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SLY & THE FAMILY STONE - JAPAN FRESH OBI REPLICA JACKETS EXACT TO ORIGINAL RELEASED LP IN A 8 CD WITH A LOT OF BONUS TRACKS 1ST EDITION 2007 BOX SET WITH THE COLLECTORS VERIFYING PROMO BONUS BOX ONLY AVAILABLE IN THIS TREMENDOUSLY RARE LIMITED EDITION UPON IT'S ORIGINAL 2007 RELEASE. THESE BOXES WERE TREMENDOUSLY LIMITED AND WERE ONLY MADE ON FUTURES ORDERS BACK IN 2007 GOING IMMEDIATELY OUT OF PRINT ONCE SHIPPED. WE ARE TALKING ONLY IN THE 100'S EVER PRODUCED. IF YOU'RE A SLY STONE COLLECTOR DON'T MISS OUT ON THE RARE FIND. YOU WILL BE THE LAST COLLECTOR TO OWN THIS COMPLETE SET WITH THIS RARE SLY STONE FRESH OUTER SHELL THAT HOLDS ALL 8 SEALED TITLES WITHIN . PLUS THE PROMO COLLECTORS EXCLUSIVE ADDITIONAL BOX THAT WAS ONLY AVAILABLE ON THIS ORIGINAL ISSUES. TREMENDOUSLY RARE COLLECTORS BONUS . This is our last set forever and once sold gone forever WHAT IS A JAPAN "MINI/REPLICA-LP-SLEEVE" CD? Have you ever lamented the loss of one of the 20th Century's great art forms, the 12" vinyl LP jacket? Then "mini-LP-sleeve" CD's may be for you. Mini-sleeve CDs are manufactured in Japan under license. The disc is packaged inside a 135MM X 135MM cardboard precision-miniature replica of the original classic vinyl-LP album. Also, anything contained in the original LP, such as gatefolds, booklets, lyric sheets, posters, printed LP sleeves, stickers, embosses, special LP cover paper/inks/textures and/or die cuts, are precisely replicated and included. An English-language lyric sheet is always included, even if the original LP did not have printed lyrics. Then, there's the sonic quality: Mini-sleeves have dedicated remastering (20-Bit, 24-Bit, DSD, K2/K2HD, and/or HDCD), and can often be superior to the audio on the same title anywhere else in the world. There also may be bonus tracks unavailable elsewhere. Each Japan mini-sleeve has an "obi" ("oh-bee"), a removable Japan-language promotional strip. The obi lists the Japan street date of that particular release, the catalog number, the mastering info, and often the original album's release date. Bonus tracks are only listed on the obi, maintaining the integrity of the original LP artwork. The obi's are collectable, and should not be discarded. All mini-sleeve releases are tremendously limited editions mainly pressed on future orders only and once released immediately out of print. This fact along with other latter features we've mentioned make these titles rare collectibles that sell in the collectors markets for $100's of dollars apiece. Japanese digitally re-mastered Mini LP replica Limited Edition Collection with OBI sash down the front – VERY FEW pieces made world-wide and are immediately Out of Print. Recorded from the finest Original Masters available. Comes with anti-static sleeves similar to Vinyl LPs, Cardboard packaging like an LP. Actual miniaturized version of the 12” LP in 4” CD version. Special VERY RARE LIMITED EDITION BOX SET ONLY PRODUCED ON FUTURES FOR THIS ONE TIME PRESSING -- were only available in Japan Stand [Extra tracks & GATEFOLD JACKET] To say that Sly & The Family stone were influential is probably an understatement. Prince has admitted many times that he grew up listening to (and loving) Sly & Company's music, and if you listen to Prince's music, you can hear where he got some of his ideas and techniques. George Clinton and Parliament/Funkadelic were influenced as well. Sly was probably the singlemost interesting (not to mention, the baddest) funkmeister this side of James Brown (and for what it's worth, I grew up listening to, and loving the music of other funksters like The Ohio Players, Rufus/Chaka Khan, Earth, Wind & Fire, George Clinton and others.) 1969's _Stand_ is a non-stop joy-fest: it's almost impossible not to feel uplifted after listening to this. Similarly, it'll also be difficult to stay still, as the grooves on here are just sexy, funky, infectious and downright delicious. Sly mixed up genders and races in his band, and when listening to the music, you can feel the celebration of harmony, and desire for transcendence over the many ills that have plagued society for the longest time. It was all about injecting positivity and exuberance into this mix of psychedelic funk, soul and rock, and the sunny vibe that runs throughout this album is one of the many things that make this effort highly intoxicating - so intoxicating, that even after three decades since it's release, listeners are, more than possibly, still feeling drunk from it's juices. Just take a look at some of the song titles: "Stand!," "I Want To Take You Higher," "You Can Make It If You Try" -- the vibes are positive and spiritually uplifting throughout. And leave it to clever Sly to turn something as controversial and touchy as racism ("Don't Call Me...") into something so sexy, intoxicating, scrumptious and downright orgasmic Track Listings 1. Stand! 