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DISCID=d80daa0f
DTITLE=Sly & The Family Stone / Dance To The Music (Remastered + Expan
DTITLE=ded)
DYEAR=1968
DGENRE=Funk
TTITLE0=Dance To The Music
TTITLE1=Higher
TTITLE2=I Ain't Got Nobody (For Real)
TTITLE3=Dance To The Medley a) Music Is Alive b) Dance In c) Music Lov
TTITLE3=er
TTITLE4=Ride The Rhythm
TTITLE5=Color Me True
TTITLE6=Are You Ready
TTITLE7=Don't Burn Baby
TTITLE8=I'll Never Fall In Love Again
TTITLE9=Dance To The Music (Mono Single Version)
TTITLE10=Higher (Previously Unissued Mono Single Version)
TTITLE11=Soul Clappin' (Bonus Track)
TTITLE12=We Love All (Previously Unissued)
TTITLE13=I Can't Turn You Loose (Previously Unissued)
TTITLE14=Never Do Your Woman Wrong (Instrumental - Previously Unissued
TTITLE14=)
EXTD=Dance To The Music (Remastered + Expanded)\n2007 Epic/Legacy\n\nO
EXTD=riginally Released April 27, 1968\nCD Edition Released July 18, 1
EXTD=995\nRemastered + Expanded CD Edition Released April 24, 2007\n\n
EXTD=AMG EXPERT REVIEW: After the commercial flop that was 1967's A Wh
EXTD=ole New Thing, Sly Stone came back to San Francisco and decided-h
EXTD=owever reluctantly-to give Epic Records what they wanted: a recor
EXTD=d that could be played on the radio, because both "Underdog" and 
EXTD=the ballad "Let Me Hear It From You," couldn't be slotted comfort
EXTD=ably anywhere. Sly having been a wildly successful radio DJ, prod
EXTD=ucer (Beau Brummels, Mono Men, Bobby Freeman) and well aware of t
EXTD=he possibilities of the new burgeoning FM scene, delivered the bi
EXTD=g single and he delivered it big. "Dance TO the Music," the album
EXTD='s single and opening cut summed up so much of the history of bla
EXTD=ck music with its references to early rhythm and blues, the big h
EXTD=orn charts of Louis Jordan, gospel-'s repetitive phrasing, and th
EXTD=e use numerous lead voices in a single tune the way Motown did wi
EXTD=th its male groups like the Temptations and Four Tops. Add to thi
EXTD=s the driving funk of James Brown and the sonic elements of the p
EXTD=sychedelic era and he had a record that could not miss. The messa
EXTD=ge itself was positive, exuberant and wonderfully memorable. IN a
EXTD=ddition to the single, which he couldn't quite let go of for the 
EXTD=entire album, was "Higher," an early version of "I Want To Take Y
EXTD=ou Higher," and the recycled "Dance To the Music in a 12-minute p
EXTD=sychedelic funk jam "Dance To The Medley." In "Ride The Rhythm," 
EXTD=the endless references to the pumped up basslines of Larry graham
EXTD= and drummer Greg Errico pointed tot the other obsession of the r
EXTD=ecording: dancing. In The Summer Of Love, Sly as providing the so
EXTD=undtrack to an endless party. Even in the album's slower moments,
EXTD= such as "Are You Ready," Freddy Stone's absolutely stellar guita
EXTD=r playing against the bassline and drums provided the horns room 
EXTD=to slip, pop, and hum in the breaks. There is "filler," but even 
EXTD=this stuff is high, quality material. The entire thing is a recor
EXTD=ding for celebration and deep rhythmic invention. Where black mus
EXTD=ic from the bar walking honks and squawks of R&B saxophonists to 
EXTD=the newer more sophisticated sounds of Quincy Jones were being be
EXTD=nt and shaped into something entirely new. Listening to it in the
EXTD= dark beginnings of the 21st century as part of Legacy' series of
EXTD= superbly remastered and expanded editions, Dance To The Music br
EXTD=ings new directions and points to others. It may be flawed in ter
EXTD=ms of its insistence on repetition, but there is plenty here to c
EXTD=hew on, especially when considering it preceded the true arrival 
