PROMO 1968 Orig SLY & FAMILY STONE "LIFE" Soul Psych SAN FRANCISCO SOUND LP

$

191

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             1969 ORIGINAL IN SHRINK WRAPPER

        ~ FANTASTIC PSYCH'N'FUNK-SOUL JAMMER ~

             ADVANCED RELEASE PROMOTIONAL          

        SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE

               LIFE

                    USA - (yellow Epic) - BN 26397 

ADVANCED RELEASE PROMOTIONAL 

48 year old original 1968 first pressing still in ORIGINAL FACTORY SHRINK WRAPPER! (see details below)

The top 10 success of the 1968 smash "Dance To The Music" enabled the band to not only to play the colleges but also turn to the bigger ballrooms. Sharing the bill with well known acts like the Jimi Hendrix Experience. As a matter of fact it was Sly's band driving the people insane and their live reputation grew. The third album "Life" didn't produce any hits which in retrospect is hard to believe because it delivered the same irresistible grooves that urge the listener to play over and over again....

1968's "LIFE" was the bastard offspring of gutbucket soul and psychedelic rock. The collected early works of Sly Stone, provide a musical bridge between James Brown's bedrock grooves and George Clinton's cosmic slop. A former DJ and veteran music-biz hustler, Sly was a supernaturally gifted band leader, arranger, player, producer, songwriter and onstage instigator. The lyrics of his catchy choruses tempered uplifting messages with urban reality; his flashy persona and streetwise cool set the style standard for the superbad, superslick early '70s.

Life is where Sly's dazzling all-things-to-all-people vision snaps into full focus. "Dynamite!" explodes in a hailstorm of volatile, feedback-laced rock. "Plastic Jim," "Into My Own Thing" and "Love City" connect hippie idealism to wickedly syncopated rhythms. And the joyously hedonistic party numbers – "Fun," "M'Lady" – just won't quit. When Sly testifies on "Life," insisting that "you don't have to come down" and "you don't have to die before you live," the ebullient music supports his spiritual tightrope walk...

    Side one

1. •                                      "Dynamite!" – 2:46
   • "Chicken" – 2:14
   • "Plastic Jim" – 3:31
   • "Fun" – 2:23
   • "Into My Own Thing" – 2:15
   • "Harmony" – 2:52

Side two

1. •                                      "Life" – 3:02   
   • "Love City" – 2:44      
     
   • "I'm An Animal" – 3:20      
   • "M'Lady" – 2:46    
     
   • "Jane is a Groupee" – 2:50

CONDITION: The cover: MINT in factory shrink wrap! A little of the cellophane is missing at top left of front cover no problem, mint cover. The back cover is minty clean with promotional sticker  ... No split seams, no bends, no writing... no delete marks

The vinyl: glossy over both sides, M- TOP COPY ~ plays very excellent throughout  and has clean yellow Epic  labels... 

A GREAT ADDITION TO ANYONE'S COLLECTION !

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All imperfections are noted both cover & record