2. Don't Call Me Nigger,Whitey 3. I Want To Take You Higher 4. Somebody's Watching You 5. Sing A Simple Song 6. Everyday People 7. Sex Machine 8. You Can Make It If You Try 9. Stand!(Single Version)(Mono) (Bonus Track) 10. I Want To Take You Higher(Single Version)(Mono) (Bonus Track) 11. You Can Make It If You Try(Single Version)(Mono) (Bonus Track) 12. Soul Clappin' 2 (Bonus Track) 13. My Brain(Zig-Zag) (Bonus Track) Fresh [Extra tracks & GATEFOLD JACKET] "Stand" and "Riot" are better known and arguably more "important" albums. But "Fresh" is in some ways Sly's loosest and most accessible album and might be my favorite. It's certainly the one that sounds the least dated today. All the tracks have an easy funkiness to them, though I must admit I still can't quite get into his bizarro cover of "Que Sera, Sera." Sly would never again make an album this good, due in part to the drug problem he cleverly refers to here ("I switched from coke to pep, and I'm a connoisseur") and the fact that the group was falling apart. If you really want some fun, seek out the rare alternate version of this disk, which Epic mistakenly pressed when the album was first put on CD. They quickly recalled it, but there are still copies out there. All the songs but "In Time" are different in some way - generally they seem to be in earlier stages of production or have different arrangements. Many have VERY different vibes as a result. They all sound great, though, and fans of this album will love the alternate takes. Track Listings 1. In Time 2. If You Want Me To Stay 3. Let Me Have It All 4. Frisky 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 11. Babies Makin' Babies 12. Let Me Have It All(Alternate Mix) (Bonus Track) 13. Frisky(Alternate Mix) (Bonus Track) 14. Skin I'm In(Alternate Mix) (Bonus Track) 15. Keep On Dancin'(Alternate Mix) (Bonus Track) 16. Babies Makin' Babies(Alternate Version) (Bonus Track) There's a Riot Goin on Extra tracks, GATEFOLD JACKET - Sly and the Family Stone's "Stand!" was an album of optimism and the brightness of '60s counterculture, but creeping just below the surface on that record was a darkness and claustrophobia-- an edge that separated "Stand!" from any of its predecessors or its peers. That darkness is the sound of "There's a Riot Goin' On", Sly Stone's bleak masterpiece, in its way the sound of civil unrest and, in my assessment, the greatest funk album ever recorded. When I speak of claustrophobia, I mean it as a production vaue, and it's something evident throughout the record. There's a density to the record, even on the looser and less arranged pieces, that really sets the tone for the album. And while not all the album's songs have a message to match this claustrophobia, it does have a tendency to make even the optimistic material sound like you're trying to remember a dream after you've woken up. Take single "Family Affair"-- it's loose, based around a gentle pop vocal hook and is presented with a smooth baritone lead, but it sounds like "Stand!" dragged through the mud. It works out fantastically. All of this is accentuated by the tendency to move towards funk vamps for everything-- sometimes as much as seven minutes of the same riff feeds into this feeling of density. But really, it's dark funk that dominates the record throughout-- wah wah guitars, dirty basslines, snapping horns, and Sly Stone vocalizing and singing all over the map, fierce and at times nearly out of control-- opener "Luv N' Haight" and Brave & Strong" are two fine examples of this. Along the way, he manages occasional moments of delicate beauty with a hint of melancholy that keeps the album from being a bit too bleak ("Poet", "(You Caught me) Smilin'") and closes things up with a recasting of "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" as a slice of slow funk that somehow manages to be as intriguing as the original. This reissue remasters the record, appends a handful of bonus tracks (a single mix of "Runnin' Away" and three instrumentals leftover from the sessions) and includes a nice liner notes essay. The remastering alone makes this a worthwhile pickup, all the dark beauty of the record really comes forth and the feeling of the record is, if anything accentuated by it. Truthfully, "There's a Riot Goin' On" may not be for everyone, it's a pretty dark record, but it's also the kind of thing that can really reinvent someone's opinion of Sly & the Family Stone (it certainly reinvented mine). It also serves nicely as a companion to "Stand!", they are very much opposite sides of the same music. I give a slight edge to "There's a Riot Goin' On" as Sly Stone's masterwork. This is essential listening. Track Listings 1. Luv N' Haight 2. Just Like A Baby 3. Poet 4. Family Affair 5. Africa Talks To You "The Asphalt Jungle" 6. There's A Riot Goin' On (Mono) 7. Brave & Strong 8. Smilin' 9. Time 10. Spaced Cowboy 11. Runnin' Away 12. Thank You For Talkin' To Me,Africa 13. Runnin' Away(Mono) (Bonus Track) 14. My Gorilla