{"product_id":"sly-the-family-stone-essential-sly-family-stone-limited-edition-remastered-cd","title":"Sly \u0026 the Family Stone - Essential Sly \u0026 Family Stone - (Limited Edition, Remastered) - [CD]","description":"\u003cp\u003eLong before Michael Jackson and Prince became superstars by fusing rhythmic soul with rock's sense of scale and ambition, a former Northern California deejay and producer named Sylvester Stewart took the vaunted musical utopianism of the '60s and forged it into the cross-cultural, ass-shaking, genre-bending groove monster that was Sly and the Family Stone. James Brown may have invented funk, but S\u0026amp;TFS masterfully tooled and supercharged it into mass-acceptance. No mere greatest hits collection--though they're all here in digitally remastered glory--this 35-track, double-disc anthology delves deeper into the handful of seminal albums the band produced before its leaders' long, troubling slide into drug abuse and oblivion. Given the chronological development, there's a sense here that Stewart\/Stone's problems paralleled the increasingly militant and hard-edged stance his band took on albums like the uncompromising classics There's a Riot Going On and Family Affair. Propelled by Larry Graham's locomotive bass lines and accented by rousing horns, Sly and company swooped from the heights of 1969's hit-laden \"Stand\" towards a darker and more unsettling decade ahead. Few bands have soared higher--or fallen as far. --Jerry McCulleyProduct DescriptionSly\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47618620489946,"sku":"696998686724","price":16.51,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0799\/7787\/3626\/files\/THEESSENTIALSLYTHEFAMILYSTONE_mbgtnv.jpg?v=1771686238","url":"https:\/\/shopmusic247.com\/products\/sly-the-family-stone-essential-sly-family-stone-limited-edition-remastered-cd","provider":"Shopmusic247","version":"1.0","type":"link"}