SLY+THE FAMILY STONE 10 YRS TOO SOON PROMO-ONLY BOX SET

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·       SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE  –  TEN YEARS TOO SOON  – THE SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE ULTRA-RARE PROMO-ONLY 3 X 12” DISCO MIX BOX SET - ORIGINAL 1979 EPIC RECORDS’ PROMO-ONLY BOX SET WITH A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT COVER FROM THE ORIGINAL LP RELEASE -  NEVER COMMERCIALLY RELEASED IN ANY WAY, MANNER OR FORMAT – EPIC RECORDS STEREO 3-DISC EXTENDED PLAY 12” SINGLE BOX SET A3S-706

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·       *** WHITE LABEL PROMO ***

·       *** CUSTOM MADE PROMOTIONAL ARTWORK, UNIQUE TO THIS TITLE (VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE OFFICIAL RELEASE) ***

·       ORIGINAL EPIC LABEL, WHITE PROMO VERSION.

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

·       MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) ENDS WITH "-1A/-1A/-1B/-1B/-1B/-1C/".  ON SOME LABELS, THE SUFFIX -1  INDICATES THE VERY FIRST, ORIGINAL PRESSING

·       THE RECORDS HAVE A'STERLING' STAMP IN THE TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) AREA, WHICH IS GENERALLY CONSIDERED A PROOF OF AUTHENTICITY OF THE FIRST PRESSING.

·       This album has NEVER been available on legitimate Compact Disc or in any other way, manner or format.

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Remix albums became quite common in the 1980s, but when Epic released this collection of Sly & The Family Stone remixes in 1979, the concept was still relatively new. Ten Years Too Soon takes several of Stone’s major hits (most of them from the late 1960s) and tries to make them relevant to the disco scene of 1979. Many rock journalists cried foul and denounced this LP as cheap, shameless exploitation on Epic’s part. As they saw it, Epic was committing musical blasphemy by tampering with great works of art that shouldn’t have been tampered with. However, you have to take into consideration the bias of those critics; they hated disco in general and were determined to condemn this LP even before they heard it. It’s true that the original versions of classics like “Sing a Simple Song,” “Dance to the Music,” “Everyday People,” and “Stand!” were the best — you cannot improve upon perfection, and the songs certainly didn’t need remixer John Luongo to validate them. But the club-minded makeovers that Luongo provides are, for the most part, tastefully done, even though they aren’t as exciting as the originals. And in all fairness, Luongo isn’t trying to improve Stone’s hits; he’s simply putting his own spin on them. If you’re a Sly Stone fan who also has a taste for disco and dance-pop, you’ll find Luongo’s work on this LP to be mildly intriguing, if uneven and less than essential.

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY ALEX HENDERSON, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

The album called Ten Years Too Soon was put out in 1979 (now long out of print). The remixes were done by a guy named John Luongo. It got terrible reviews at the time – critics thought it was blasphemous to be tampering with the original recordings which were classics and didn’t need “improving” upon (which in some ways, they were right). The idea behind the title was that Sly’s work was ten years ahead of its time. The ironic thing is that in the years to come, remix albums would become popular items and so actually, this album actually came out “ten years too soon.” If it had come out in the late 80s, it might have been accepted a bit more. Perhaps not

Anyhow, it is certainly interesting, if nothing else, to hear this classic song from 1968 remixed to sound like a disco song (the remix is actually decent). You be the judge

The WHITE LABEL PROMO, RADIO STATION-, AUDITION OR DEMONSTRATION COPIES AND RELEASES (such as the one we have here) were routinely distributed among the radio stations before the LP was released to the public, sometimes as much as 4 months ahead. These records are generally considered to be the "first among equals", which is to say the VERY FIRST generation and the VERY FIRST pressings of the particular title –  a moot point in this case as this album was never commercially released to begin with.  In this case, though, this is a rather moot point,  since this rare promo-only MONO version of the album was never commercially released to begin with.

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·                               CONDITION:

·                               RECORD

 (IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)          WE GRADE ALL SIX SIDES OF THE THE VINYL AS STRONG NEAR MINT. The original luster is very much intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

(b)          The record is pressed on a RELATIVELY  thick, inflexible vinyl. This is NOT a thin, flimsy ('dynaflex' type),  vinyl, but not the thickest, most rigid vinyl, either.

(c)           Unique White Promo Label Box Set version of this title is much rarer that a regular, commercially released, version of this title. We estimate that stock copies of this album outnumber promo copies by a ratio of at least 50:1.

(d)          Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·       COVER (HINGED BOX)

THE COVER IS NICE --- ABOUT EXCELLENT OR VERY GOOD+++.

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-         The box has a partially split spine [HINGE] (between 2 and 4 inches  / 5 to 10 centimeters)

-         Minor shelf wear noted on the spine (nothing significant)

-         Cover has JUST A HINT of ring wear (nothing significant); On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and  10 being the most severe), we assess the severity of ring wear as 2 (front side) and 1 (back side).

NO OTHER IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER:

-        No cut-out (drill) holes.

-        No cut-out corners

-        No saw-marks or indents

-        No dirt/dust rubbing stains (friction marks caused by rubbing against other covers)

-        No wrinkles or creases

-        No yellowing from aging

-        No writing

-        No stamps

-        No tearing: no chips, dents or nicks on the seams

-        No peel-off marks

-        No stains

-        No mold or mildew spots

-        No stickers or labels

-        No water damage

-        No razor marks, scratches, pressure marks, lines, streaks, or  cuts.

-        No warping

-        No wax, glue, paint or liquid drops on the cover

-        No glue traces or wax residue.

-        No bar codes

-        No RIAA stamps or stickers. 

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