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DISCID=df0d4411
DTITLE=Sly & The Family Stone / A Whole New Thing (Remastered + Expand
DTITLE=ed)
DYEAR=1967
DGENRE=Funk
TTITLE0=Underdog
TTITLE1=If This Room Could Talk
TTITLE2=Run, Run, Run
TTITLE3=Turn Me Loose
TTITLE4=Let Me Hear It From You
TTITLE5=Advice
TTITLE6=I Cannot Make It
TTITLE7=Trip To Your Heart
TTITLE8=I Hate To Love Her
TTITLE9=Bad Risk
TTITLE10=That Kind Of Person
TTITLE11=Dog
TTITLE12=Underdog (Mono Single Version)
TTITLE13=Let Me Hear It From You (Mono Single Version)
TTITLE14=Only One Way Out Of This Mess (BonusTrack)
TTITLE15=What Would I Do (Bonus Track)
TTITLE16=You Better Help Yourself (Instrumental - Previously Unissued)
EXTD=A Whole New Thing (Remastered + Expanded)\n2007 Epic/Legacy\n\nOr
EXTD=iginally Released 1967\nCD Edition Released July 18, 1995\nRemast
EXTD=ered + Expanded CD Edition Released April 24, 2007\n\nAMG EXPERT 
EXTD=REVIEW: Issued in 1967, Sly & The Family Stone's debut album, A W
EXTD=hole New Thing, should have shocked the entire country. Its singl
EXTD=e, "Underdog" was the perfect blend of James Brown style funk, ha
EXTD=rd Atlantic style soul ala Otis Redding, gospel-styled backing vo
EXTD=cals, psychedelic rock and solid, hip vibes exploding out of San 
EXTD=Francisco. That it took another album and "formula" for Sylvester
EXTD= Stewart-former manager of many bands including the Beau Brummels
EXTD= and wildly successful disc jockey, songwriter and arranger-to pu
EXTD=mp it up and make it simpler is of no consequence because A Whole
EXTD= New Thing, remains some forty years later just what it says it i
EXTD=s; the simple truth is fortified, formulaic radio station s had n
EXTD=o way of fitting it into a groove their stations could utilize, d
EXTD=espite the fact that the LP was, in itself, pure groove sophistic
EXTD=ation. The 12 cuts that make up the original album were all writt
EXTD=en by Sly and the arrangements reflected what he wanted but had i
EXTD=nput form his brother and guitarist Freddy, and horn players Jerr
EXTD=y Martini and Cynthia Robinson. Drummer Gregg Errico and legend L
EXTD=arry Graham was the bassist. Rose Stone, Sly's sister provided ad
EXTD=ditional keyboards and vocals. Like most of the records coming ou
EXTD=t at that time, this one has some momnents over its original 122 
EXTD=tracks that don't quite hold up, but even here, in these moments,
EXTD= such as on "Run, Run, Run," the sounds of a melodica and a vibra
EXTD=phone-cheap ones-interacting with the guitar to both introduce an
EXTD=d take the tune out. It's balanced by the very next cut, "Turn Me
EXTD= Loose," that comes stomping out of the gate with alternate lead 
EXTD=vocals, changed line to lone with the radical stomp of Otis Reddi
EXTD=ng's live performances on a record and James Brown horn section. 
EXTD=But along with the grooves were Sly's lyrics, Underdog is one of 
EXTD=the most defiant and uplifting tunes he ever wrote; with his sing
EXTD=ing of determination in the face of all odds, leaving behind you 
EXTD=the naysayers and doubters and the empathy of being an underdog, 
EXTD=he lifts the listener to a new emotional and psychological place.