Is My Butler (Bonus Track) 15. Do You Know What? (Bonus Track) 16. That's Pretty Clean (Bonus Track) Whole New Thing Extra tracks, Import, Limited Edition - Actually, this is Sly's best album, an unrecognized wonder, a great lost album, really. As he went downhill (from drugs), his music became simpler, here it begins at its most clever and ambitious. What sets it apart from his subsequent output is how eclectic and highly arranged his songs are. It's the late sixties; Sly is opening up his kind of R&B-- just as the British Invasion opened up the rock/pop song in general. He was a music major in college, so his beginning the disc with a minor key "Frere Jacques" was a conscious borrowing from Mahler.... Listen to how tight and varied and "Advice" and "Dog" are-- as Sly keeps the beat, but puts the tune through one change after another. Wonderful use of the different voices, distinct and blended. Two excellent touching slow ballads: "Let me Hear it from you" (sung by Larry Graham), and "That kind of person" (by Sly's brother, Freddie). Dig the insanely frantic "Turn Me Loose"-- which they used to attach to their equally frantic version of Otis Redding's "I Can't Turn You Loose." Great drumming! Great sound; beautifully produced, by Sly. But so many of these potent songs fall apart at the end... Sly didn't have the sense of an ending. And then-- is there a connection?-- he fell apart in the end, and became a druggy shadow of the talented wizard that he once was. Track Listings 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 13. Underdog(Single Version)(Mono) (Bonus Track) 14. Let Me Hear It From You(Single Version)(Mono) (Bonus Track) 15. Only One Way Out Of This Mess (Bonus Track) 16. What Would I Do (Bonus Track) 17. You Better Help Yourself (Bonus Track) GREATEST HITS WITH GATEFOLD JACKET - Sly & the Family Stone has frequently been overlooked when it comes to getting credit for the development of modern music but thankfully as they say over time the cream rises to the top. Sly Stewart, the brains behind this outfit, backed up with the great bass work of Larry Graham and the great vocals of the Family Stone had started something very refreshing with his fusing of funk and pop to create a distinctive sound of their own during the late 60s. The songs told of hope and an optimism looking forward to a day of peace and goodwill for all. My favourite example of this is seen in the track "Everyday People" which I think is brilliant in its simplicity. The track in itself is only a little over 2 minutes long and yet the lessons in both the lyrics and the melody are timeless. The song talks about the sillyness of racism and intelligently uses a melody based upon a playground ditty to both show the childishness of hate based upon colour and creed and to show that children are not hung up on the "differences" among themselves as much as adults are. Sly suggests that we can learn a great deal from kids. That track in itself to me illustrates Sly's musical genius. All tracks on this album though are truly representative of the best work that the band had done from its "happy" period i.e. everything before the "There's a Riot Going On" album when it appears Sly had rapidly grown disillusioned and perhaps lost hope in that his earlier message of love and peace would ever take root with the masses. This version of the best of the early years of Sly and the Family Stone has got to be the best one that is currently out there as well. The mini-lp replica sleeve design is very well done and not only very faithfully represents the original lp design all the way down to the inner jacket, but is also very well put together with good quality cardboard and artwork. It also contains all the lyrics in both English and Japanese on an insert. The sound quality is also good making this a very good example of what a near perfect version of an mlps release should be. This is essential listening for music hobbyists and should be in every music lovers' cd library. Highly recommended. Track Listings 1. I Want To Take You Higher 2. Everybody Is A Star 3. Stand! 4. Life 5. Fun 6. You Can Make It If You Try 7. Dance To The Music 8. Everyday People 9. Hot Fun In The Summertime 10. M'lady 11. Sing A Simple Song 12. Thank You Dance to the Music Extra tracks, Import, Limited Edition - In my humble opinion,the title track that starts off this album is one of the most perfect pop and soul songs ever recorded!!!It blasts right into existance,spotlights each musician and who can't sing it?It's a MUSICAL DIRECTIVE that's been going on for generation after generation.Obviously one doesn't expect the rest of this album to be able to keep up.But BY GOLLY IT DOES and with plenty more to burn;as an album,but purely a single 'Dance To The Music' is leaps ahead of A WHOLE NEW THING in terms of songwriting and even energym,plenty of which is present on that debut.So what exactly does Sly do here?He just makes sure people who