Ref.: Light in The Attic
Date: 2014
Compilation
Date: 2014
Compilation
Tracks
01. You're The One info
02. Just Like a Baby info
03. Home Sweet Home (Pt 2) info
04. I'm Just Like You info
06. Life & Death in G & A info
07. Trying yo Make You Feel Good info
08. Stanga info
09. Dynamite! info
11. Africa info
12. I'm Going Home (Pt 1) info
13. Somebody's Watching You info
14. You Can, We Can info
15. Spirit info
17. Scared info
Notes
V.A. - I'm Just Like You: Sly's Stone Flower 1969-70 (2014)
Posted By : funkerman | Date : 26 Oct 2014 05:37:40
V.A. - I'm Just Like You: Sly's Stone Flower 1969-70 (2014)
Funk, Soul | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 77:17 min | ~205 MB
Label: Light in The Attic | Tracks: 18 | Rls.date: 2014
This superb collection tells the story of Sly Stone's short-lived Stone Flower label, an imprint the soul/funk legend used to develop his production skills in between recording the legendary Stand! and It's A Riot Going On LPs. In particular, it saw him experimenting with early drum machines (see the sparse, atmospheric funk of Joe Hicks' "Life & Death In G&A (Part 1 &2)") and promoting the career of his younger sister Vanetta Stewart (a couple of 7" singles from the aptly named Little Sister). I'm Just Like You tells the full story of the label, showcasing all ten tracks from Stone Flower's five 7" singles, plus eight previous unheard cuts from the archives. As such, it's an essential document of a long-forgotten period in Sylvester Stewart's glittering career.
TRACKLIST
01. Little Sister: You’re the One (Parts 1 & 2)
02. Sly Stone: Just Like a Baby
03. Joe Hicks: Home Sweet Home (Part 2)
04. 6ix: I’m Just Like You
05. Little Sister: Somebody’s Watching You (Full Band Version)
06. Joe Hicks: Life & Death in G & A
07. 6ix: Trying to Make You Feel Good
08. Little Sister: Stanga
09. 6ix: Dynamite
10. Little Sister: You’re the One (Early Version)
11. Sly Stone: Africa
12. Joe Hicks: I’m Goin’ Home (Part 1)
13. Little Sister: Somebody’s Watching You
14. 6ix: You Can, We Can
15. Sly Stone: Spirit
16. 6ix: I’m Just Like You (Full Band Version)
17. Sly Stone: Scared
18. 6ix: Dynamite (Alternate Version)
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AllMusic
I'm Just Like You: Sly's Stone Flower 1969-70
Release Date: November 4, 2014
Duration: 01:18:31
Review by Mark Deming
Track Listing
Title/Composer - Performer - Time
1 You're the One, Pts. 1-2/Sylvester Stewart - Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart feat: Little Sister - 5:25
2 Just Like a Baby/Sylvester Stewart - Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart - 4:01
3 Home Sweet Home, Pt. 2/Sylvester Stewart - Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart feat: Joe Hicks - 3:00
4 I'm Just Like You/Sylvester Stewart - Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart feat: 6ix - 3:08
5 Somebody's Watching You [Full Band Version]/Sylvester Stewart - Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart feat: Little Sister - 3:51
6 Life & Death in G & A, Pts. 1-2/Sylvester Stewart - Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart feat: Joe Hicks - 5:58
7 Trying yo Make You Feel Good/Sylvester Stewart - Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart feat: 6ix - 5:51
8 Stanga/Sylvester Stewart - Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart feat: Little Sister - 3:42
9 Dynamite/Sylvester Stewart - Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart feat: 6ix - 3:09
10 You're the One [Early Version]/Sylvester Stewart - Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart feat: Little Sister - 2:53
11 Africa/Sylvester Stewart - Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart - 7:42
12 I'm Goin' Home, Pt. 1/Sylvester Stewart - Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart feat: Joe Hicks - 2:57
13 Somebody's Watching You/Sylvester Stewart - Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart feat: Little Sister - 2:56
14 You Can, We Can/Sylvester Stewart - Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart feat: 6ix - 5:33
15 Spirit/Sylvester Stewart - Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart - 2:59
16 I'm Just Like You [Full Band Version]/Sylvester Stewart - Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart feat: 6ix - 6:14
17 Scared/Sylvester Stewart - Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart - 5:31
18 Dynamite [Alternate Version]/Sylvester Stewart - Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart feat: 6ix - 3:41
Posted By : funkerman | Date : 26 Oct 2014 05:37:40
V.A. - I'm Just Like You: Sly's Stone Flower 1969-70 (2014)
Funk, Soul | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 77:17 min | ~205 MB
Label: Light in The Attic | Tracks: 18 | Rls.date: 2014
This superb collection tells the story of Sly Stone's short-lived Stone Flower label, an imprint the soul/funk legend used to develop his production skills in between recording the legendary Stand! and It's A Riot Going On LPs. In particular, it saw him experimenting with early drum machines (see the sparse, atmospheric funk of Joe Hicks' "Life & Death In G&A (Part 1 &2)") and promoting the career of his younger sister Vanetta Stewart (a couple of 7" singles from the aptly named Little Sister). I'm Just Like You tells the full story of the label, showcasing all ten tracks from Stone Flower's five 7" singles, plus eight previous unheard cuts from the archives. As such, it's an essential document of a long-forgotten period in Sylvester Stewart's glittering career.
