Sly Stone And The Family Stone zoeken het hogerop

Epic Records en Legacy Recordings brengen op 27 augustus een luxe box uit van Sly and The Family Stone. De box heet Higher! en bevat meer dan 70 nummers verdeeld over 4 cd’s die gezamenlijk een overzicht bieden van de roemruchte carrière van deze funkband van 1964 tot 1977. De box bevat tevens een boekwerk van 104 pagina’s met daarin een retrospectief en uiteraard tal van foto’s en commentaren.

Tracklisting Higher!

Disc One (1964-1967):

1. I Just Learned How To Swim by Sly Stewart
2. Scat Swim by Sly Stewart
3. Buttermilk (Part 1) by Sly
4. Dance All Night by Sly and Freddie
5. Temptation Walk by Sly
6. I Ain’t Got Nobody (For Real)
7. I Can’t Turn You Loose
8. Higher
9. Underdog
10. Bad Risk
11. Let Me Hear It From You
12. Advice
13. If This Room Could Talk
14. I Cannot Make It
15. Trip To Your Heart
16. I Hate To Love Her
17. Silent Communications
18. I Get High On You
19. I Remember
20. My Woman’s Head

Disc Two (1967-1968):

1. What’s That Got To Do With Me
2. Fortune And Fame
3. What Would I Do
4. Only One Way Out Of This Mess
5. I Know What You Came To Say
6. Dance To The Music
7. Ride The Rhythm
8. Color Me True
9. Are You Ready
10. Don’t Burn Baby (C)
11. We Love All (D)
12. Danse A La Musique by The French Fries
13. Small Fries by The French Fries
14. Chicken
15. Into My Own Thing
16. Life
17. Love City
18. M’Lady
19. Dynamite! featuring Johnny Robinson on vocals
20. Undercat

Disc Three (1968-1970):

1. Everyday People
2. Sing A Simple Song
3. I Get High On You
4. Wonderful World Of Color
5. Pressure
6. I Want To Take You Higher
7. Seven More Days
8. Feathers
9. Somebody’s Watching You
10. Sex Machine
11. Hot Fun In The Summertime
12. Everybody Is A Star
13. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
14. Stand!
15. You Can Make It If You Try
16. Dance To The Music
17. Medley: Music Lover / I Want To Take You Higher / Music Lover

Disc Four (1971-1977):

1. Luv N’ Haight
2. Family Affair
3. Brave & Strong
4. Runnin’ Away
5. (You Caught Me) Smilin’
6. Spaced Cowboy
7. You’re The One featuring Little Sister
8. In Time
9. If You Want Me To Stay
10. Frisky
11. Skin I’m In
12. If It Were Left Up To Me
13. Time For Livin’
14. Can’t Strain My Brain
15. Loose Booty
16. Le Lo Li
17. Crossword Puzzle
18. Family Again
19. Hoboken by Sly Stone
20. High by Sly Stone