Sunday, May 25, 2008

Sly and the Family Stone- Life - 1968

Before Stand there was Life. Before EPMD met Jane, Sly told us all about her. Life was out of print for quite sometime and I could never bring myself to part with the dough to get a copy from Bill's Records. Tracks 1 through 11 are from the original issue. Extra credit comes in the form of track 12 (Only One Way Out of This Mess) from the 1995 reissue and the 2007 bonus tracks Dynamite (mono single version), Seven More Days, Pressure, and Sorrow.

1. Dynamite!
2. Chicken
3. Plastic Jim
4. Fun
5. Into My Own Thing
6. Harmony
7. Life
8. Love City
9. I'm An Animal
10. M'Lady
11. Jane is a Groupee
12. Only One Way Out Of This Mess 1995
12. Dynamite (mono single version)
13. Seven More Days
14. Pressure
15. Sorrow

3 comments:

AMM said...

many thanks for this great album corrector.
NICE BLOG!

Anonymous said...

Thanks for this post about one of Sly's more underrated but important albums. I write about this in my book, Sly: the Lives of Sylvester Stewart and Sly Stone. I hope you'll check it out.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for posting these great Sly reissues. I had the original reissue of Stand until it got stolen by the local pawn shop to help pay the rent some years back. It's gonna be great to have them once again.

Peace and blessings.