SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE FRESH ORIG EPIC LP GATEFOLD INNER EX PLUS 1973

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Here is an EXCELLENT PLUS! LP by SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE titled FRESH. It is an ORIGINAL! US pressing on the EPIC label, catalog #KE 32134 in STEREO sound and released in 1973. The vinyl is in NEAR MINT MINUS! condition, shiny and black and should have excellent playback. It has ITS’ ORIGINAL INNER LYRICS SLEEVE! The GATEFOLD cover is in EXCELLENT MINUS! condition with light surface/ring wear, light toning, indentations/rough wear along left edge/bottom corner, light edge and corner wear. It is your opportunity to purchase this LP by SLY & THE FAMILY STONE in this condition. It’s a true gem for the FUNK / PSYCHEDELIC SOUL / SOUL / R&B collector! Email me with any questions and be sure to look at the pic’s. I DO NOT ACCEPT BIDS FROM OR MAIL TO SOUTH AMERICA, SOUTH AFRICA, ITALY & OTHER COUNTRIES. IF YOU ARE NOT FROM THE USA CONTACT ME BEFORE BIDDING! International bidders can email me for shipping rates. SHIPPING IN THE US IS $4.00 for MEDIA MAIL. I COMBINE SHIPPING. BUYERS PLEASE WAIT FOR INVOICE! Thanks for Looking & Good Luck!

Music Review from AllMusic.com by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Fresh expands and brightens the slow grooves of There's a Riot Goin' On, turning them, for the most part, into friendly, welcoming rhythms. There are still traces of the narcotic haze of Riot, particularly on the brilliant, crawling inversion of "Que Sera, Sera," yet this never feels like an invitation into a junkie's lair. Still, this isn't necessarily lighter than Riot -- in fact, his social commentary is more explicit, and while the music doesn't telegraph his resignation the way Riot did, it comes from the same source. So, Fresh winds up more varied, musically and lyrically, which may not make it as unified, but it does result in more traditional funk that certainly is appealing in its own right. Besides, this isn't conventional funk -- it's eccentric, where even concise catchy tunes like "If You Want Me to Stay" seem as elastic as the opener, "In Time." That's the album's ultimate charm -- it finds Sly precisely at the point where he's balancing funk and pop, about to fall into the brink, but creating an utterly individual album that wound up being his last masterwork and one of the great funk albums of its era.