EXTD= The strange place of Freddy's guitar, playing jazz like in a dee
EXTD=p funk tune like "Bad Risk," walked the line of psychedelia and j
EXTD=azz and still the rhythm section of Graham and Errico contain him
EXTD= inside the groove even when he solos with all of his reverb and 
EXTD=distortion. The beautifully remastered Legacy edition of A Whole 
EXTD=New Thing includes five bonus tracks, a mono versions of the sing
EXTD=les, "Underdog," and "Let Me Hear It From You, (to be fair a terr
EXTD=ible ballad), "Only ONE Way Out Of This Mess," recorded for the b
EXTD=and's third LP Life and left off, and "What Would I Do," which wa
EXTD=s a track left off this album, and finally the unreleased stompin
EXTD=g instrumental "You Better Help Yourself."  -- Thom Jurek\n\nAMG 
EXTD=EXPERT REVIEW: (Collector's Box Set) Sly & the Family Stone: The 
EXTD=Collection contains the seven albums the group released on Epic R
EXTD=ecords between 1968 and 1974 (which were recorded between 1967 an
EXTD=d 1971). Sony BMG has simply packaged these discs -- A Whole New 
EXTD=Thing, Dance to the Music, Life, Stand, There's a Riot Goin' On, 
EXTD=Fresh, and Small Talk -- all of which have been completely remast
EXTD=ered and contain bonus material and liner essays, all in a slipca
EXTD=se box. They've all been released separately in digipack, so ther
EXTD=e isn't anything additional to be had. The price point isn't real
EXTD=ly different either, and given the wildly varying quality of some
EXTD= of these sides, buying the box is for a very specific kind of fa
EXTD=n or collector.  -- Thom Jurek \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\n
EXTD=The Product Of Genius, May 21, 2003\nReviewer: Larry E. Notestine
EXTD= (Knoxville, TN USA)\nThis album, along with 'Dance To The Music'
EXTD= and 'Life', comprises what I believe is some of the most importa
EXTD=nt music ever in rock, soul and funk history. Every single song o
EXTD=n each album is important. Whether the songs have blazing horns, 
EXTD=chicken-pluckin' guitar, rich Hammond B3 chords, or Sly's incredi
EXTD=ble variety of vocal styles it doesn't matter. I listened to each
EXTD= of these albums every day for the year I was in Southeast Asia, 
EXTD=and every note is imprinted on every cell in my body. Even to thi
EXTD=s day 35 years later I still say, "Sly, you and the gang are some
EXTD=thing! Keep on smoking!"\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nSly's b
EXTD=est, & a great lost album, June 20, 2002\nReviewer: Bruce Merrill
EXTD= (Cambridge, NY USA)\n\nActually, this is Sly's best album, an un
EXTD=recognized wonder, a great lost album, really. As he went downhil
EXTD=l (from drugs), his music became simpler, here it begins at its m
EXTD=ost clever and ambitious. What sets it apart from his subsequent 
EXTD=output is how eclectic and highly arranged his songs are. It's th
EXTD=e late sixties; Sly is opening up his kind of R&B-- just as the B
EXTD=ritish Invasion opened up the rock/pop song in general. He was a 
EXTD=music major in college, so his beginning the disc with a minor ke
EXTD=y "Frere Jacques" was a conscious borrowing from Mahler.... Liste
EXTD=n to how tight and varied and "Advice" and "Dog" are-- as Sly kee
EXTD=ps the beat, but puts the tune through one change after another. 
EXTD=Wonderful use of the different voices, distinct and blended. Two 
EXTD=excellent touching slow ballads: "Let me Hear it from you" (sung 
EXTD=by Larry Graham), and "That kind of person" (by Sly's brother, Fr
EXTD=eddie). Dig the insanely frantic "Turn Me Loose"-- which they use
EXTD=d to attach to their equally frantic version of Otis Redding's "I
EXTD= Can't Turn You Loose." Great drumming! Great sound; beautifully 
EXTD=produced, by Sly.\nBut so many of these potent songs fall apart a
EXTD=t the end... Sly didn't have the sense of an ending. And then-- i
EXTD=s there a connection?-- he fell apart in the end, and became a dr
EXTD=uggy shadow of the talented wizard that he once was.\n\n\nAMAZON.
EXTD=COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nWHAT A SUPRISE! THE GREAT UNKNOWN SLY ALBUM.