EXTD=of the band as a whole on Life.  -- Thom Jurek\n\nAMG EXPERT REVI
EXTD=EW: (Collector's Box Set) Sly & the Family Stone: The Collection 
EXTD=contains the seven albums the group released on Epic Records betw
EXTD=een 1968 and 1974 (which were recorded between 1967 and 1971). So
EXTD=ny BMG has simply packaged these discs -- A Whole New Thing, Danc
EXTD=e to the Music, Life, Stand, There's a Riot Goin' On, Fresh, and 
EXTD=Small Talk -- all of which have been completely remastered and co
EXTD=ntain bonus material and liner essays, all in a slipcase box. The
EXTD=y've all been released separately in digipack, so there isn't any
EXTD=thing additional to be had. The price point isn't really differen
EXTD=t either, and given the wildly varying quality of some of these s
EXTD=ides, buying the box is for a very specific kind of fan or collec
EXTD=tor.  -- Thom Jurek \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nThe foundat
EXTD=ions of funk..., June 9, 2005\nReviewer: Kyle Mole "Fingers" (U.K
EXTD=.)\nWe put this on @ carnival in 2003 and the whole street came d
EXTD=own to us! \n\nThat's the power of this music. The gumbo of RnB/S
EXTD=oul/Gospel/Rock n Roll/the advent of funk/acid swillin' platform 
EXTD=stompin' grooves that just won't lay down! \n\nThe whole cd is li
EXTD=ke one movement. it comes it at around 40 mins, so just stick it 
EXTD=in and hit the floor! \n\nThe transfer is crisp and clean, too, m
EXTD=aking it sound as fresh today as it did almost 40 years ago!  Ess
EXTD=ential funk theories. \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nSly, July
EXTD= 26, 2003\nReviewer: Nikki "Silly" (USA)\nSly & The Family Stone 
EXTD=are my favorite artist of all time. I have everything they made. 
EXTD=I was disappointed at this album only because mostly every song o
EXTD=n here sounded to much like the title track. If you are a big Sly
EXTD= fan then get this album, people who don't know where to start, I
EXTD='d start with the album "Stand!" first.\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER 
EXTD=REVIEW\nA Pure classic funk album, September 4, 1999\nReviewer: g
EXTD=avinturner@gav2001.freeserve.co.uk (London, UK)\nSurely the best 
EXTD=Sly & The Family Stone album ever released? Every track a stompin
EXTD=g funk masterpiece. The unbelievably timeless, pounding, grooving
EXTD=, relentless, uplifting funk that is "Dance to the Medley" alone 
EXTD=makes the album essential. I listen to that song every day - a tr
EXTD=ue party tune. Get those hands in the air, and wave them like you
EXTD= just don't care. Buy it!\n\n\nHalf.com Album Notes\nSly & The Fa
EXTD=mily Stone: Sly Stone, Larry Graham, Rose, Freddy Stone, Jerry Ma
EXTD=rtini, Cynthia Robinson, Gregg Errico.\n\nProducer: Sly Stone.\nR
EXTD=eissue producer: Bob Irwin.\nIncludes liner notes by Al Gee and S
EXTD=ly Stone.\n\nNo group epitomized the turbulent social upheaval of
EXTD= the late '60s more than Sly & The Family Stone. This gender-inte
EXTD=grated, multi-ethnic band was led by 23-year-old Sly Stone (aka S
EXTD=ylvester Stewart), a former DJ/producer. On DANCE TO THE MUSIC, w
EXTD=hose title track became a Top Ten hit, the group utilized heaping
EXTD= amounts of horns, fuzz guitar, and bottom-heavy bass for a form 
EXTD=of modern soul-rock that influenced contemporaries from Miles Dav
EXTD=is and George Benson to The Temptations. Sly's legacy later steer
EXTD=ed the course for funk in the '70s and was a major influence on P
EXTD=rince.\n\nIndustry Reviews\n3 Stars - Good - ...Overall the album
EXTD= is uneven, but its highs are intense, prolonged, ecstatic. Earth
EXTD=y bass and drums put a spring in your step while seductive melodi
EXTD=es and horn lines tickle your mind...\nRolling Stone (09/21/1995)
