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Sly Stone - I'm Just Like You: Sly Stones Flower 1969 - 70 (Purple Vinyl)
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Compilation
and
notes
by
Alec
Palao.
An
exclusive
new
interview
with
Sly
Stone
himself.
In-depth
liner
notes
with
first-hand
reminiscences
of
the
Stone
Flower
era
from
many
of
the
participants.
Features
all
five
Stone
Flower
produced
singles
plus
ten
previously
unissued
cuts
from
the
label
archives.
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.
Stone
Flower’s
releases
were
credited
to
their
individual
artists,
but
each
had
Sly’s
design
and
musicianship
stamped
into
the
grooves–and
the
words
“Written
by
Sylvester
Stewart/Produced
and
arranged
by
Sly
Stone”
on
the
sticker.
Set
up
by
Stone’s
manager
David
Kapralik
with
distribution
by
Atlantic
Records,
Stone
Flower
was,
predictably,
a
family
affair:
the
first
release
was
by
Little
Sister,
fronted
by
Stone’s
little
sister
Vaetta
Stewart.
It
was
short
lived
too–the
imprint
folded
in
1971–but
its
influence
was
longer
lasting.
The
sound
Stone
formulated
while
working
on
Stone
Flower’s
output
would
shape
the
next
phase
in
his
own
career
as
a
recording
artist:
it
was
here
he
began
experimenting
with
the
brand
new
Maestro
Rhythm
King
drum
machine.
In
conjunction
with
languid,
effected
organ
and
guitar
sounds
and
a
distinctly
lo-fi
soundscape,
Sly’s
productions
for
Stone
Flower
would
inform
the
basis
of
his
masterwork
There’s
A
Riot
Goin’
On.
The
first
45
came
in
February
1970:
Little
Sister’s
dancefloor-ready
“You’re
The
One”
hit
Number
22
in
the
charts–the
label’s
highest
showing.
The
follow-up,
“Stanga,"
also
by
Little
Sister,
made
the
wah
pedal
the
star.
The
third
release
came
from
6IX,
a
six-piece
multi-racial
rock
group
whose
sole
release,
a
super-slow
version
of
The
Family
Stone’s
“Dynamite,"
featured
only
the
lead
singer
and
harmonica
player
from
the
group.
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).
This
long
overdue
compilation
of
Sly’s
Stone
Flower
era
gathers
each
side
of
the
five
45s
plus
ten
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.
Tracklist:
You're
The
One
(Parts
1
&
2)
-
Little
Sister,
Just
Like
A
Baby
-
Sly
,
Home
Sweet
Home
(Part
2)
-
Joe
Hicks,
I'm
Just
Like
You
-
6IX,
Somebody's
Watching
You
(full
band
version)
-
Little
Sister,
Life
&
Death
In
G
&
A
(Parts
1
&
2)
-
Joe
Hicks,
Trying
To
Make
You
Feel
Good
-
6IX,
Stanga
-
Little
Sister,
Dynamite
-
6IX,
You're
The
One
(early
version)
-
Little
Sister,
Africa
-
Sly,
I'm
Goin'
Home
(Part
1)
-
Joe
Hicks,
Somebody's
Watching
You
-
Little
Sister,
You
Can,
We
Can
-
6IX,
Spirit
-
Sly,
I'm
Just
Like
You
(full
band
version)
-
6IX,
Scared
-
Sly,
Dynamite
(alternate
version)
-
6IX
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