EXTD=, November 11, 2000\nReviewer: Steven Litos (Chicago, Il USA)\nWh
EXTD=en I first picked up this CD, I did it only to complete the colle
EXTD=ction. I was amazed at how great this album is. "Underdog" leads 
EXTD=off the set with a bang, and in my opinion Greg Errico's best dru
EXTD=mming performance. "Let Me Hear It From You" & "What Would I Do" 
EXTD=are lost soul classics. The album's mixing, production, and over 
EXTD=all sound are better than any other of Sly's 1960's albums. It's 
EXTD=a must listen for headphones. The sound quality is so superb that
EXTD= you will be reaching for the CD case again and again to look for
EXTD= the sound engineer's name. FYI - I read somewhere that the album
EXTD= was done on a 4-Track machine.\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\n
EXTD=Fantastic Soul -- Not to Be Missed, April 28, 2000\nReviewer: Rob
EXTD=ert Howe (Bethesda, Maryland, USA)\nThis album has got to be one 
EXTD=of the great sleepers of rock history in my opinion, especially i
EXTD=f you like soul, the Stax sound, anything with seriously good eve
EXTD=rything on it. This is Sly's first album, and I'm not an expert o
EXTD=n all his work, but that's because I don't like the rest of his w
EXTD=ork offhand as much as this one (of course some of his well-know 
EXTD=later hits are just terrific as well) (maybe I should give the la
EXTD=ter work more of a chance). \nThe way the drums are played and re
EXTD=corded, everything about this record, is terrific. It's got a har
EXTD=d funk edge as well as great melodies; Sly's singing is not to be
EXTD= missed--it's so soulful. \n\nI highly recommend this to serious 
EXTD=musicians as well as anyone who likes good soul music with great 
EXTD=drumming and horn arrangements.\n\nSly is a genuis and it really 
EXTD=shows here.\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nSo nostalgic it hurt
EXTD=s!, August 2, 1999\nReviewer: M. Grindell "mark_grindell" (Shiple
EXTD=y,West Yorkshire)\nI heard this fine selection when I was a stude
EXTD=nt in Hertfordshire. I was born in 1960, and for the life of me I
EXTD= can't imagine how I heard any of this material. I must have only
EXTD= been in primary school. And yet this stuff immediately stirred a
EXTD=nd moved me. It has so much soul, this stuff is irresistable. If 
EXTD=you weren't there, it will make you feel like a fully paid up mem
EXTD=ber of the sixties, like you were really one of the dudes... \nIt
EXTD= has so much to offer ("Underdog" really jumps) and the inventive
EXTD=ness of the horn parts... Well, you would get a good deal from th
EXTD=is in so many ways, but more than anything, the yearning and long
EXTD=ing for the years past when this stuff was being made.\n\nWhat so
EXTD=ul... Where are you now, Sly old friend?\n\n\nHalf.com Details \n
EXTD=Producer: Sly Stone \n\nAlbum Notes\nThough it failed to achieve 
EXTD=the commercial success of its follow-up, DANCE TO THE MUSIC, Sly 
EXTD=& The Family Stone's debut album established a precedent for a ne
EXTD=w blend of rock, soul, and funk. This was ground zero for a new g
EXTD=eneration of progressive R&B. Led by the assertive vocals and sou
EXTD=lful keyboard work of Sly, the band pumped out energetic, horn-dr
EXTD=iven grooves that combined the propulsion of Motown with the soci
EXTD=ally relevant lyrics and hard-edged electricity of late-'60s rock
EXTD= and roll. The opening cut, "Underdog," establishes Sly as a spok
EXTD=esman for the downtrodden, but the booty-shaking groove that carr
EXTD=ies the song provides the kind of dichotomy between intellectual 
EXTD=rage and irresistible funk that was at the heart of the band's fi
EXTD=nest work.\n\nIndustry Reviews\n3.5 Stars - Good - ...the group's
EXTD= 1967 debut, isn't quite the genre-busting exercise its title pro
EXTD=mises...[but] the Family Stone's boundless high energy, tight mus
EXTD=icianship and soulful convictions get the motivating message out 
EXTD=loud and clear...\nRolling Stone Magazine (09/21/1995)\n\n\nROLLI
EXTD=NG STONE REVIEW\nSly Stone, at one time the San Francisco Bay Are
EXTD=a's top rated rhythm and blues disc jockey and also a former A&R 
EXTD=man for a now defunct local label (Autumn), once composed a song,
EXTD= with Tom Donahue, called "The Swim." Sly Stone is well-based in 