EXTD=\n\n\nROLLING STONE REVIEW\nThe reissue of these long-out-of-prin
EXTD=t late-'60s albums documents the birth of funk -- the bastard off
EXTD=spring of gutbucket soul and psychedelic rock. The collected earl
EXTD=y works of Sylvester Stewart, a k a Sly Stone, provide a musical 
EXTD=bridge between James Brown's bedrock grooves and George Clinton's
EXTD= cosmic slop. A former DJ and veteran music-biz hustler, Sly is a
EXTD= supernaturally gifted band leader, arranger, player, producer, s
EXTD=ongwriter and onstage instigator. The lyrics of his catchy chorus
EXTD=es tempered uplifting messages with urban reality; his flashy per
EXTD=sona and streetwise cool set the style standard for the superbad,
EXTD= superslick early '70s.\n\nThe Family Stone were a comfortable ra
EXTD=inbow coalition: Sly's brother Freddie Stone on guitar, sister Ro
EXTD=sie on electric piano, cousin Larry Graham on bass and Greg Erric
EXTD=o on drums, plus saxophonist Jerry Martini and trumpeter Cynthia 
EXTD=Robinson. Their sound was democratic, too: Each instrumental voic
EXTD=e was carefully articulated, always in step with the others. Ever
EXTD=ybody in the group sang, as one crucial Life track puts it, in pe
EXTD=rfect "Harmony."\n\nA Whole New Thing, the group's 1967 debut, is
EXTD=n't quite the genre-busting exercise its title promises. To conte
EXTD=mporary ears, it more closely resembles a slightly. different thi
EXTD=ng: straight-up, pumping R&B flavored with some freaky trimmings 
EXTD=-- a fuzz-tone guitar blurt here ("Run, Run, Run," "Trip to Your 
EXTD=Heart") some pointed protest lyrics there ("Underdog," "Dog"). Ev
EXTD=en when these trappings feel a bit dated, the Family Stone's boun
EXTD=dless high energy, tight musicianship and soulful convictions get
EXTD= the motivating message across loud and clear.\n\nTwenty-seven ye
EXTD=ars later, the title track of Dance to the Music provides a sure-
EXTD=fire jolt of pure adrenalin. Overall the album is uneven, but its
EXTD= highs are intense, prolonged, ecstatic. Earthy bass and drums pu
EXTD=t a spring in your step while seductive melodies and horn lines t
EXTD=ickle your mind. Song titles like "Ride the Rhythm" and "Higher" 
EXTD=are more than hooks -- they're statements of purpose. And Sly's h
EXTD=alf-spoken and half-sung band introductions on "Dance to the Musi
EXTD=c" neatly prefigure the rise of rap. "All we need is a drummer," 
EXTD=he declares, "for people who only need a beat."\n\nLife is where 
EXTD=Sly's dazzling all-things-to-all-people vision snaps into full fo
EXTD=cus. "Dynamite!" explodes in a hailstorm of volatile, feedback-la
EXTD=ced rock. "Plastic Jim," "Into My Own Thing" and "Love City" conn
EXTD=ect hippie idealism to wickedly syncopated rhythms. And the joyou
EXTD=sly hedonistic party numbers -- "Fun," "M'Lady" -- just won't qui
EXTD=t. When Sly testifies on "Life," insisting that "you don't have t
EXTD=o come down" and "you don't have to die before you live," the ebu
EXTD=llient music supports his spiritual tightrope walk.\n\nThe rest, 
EXTD=as they say, is history: Sly and the Family Stone's remaining car
EXTD=eer paralleled the rise and fall of the baby-boom counterculture.
EXTD= They peaked at Woodstock in '69, bottomed out after There's a Ri
EXTD=ot Goin' On in '71 and eventually broke up. Sly Stone remains a s
EXTD=pectral presence on the contemporary scene, a troubling rumor at 
EXTD=best, though his profound influence can be felt every time you tu
EXTD=rn on a radio. While the man may not have survived the '60s intac
EXTD=t, surely his music has endured beyond all expectations. (RS 717 
EXTD=-- Sep 21, 1995)  -- MARK COLEMAN
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