Still working my way slowly through the Ballantrae haul.
Another one which caught my eye was The Essential Sly and the Family Stone.
From 2005 on Mastercuts it features a number of sessions from 1979 with some of the original Family Stone members and Keni Burke on bass.
A number of the songs including the two featured below also appear on the 1979 album Back on the Right Track.
Pretty good yes but essential? I don't think so.
That would by 1971's There's a Riot Goin' On.
Sly and the Family Stone - Back On The Right Track
Sly and the Family Stone - The Same Thing (Makes You Laugh, Makes You Cry)
So not one that will be returned to a charity shop?
ReplyDeleteI can't see me playing it all that often but I 'm not planning on returning it at this stage
Delete"Stand" is my favourite Sly Stone album.
ReplyDeleteDid you know that back in the 1970's there was a rumour that Doris Day and Sly Stone were ascloseasthis?
Confusingly, three years earlier Epic released an identically titled compilation that really did contain the essential stuff.
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