TRACKLIST
01. Little Sister: You’re the One (Parts 1 & 2)
02. Sly Stone: Just Like a Baby
03. Joe Hicks: Home Sweet Home (Part 2)
04. 6ix: I’m Just Like You
05. Little Sister: Somebody’s Watching You (Full Band Version)
06. Joe Hicks: Life & Death in G & A
07. 6ix: Trying to Make You Feel Good
08. Little Sister: Stanga
09. 6ix: Dynamite
10. Little Sister: You’re the One (Early Version)
11. Sly Stone: Africa
12. Joe Hicks: I’m Goin’ Home (Part 1)
13. Little Sister: Somebody’s Watching You
14. 6ix: You Can, We Can
15. Sly Stone: Spirit
16. 6ix: I’m Just Like You (Full Band Version)
17. Sly Stone: Scared
18. 6ix: Dynamite (Alternate Version)
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AllMusic
I'm Just Like You: Sly's Stone Flower 1969-70
Release Date: November 4, 2014
Duration: 01:18:31
Review by Mark Deming
Track Listing
Title/Composer - Performer - Time
1 You're the One, Pts. 1-2/Sylvester Stewart - Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart feat: Little Sister - 5:25
2 Just Like a Baby/Sylvester Stewart - Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart - 4:01
3 Home Sweet Home, Pt. 2/Sylvester Stewart - Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart feat: Joe Hicks - 3:00
4 I'm Just Like You/Sylvester Stewart - Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart feat: 6ix - 3:08
5 Somebody's Watching You [Full Band Version]/Sylvester Stewart - Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart feat: Little Sister - 3:51
6 Life & Death in G & A, Pts. 1-2/Sylvester Stewart - Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart feat: Joe Hicks - 5:58
7 Trying yo Make You Feel Good/Sylvester Stewart - Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart feat: 6ix - 5:51
8 Stanga/Sylvester Stewart - Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart feat: Little Sister - 3:42
9 Dynamite/Sylvester Stewart - Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart feat: 6ix - 3:09
10 You're the One [Early Version]/Sylvester Stewart - Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart feat: Little Sister - 2:53
11 Africa/Sylvester Stewart - Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart - 7:42
12 I'm Goin' Home, Pt. 1/Sylvester Stewart - Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart feat: Joe Hicks - 2:57
13 Somebody's Watching You/Sylvester Stewart - Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart feat: Little Sister - 2:56
14 You Can, We Can/Sylvester Stewart - Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart feat: 6ix - 5:33
15 Spirit/Sylvester Stewart - Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart - 2:59
16 I'm Just Like You [Full Band Version]/Sylvester Stewart - Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart feat: 6ix - 6:14
17 Scared/Sylvester Stewart - Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart - 5:31
18 Dynamite [Alternate Version]/Sylvester Stewart - Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart feat: 6ix - 3:41
Reviews
The years 1969 and 1970 were a period of transition for Sly Stone. Sly & the Family Stone's 1969 album Stand! was an unqualified smash that established them as leaders in both rock and soul, their electrifying appearance at Woodstock that summer was widely regarded as one of the brightest moments of the new culture's most celebrated event, and the 1970 stopgap compilation Greatest Hits was a brilliant assessment of their masterful run of hit singles. But these years of triumph also saw the group's key creative force retreating from live work and spending more time in the studio, and Sly began moving away from the crisp, eclectic funk the Family Stone created and embraced a new sound that was laid-back, introverted, and deeply idiosyncratic in its deliberately imprecise audio and use of the Maestro Rhythm King, an early electronic percussion device. It also found Sly working largely on his own, with the members of his band relegated to the status of occasional soloists. Stone's newly self-conscious approach would reach its apex on Sly & the Family Stone's 1971 album There's a Riot Goin' On, but one can hear the rough drafts of that album's trailblazing approach on I'm Just Like You: Sly's Stone Flower 1969-70. In 1969, Sly Stone and his then-manager David Kapralik launched Stone Flower Records, a label that would give Stone the opportunity to write and produce material for new acts, but one listen to these rare recordings makes it clear Sly was the auteur on these sessions. While there are strong hints of the early Family Stone sound on Joe Hicks' "Home Sweet Home" and "Somebody's Watching You" by Little Sister (led by Sly's sister Vet Stewart), by the time 6ix (a band Sly built around blues harp player Marvin Braxton) cut "Dynamite" and "I'm Just Like You," it was clear these were Sly Stone solo efforts in all but name, with the increasingly introverted artist handling everything but vocals and the occasional instrumental break. I'm Just Like You: Sly's Stone Flower 1969-70 features the five singles Stone Flower issued in its short lifetime, as well as a handful of unreleased numbers and alternate versions, including four tracks of Sly working out instrumental ideas in the studio. For the most part, this music lacks the undertow of defeat and despair that was so much a part of There's a Riot Goin' On (with the exception of Joe Hicks' spectral "Life & Death in G & A"), but otherwise the Sly solo tracks and cuts like "Dynamite" and Little Sister's "Stanga" are prescient emulations of the ghostly, narcotic tone of Riot as Stone drifted from hard funk into something new, powerful, and vaguely forbidding. I'm Just Like You: Sly's Stone Flower 1969-70 provides the missing link between Stand! and There's a Riot Goin' On, and is a fascinating overlooked chapter in the career of one of the greatest, most influential, and ultimately most tragic artists of the '60s and '70s.Review by Mark Deming. AllMusic