EXTD=composition and production and he does have "a whole new thing."\n
EXTD=\nThe record represents the Bay Area's very first rhythm and blue
EXTD=s group to go national. It reflects a combination of San Francisc
EXTD=o's 'new thing' and some standard R&B techniques, an approach whi
EXTD=ch is interesting but not entirely effective. None of the tracks 
EXTD=particularly stand out as strong. The production--and it is more 
EXTD=a production than a performance--is still in the experimentation 
EXTD=stage and has not yet come to a satisfactory conclusion. (RS 3 --
EXTD= Dec 14, 1967)\n\n\n\nROLLING STONE REVIEW\nThe reissue of these 
EXTD=long-out-of-print late-'60s albums documents the birth of funk --
EXTD= the bastard offspring of gutbucket soul and psychedelic rock. Th
EXTD=e collected early works of Sylvester Stewart, a k a Sly Stone, pr
EXTD=ovide a musical bridge between James Brown's bedrock grooves and 
EXTD=George Clinton's cosmic slop. A former DJ and veteran music-biz h
EXTD=ustler, Sly is a supernaturally gifted band leader, arranger, pla
EXTD=yer, producer, songwriter and onstage instigator. The lyrics of h
EXTD=is catchy choruses tempered uplifting messages with urban reality
EXTD=; his flashy persona and streetwise cool set the style standard f
EXTD=or the superbad, superslick early '70s.\n\nThe Family Stone were 
EXTD=a comfortable rainbow coalition: Sly's brother Freddie Stone on g
EXTD=uitar, sister Rosie on electric piano, cousin Larry Graham on bas
EXTD=s and Greg Errico on drums, plus saxophonist Jerry Martini and tr
EXTD=umpeter Cynthia Robinson. Their sound was democratic, too: Each i
EXTD=nstrumental voice was carefully articulated, always in step with 
EXTD=the others. Everybody in the group sang, as one crucial Life trac
EXTD=k puts it, in perfect "Harmony."\n\nA Whole New Thing, the group'
EXTD=s 1967 debut, isn't quite the genre-busting exercise its title pr
EXTD=omises. To contemporary ears, it more closely resembles a slightl
EXTD=y. different thing: straight-up, pumping R&B flavored with some f
EXTD=reaky trimmings -- a fuzz-tone guitar blurt here ("Run, Run, Run,
EXTD=" "Trip to Your Heart") some pointed protest lyrics there ("Under
EXTD=dog," "Dog"). Even when these trappings feel a bit dated, the Fam
EXTD=ily Stone's boundless high energy, tight musicianship and soulful
EXTD= convictions get the motivating message across loud and clear.\n\n
EXTD=Twenty-seven years later, the title track of Dance to the Music p
EXTD=rovides a sure-fire jolt of pure adrenalin. Overall the album is 
EXTD=uneven, but its highs are intense, prolonged, ecstatic. Earthy ba
EXTD=ss and drums put a spring in your step while seductive melodies a
EXTD=nd horn lines tickle your mind. Song titles like "Ride the Rhythm
EXTD=" and "Higher" are more than hooks -- they're statements of purpo
EXTD=se. And Sly's half-spoken and half-sung band introductions on "Da
EXTD=nce to the Music" neatly prefigure the rise of rap. "All we need 
EXTD=is a drummer," he declares, "for people who only need a beat."\n\n
EXTD=Life is where Sly's dazzling all-things-to-all-people vision snap
EXTD=s into full focus. "Dynamite!" explodes in a hailstorm of volatil
EXTD=e, feedback-laced rock. "Plastic Jim," "Into My Own Thing" and "L
EXTD=ove City" connect hippie idealism to wickedly syncopated rhythms.
EXTD= And the joyously hedonistic party numbers -- "Fun," "M'Lady" -- 
EXTD=just won't quit. When Sly testifies on "Life," insisting that "yo
EXTD=u don't have to come down" and "you don't have to die before you 
EXTD=live," the ebullient music supports his spiritual tightrope walk.
EXTD=\n\nThe rest, as they say, is history: Sly and the Family Stone's
EXTD= remaining career paralleled the rise and fall of the baby-boom c
EXTD=ounterculture. They peaked at Woodstock in '69, bottomed out afte
EXTD=r There's a Riot Goin' On in '71 and eventually broke up. Sly Sto
EXTD=ne remains a spectral presence on the contemporary scene, a troub
EXTD=ling rumor at best, though his profound influence can be felt eve
EXTD=ry time you turn on a radio. While the man may not have survived 
EXTD=the '60s intact, surely his music has endured beyond all expectat
EXTD=ions. (RS 717 -- Sep 21, 1995)  -- MARK COLEMAN
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