supported with a PR and marketing campaign.

US original.

Comes with insert. Cover splits at top seam.

Vinyl is Close to VG. Original US Pitman pressing. Unipak has a seam wear.

Pitman Pressing, Unipak.
Cover with strong ring and edgewear. Vinyl with scuffs and hairlines, plays with
background noises. writings on label and cover.

Writing on cover

Slight storage wear. 1979 reissue.

- "Sex Machine" sampled by Beastie Boys for "Sex Machine"

- "Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey" sampled by Geto Boys for "Punk Bitch Game",
Ice Cube for "Horny Lil' Devil",
Ice T for "Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey",
KAM for "Stereotype",
MOP for "G-Building" and
Schoolly D for "Don't Call Me Nigger"

- "Stand" sampled by 3XDope for "Believe Dat",
7A3 for "Coolin' in Cali",
A Tribe Called Quest for "Rap Promoter",
Kool Moe Dee for "Rise 'N' Shine",
Professor Griff for "Last Asiatic Disciples",
Public Enemy for "Who Stole the Soul?" and
Scarface for "The Diary"

- "You Can Make it if You Try" (Drums) sampled by 7A3 for "Coolin' in Cali",
Diamond D for "What You Seek",
DJ Quik for "Niggaz Still Trippin'",
DJ Shadow for "Basic Mega-Mix",
Ice Cube for "The Product", "True to the Game" & "Wicked",
Ice T for "New Jack Hustler",
Insane Poetry for "Grim Reality",
Jungle Brothers for "Because I Got it Like That",
King Sun for "Be Black" & "Stunts",
King T for "Take You Home",
Lifer's Group for "Jack U. Back (So You Wanna Be a Gangsta)",
Mad Flava for "Wax on tha Belt (Baby G Gets Biz)",
Mobb Deep for "Hit it from the Back",
Powerule for "Gots to Get This",
Public Enemy for "Night of the Living Baseheads",
Queen Latifah for "Mama Gave Birth to the Soul Children",
Rumpletilskinz for "I-N-I",
Schoolly D for "Mr. Big Dick" & "This is It (Ain't Gonna Rain)",
Stetsasonic for "Talkin' All That Jazz",
Tupac for "Troublesome",
Two Kings in a Cipher for "Movin' on 'Em",
X-Clan for "Xodus" and
Yo-Yo for "You Can't Play with My Yo-Yo"

- "I Want to Take You Higher" sampled by De La Soul for "A Roller Skating Jam Named 'Saturdays'" & "Ladies Nite Decision",
DOC for "Mind Blowin'",
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five for "Magic Carpet Ride" and
Schoolly D for "Dis Groove is Bad"

- "Sing a Simple Song" (Drums) sampled amongst others by A Tribe Called Quest for "Jazz (We've Got)",
Ahmad for "Can I Party?",
Akinyele for "Bags Packed",
Alkaholiks for "Make Room",
Arrested Development for "Mr. Wendal",
Big Punisher for "Twinz (Deep Cover '98)",
Boss for "Drive By",
Chubb Rock for "Lost in the Storm",
Compton's Most Wanted for "I Don't Dance",
Craig Mack for "That Y'all",
Cypress Hill for "Latin Lingo",
Da King & I for "Krak Da Weazel",
Da Lench Mob for "Buck tha Devil",
Das EFX for "Hard Like a Criminal" & "Mic Checka",
De La Soul for "Eye Know",
Del for "Worldwide",
Diamond D for "Check 1, 2",
Digital Underground for "Return of the Crazy One" & "The Humpty Dance",
Domino for "Getto Jam", "Long Beach Thing" & "Sweet Potato Pie",
Dr. Dre for "Deep Cover",
E-40 for "Hide n Seek" & "Nuttin' A-s Nigga",
Eazy-E for "Eazy-Duz-It" & "It's On",
Ed OG for "Skinny Dip",
Erick Sermon for "Stay Real",
Fu-Schnickens for "Props" & "Sneekin' up on Ya",
Gorillaz for "192000",
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five for "Kid Named Flash",
Group Home for "Supa Star",
Heather B for "All Glocks Down",
Ice Cube for "Gangsta's Fairy Tale 2",
"Jackin' for Beats", "Really Doe" & "Who's the Mack?",
Ice T for "Ricochet",
Insane Poetry for "How Ya Gonna Reason with a Psycho",
Jungle Brothers for "For the Heads at Company B", "J. Beez Comin' Through" & "Simple As That",
KAM for "Ain't That a Bitch", "Holiday Madness", "Pull Your Hoe Card" & "Stereotype",
Kris Kross for "Can't Stop the Bumrush",
KRS-One for "Sound of da Police",
LL Cool J for "How I'm Comin'" & "Mama Said Knock You Out",
Lords of the Underground for "Here Comes the Lords",
MadKap for "Check it Out",
Mary J. Blige for "Love is All We Need",
Me Phi Me for "Put Sho' Hands Together",
Mellow Man Ace for "Me La Pelas",
Naughty by Nature for "Ready for Dem",
ODB for "Hippa to da Hoppa",
Papa Chuk for "Trunk of Funk",
Paris for "Check it out ch'all",
Pete Rock & CL Smooth for "Anger in the Nation" & "For Pete's Sake",
Pharcyde for "I'm That Type of Nigga",
Public Enemy for "Brothers Gonna Work it Out", "Can't Truss It", "Get the Fuck out of Dodge", "Livin' in a Zoo" & "Party for Your Right to Fight",
Redman for "Blow Your Mind", "So Ruff" & "Time 4 Sum Aksion",
Rumpletilskinz for "Sweet Therapy" & "Theramixx",
Run-DMC for "In the House",
Salt-N-Pepa for "Somma Time Man",
Scarface for "Your Ass Got Took",
Schoolly D for "Dis Groove is Bad",
Showbiz & A.G. for "Represent",
Sir Mix-A-Lot for "The Jack Back",
Soul II Soul for "Nuff Love",
Stereo MCs for "The Other Side",
Stetsasonic for "It's in My Song",
Stezo for "Gets into His Move",
Terminator X for "Back to the Scene of the Crime",
TLC for "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg", "Hat 2 Da Back" & "What about Your Friends?",
Tupac for "Peep Game", "Souljah's Revenge", "Temptations" & "Young Niggaz",
UTFO for "Rough and Rugged",
WC & the Maad Circle for "Behind Closed Doors",
West Street Mob for "Sing A Simple Song",
Wu-Tang Clan for "Protect Ya Neck (The Jump Off)",
X-Clan for "Funk Liberation" and
Yo-Yo for "Mackstress"

Original US pressing.

Sealed copy with small seam split!

Limited edition for Record Store Day 2013!

Vinyl with many scuffs and hairlines. Cover with stains