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

Double LP housed in a gatefold "tip-on" jacket

All tracks newly remastered from the original tapes

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. 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 here).

This long overdue compilation of Sly's Stone Flower era gathers each side of the five 45s plus 10 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.

Features:

• In-depth liner notes by Alec Palao with first-hand reminiscences of the Stone Flower era from many of the participants, including an exclusive new interview with Sly Stone himself!
• Features all five Stone Flower-produced singles plus 10 previously unissued cuts.

 

Side 1

1. You're The One (Parts 1 & 2) - Little Sister

2. Just Like A Baby - Sly

3. Home Sweet Home (Part 2) - Joe Hicks

4. I'm Just Like You - 6IX

5. Somebody's Watching You (full band version) - Little Sister

Side 2

6. Life & Death In G & A (Parts 1 & 2) - Joe Hicks

7. Trying To Make You Feel Good - 6IX

8. Stanga - Little Sister

9. Dynamite - 6IX

10. You're The One (early version) - Little Sister

Side 3

11. I'm Goin' Home (Part 1) - Joe Hicks

12. Africa - Sly

13. Somebody's Watching You - Little Sister

14. You Can, We Can - 6IX

Side 4

15. I'm Just Like You (full band version) - 6IX

16. Spirit - Sly

17. Dynamite (alternate version) - 6IX

18. Scared - Sly

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