SLY & THE FAMILY STONE LIFE EPIC SONY RECORDS BN 26397 LP + SUNDAZED COMPARISON
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Aug 16, 2025 Sold Date
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 SLY & THE FAMILY STONE - LIFE  -  FROM THE ORIGINAL EPIC RECORDS PE26456 LABEL PRESSING COLLECTORS LONG OUT OF PRINT Limited Edition classic LP & SUNDAZED OUT OF PRINT 2007 ORIGINAL BLACK VINYL ISSUE COMPARISON SET. 

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The nicest thing you can do for your stylus and your ears. The ultimate record -- the way music was meant to be heard. So few artists are available in Limited Edition Factory Sealed LPs – so few pressed (usually less than 1,000) – don’t miss out!!

First, let me say that this recording is non-stop fun and brilliance. Life is Sly at his best. It's one of his most consistent releases and my personal favorite. Now, on to setting the "record" straight. Amazon's mis-informed editorial reviewer erroneously puts Life's release BEFORE The Family Stone's breakthrough album, Dance To The Music. Anyone experiencing the original vinyl issues of Sly's discography as they happened remembers the chronology: A Whole New Thing (1967); Dance To The Music (Spring/Summer 1968); Life (Fall/Winter 1968).

Who could resist the carnival carousel oompah of the third album's title track morphing into one of the Family Stone's most hypnotic sides: a blood-pumping refrain that brought one of Sly's 10 Commandments ("You don't have to die before you live") down from the mountain. "Fun" gets its groove on with "When I party, I party hardy," words to live by according to WNEW DJ Rosko, who says in the LPs notes, "You will regret you only have two ears to listen to Sly and the Family Stone." He got that right!

The title track from DTTM hit the singles charts in Summer 1968. Life was the superior sounding follow-up LP that offered funk rock and pop at its finest (M'Lady, Into My Own Thing, Fun, I'm An Animal, etc.). Jane Is A Groupee is arguably one of the most explosive cuts that Sly ever tracked. Life's title song was released as the first single from the record, but failed to follow DTTM up the charts. The group would later return with hit singles like Everyday People, Hot Fun In The Summertime, Everybody Is A Star and Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin).

Life is the third studio album of Sly and the Family Stone, released in 1968. Unlike its predecessor Dance To The Music, Life was not a commercial success, although it has received mostly positive reviews from music critics over the years.

Many of its songs, including "M'Lady", "Fun", "Love City", as well as the title track, became popular staples in the Family Stone's live show. A middle ground between the fiery A Whole New Thing and the more commercial Dance To The Music, Life features very little use of studio effects, and is instead more driven by frontman Sly Stone's compositions.

Much of Life has been heavily sampled for Hip Hop and Electronica recordings, particularly Gregg Errico's drum solo on "Love City". The opening riff on "Into My Own Thing" was sampled for Fatboy Slim's 2001 hit "Weapon of Choice".

Selections:
Side A:

1. Dynamite!
2. Chicken
3. Plastic Jim
4. Fun
5. Into My Own Thing
6. Harmony

Side B:
1. Life
2. Love City
3. I'm An Animal
4. M' Lady
5. Jane Is A Groupee

A SONIC WORK OF ART.

   

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