Sly & The Family Stone – Higher!(Highlights CD)
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Before James Brown's influence fully filtered through funk, before Prince had even picked up a guitar, Sly Stone was already rewriting the rules, binding together rock, soul, gospel, and psychedelia with a vision so radical it still sounds ahead of its time. This highlights disc pulls from a definitive archival excavation, offering a rare entry point into mono mixes and live performances that capture exactly why the Family Stone's integration of race, gender, and genre felt genuinely revolutionary, not just musically but culturally.
All through the brilliant highs and the murky lows of the late '60s and early '70s, Sly & The Family Stone had the globe dancing to the music. The creativity of the mixed-race, mixed-gender, and mixed-genre band shines in this CD of highlights from the new 77-track, four-cd box set. This incredible collection showcases the classic hits not just in stereo format, but in the good ol' mono mixes which went missing long ago with the transistor radio, and in unheard studio outtakes, and concert performances.
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UPC: 888837034326
Label: Sony Legacy
Release Date: 8.27.13
Format: CD