loved the classic single and bought this album hoping to hear more got JUST THAT!"Higher" is also enormous fun-so fresh,bouncy and carnavalesqe that Sly elected to UTTERLY transform it for another big hit on STAND (you know the one).Then there's "Dance To The Medley"-the title track fleshed out and extended into a KILLER twelve minutes jam where the musicians don't just get spotlighted but DISTINCT SOLOS (Larry Graham's crackling fuzz bass being the highlite of course)and what comes next?Yet MORE catchy,hook filled funky tunes to make you DANCE "Ride The Rhythm",Color Me True","Are You Ready",the more creeping psychedelia of "Don't Burn Baby" and "I'll Never Fall In Love Again".And the bonus cuts?Well aside from th single edit of the title song and "Higher" you get "Soul Clappin","We Love All", the amazing "I Can't Turn You Loose" (don't know why it didn't make the final cut) and 'Never Do Your Woman Wrong",so it's all more more MORE!!!!So 'Dance To The Music' is not only Sly's greatest early album but actually not a bad place to get an introduction to his music.And try to listen to this album,stay still and NOT BE ABLE to avoid breaking out in a sweat!If Amazon let me give this twenty stars,that wouldn't be enough!!!Amazing!! Track Listings 1. Dance To The Music 2. Higher 3. I Ain't Got Nobody 4. Dance To The Medley:Music Is Alive/Dance In/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 10. Dance To The Music(Single Version)(Mono) (Bonus Track) 11. Higher(Single Version)(Mono) (Bonus Track) 12. Soul Clappin' (Bonus Track) 13. We Love All (Bonus Track) 14. I Can't Turn You Loose (Bonus Track) 15. Never Do Your Woman Wrong (Bonus Track) Life Extra tracks, Import, Limited Edition After the record-label driven "Dance to the Music", Sly & the Family Stone, no doubt given significant leverage with the help of a hit single, produced a stream of fantastic albums beginning with 1968's "Life". In some ways like "Dance to the Music", "Life" streamlines the band's sound a bit, but unlike "Dance to the Music", it accomplishes this by taking everything into a mid-tempo, guitar-driven funk stew. This creates a significant diversity of sound-- fierce distorted guitars ("Dynamite!"), "Eleanor Rigby" ("Plastic Jim"), fuzz guitars and rotated vocals ("Into My Own Thing"), bizarre psychedelid funk ("I'm An Animal") and even "Dance to the Music" pop/funk ("Love City", "M'Lady") all find their way in. Most of it ends up as mid-tempo funk, but it's all really, really good, the only exception being the goofy closer "Jane is a Groupee". This reissue remasters the record,a ppends a handful of bonus tracks, and includes a detailed liner note essay discussing the album. Like the other remasters, "Life" benefits immensely from the improved sound and really gets new life breathed into it. My assessment of "Life" is somewhat tempered by knowledge of what the band would be doing in the future-- while it's a superb record, it pales in comparison to its successors. Both "Stand!" and "There's a Riot Goin' On" are among the finest albums of their era. Nonetheless, there's more than enough great material on "Life" to make it worth the investment. Recommended. Track Listings 1. Dynamite! 2. Chicken 3. Plastic Jim 4. Fun 5. Into My Own Thing 6. Harmony 7. Life 8. Love City 9. I'm An Animal 10. M'lady 11. Jane Is A Groupee 12. Dynamite!(Single Version)(Mono) (Bonus Track) 13. Seven More Days (Bonus Track) 14. Pressure (Bonus Track) 15. Sorrow (Bonus Track) Small Talk Extra tracks, Import, Limited Edition - Tired of seeing this classic album underrated & under-appreciated. It's easily AS GOOD AS the previous two forming what qualifies as a perfect trilogy. If you don't believe it, play them back to back & hear how seamlessly the groove flows. If anything, this album offers a more upbeat sound & the strings only serve to add a touch of class to what is in effect, the end of the road for the family. Love it or not, don't ignore it. Track Listings 1. Small Talk 2. Say You Will 3. Mother Beautiful 4. Time For Livin' 5. Can't Strain My Brain 6. Loose Booty 7. Holdin' On 8. Wishful Thinkin' 9. Better Thee Than Me 10. Livin' While I'm Livin' 11. This Is Love 12. Crossword Puzzle(Early Version) (Bonus Track) 13. Time For Livin'(Alternate Version) (Bonus Track) 14. Loose Booty(Alternate Version) (Bonus Track) 15. Positive(Instrumental) (Bonus Track) E-BAY STORE . FOR YOUR INDIVIDUAL OBI SELECTIONS - INDIVIDUAL TITLE INFORMATION OR INDIVIDUAL PURCHASE JUST HIT THIS STORES TAB & TYPE IN OBI OR SLY STONE INTO THE SEARCH FIELD WITHIN OUR STORES SECTION AS YOUR PERSONAL CODE FOR ALL INDIVIDUAL TITLES + INFORMATION WILL APPEAR Check out Mymusicfix for additional Audiophile Vinyl by hitting “ME” or ‘STORE’ on the Title Purchase Page to view our current items up on E-Bay. Mymusicfix has been told we have the best collection of Rare, Out of Print music collectibles on E-Bay. 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