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July 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Sly Stone Forever Alone

Sly Stone forever alone, even when fronting the family band. If you want him to stay he’ll be around today and available for you to hear. He left it all on those records, so you could dance to the music. He left it all in that space. The best songs he made still sound Fresh […]
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March 20, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Yo La Tengo: There’s A Riot Going On

Yo La Tengo There’s A Riot Going On Matador Yo La Tengo’s umpteenth album shares its title with that famous Sly & The Family Stone record. And the similarities end there really. Well, the comment, I guess, is that this record is born of fraught times, just as that one was. But where Sly channeled […]
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November 24, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Cynthia Robinson

Cynthia Robinson has died – she was 69. She had announced her cancer diagnosis in October of last year. Robinson was best known as trumpeter and vocalist for Sly & The Family Stone. The Family Stone was a pioneering band of the 1960s – the music incredible. But an important part was the flamboyance of […]
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March 26, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 921

Sly & The Family Stone, There’s A Riot Goin’ On (1971) You know there are those albums – and for that matter books and movies – where you hear the story about how it was panned on release. Or ignored. Dismissed, forgotten. And maybe you’re reading about that in some reissue, or in a piece […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1971, Family Affair, LP, Luv n' Haight, Record, Sly & The Family Stone, Sly And The Family Stone, Sly Stone, There's A Riot Goin' On, Vinyl ·

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March 22, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 925

Sly & The Family Stone, Fresh (1973) Funny, I’ve owned this album before, on CD. And I bought a copy for about $3 – no cover, just the disc. That’s okay I figured – I only care about the music (especially true when it’s someone like Sly & The Family Stone). Though this was at […]
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May 17, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1374

Sly & The Family Stone, The Best of Sly & The Family Stone (1998) There’s a lot of reasons to like Sly & The Family Stone and a good many of them are here on this double-LP. I got hooked on Sly & The Family Stone via all the Vietnam-era compilations/soundtracks – and of course […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Double LP, I Want To Take You Higher, Oscar, Prince, Sly & The Family Stone, The Best of Sly & The Family Stone, The Roots, The Vinyl Countdown, Vietnam, Vinyl, Woodstock ·

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October 4, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1824

The Roots, How I Got Over (2010) I’ve followed The Roots since their debut and I really believe that they improve with each album – they never (quite) repeat themselves. They are, to me, a shining example of what hip-hop could and should be about. They are as much a rock and funk and jam […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged How I Got Over, Marvin Gaye, Sly & The Family Stone, The Roots, Vinyl, Walk Alone, What's Going On ·

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