Sly & The Family Stone - Higher!

Eight 180-gram LPs of classic and rare Sly & The Family Stone

17 previously unreleased tracks — mono, live, outtakes, instrumentals

104-page book of incredible and rare photos, memorabilia

Extensive essay, track-by-track notes, and timeline

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 new 77-track, 8 LP box set. This incredible collection (plated and pressed at RTI) 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 early versions, and concert performances. Also included are gems from Sly Stewarts' pre-Family Stone period, studio outtakes, and potent instrumentals from this archetype of jam bands. With 17 previously unreleased tracks, it's a lot more music than you knew was there all remastered to hit the pinnacle of sound on 180-gram audiophile vinyl.

This powerful music is accompanied by a stunningly colorful and evocatively detailed 104-page, 12-inch book of rare photographs, posters, picture sleeves, recording documents, vintage ads, and other memorabilia, along with extensive liner notes by Jeff Kaliss (author of Sly s only authorized biography), track-by-track annotations, and a detailed timeline of Sly and The Family's life and career. The legacy of Sly & The Family Stone persists through four decades of movie and TV soundtracks, commercials, radio playlists, and parties worldwide, and influenced countless makers of rock, funk, jazz, and hip-hop. Here's a chance to take it Higher!

 

LP 1 Side 1

I Just Learned How To Swim *Mono (by Sly Stewart)

Scat Swim *Mono (by Sly Stewart)

Buttermilk (Part 1) *Mono (by Sly)

Dance All Night *Mono (by Sly and Freddie)

Temptation Walk *Mono (Part 1) (by Sly)

I Ain’t Got Nobody (For Real)

I Can’t Turn You Loose

LP 1 Side 2

Higher *Mono (single master)

Underdog *Mono (single master)

Bad Risk *Mono (single master)

Let Me Hear It From You *Mono (single master)

Advice *Mono

If This Room Could Talk *Mono

LP 2 Side 1

I Cannot Make It *Mono

Trip To Your Heart *Mono

I Hate To Love Her *Mono

Silent Communication -previously unissued

I Get High On You (version one) -previously unissued

LP 2 Side 2

I Remember -previously unissued

My Woman’s Head (instrumental) -previously unissued

What’s That Got To Do With Me -previously unissued

Fortune And Fame -previously unissued

What Would I Do

LP 3 Side 1

Only One Way Out Of This Mess

I Know What You Came To Say -previously unissued

Dance To The Music *Mono (single master)

Ride The Rhythm

Color Me True

LP 3 Side 2

Are You Ready

Don’t Burn Baby

We Love All

Danse A La Musique *Mono (by The French Fries)

Small Fries *Mono (by The French Fries)

Chicken * (single master)

LP 4 Side 1

Into My Own Thing

Life *Mono (single master)

Love City *Mono -previously unissued

M'lady *Mono (single master)

Dynamite! (featuring Johnny Robinson on vocals) -previously unissued

Undercat (instrumental) -previously unissued

Everyday People *Mono (single master)

LP 4 Side 2

Sing A Simple Song *Mono (single master)

I Get High On You (version two) -previously unissued

Wonderful World Of Color (instrumental) -previously unissued

Pressure

LP 5 Side 1

I Want To Take You Higher *Mono (single master)

Seven More Days

Feathers (instrumental) -previously unissued

Somebody's Watching You

LP 5 Side 2

Sex Machine

Hot Fun In The Summertime *Mono (single master)

Everybody Is A Star *Mono (single master)

LP 6 Side 1

Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) *Mono (single master)

Stand! (Live)

You Can Make It If You Try (Live)

LP 6 Side 2

Dance To The Music (Live) -previously unissued

MEDLEY: Music Lover / I Want To Take You Higher / Music Lover (Live) -previously unissued

Luv N' Haight (single master)

Family Affair

LP 7 Side 1

Brave & Strong *Mono (single master)

Runnin' Away *Mono (single master)

(You Caught Me) Smilin' (single master)

Spaced Cowboy

You’re The One (Live) *Mono -previously unissued

LP 7 Side 2

In Time

If You Want Me To Stay (single master)

Frisky *Mono (single master)

Skin I’m In

LP 8 Side 1

If It Were Left Up To Me *Mono (single master)

Time For Livin’ *Mono (single master)

Can’t Strain My Brain (single master)

Loose Booty

LP 8 Side 2

Le Lo Li (single master) (by Sly Stone)

Crossword Puzzle (single master) (by Sly Stone)

Family Again

Hoboken (by Sly Stone)

High (by Sly Stone) -previously unissued

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