This 2025 compilation collects prime-era singles and B-sides from Sly & the Family Stone, offering a concentrated dose of the band's groundbreaking fusion of soul, funk, and rock. It focuses on the period when the band was at its most influential, though the release itself is posthumous.
- The album title, "SLY LIVES!", is a direct reference to the 1974 album "So Good, So Right (aka The Paradise)".
- While the majority of the tracks were recorded between 1968 and 1972, the compilation was released in 2025.
- The album is named after the band's seminal 1969 album, "Stand!".
Sly Stone, born Sylvester Stewart, is a pioneering American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer, most known for his work in the late 1960s and early 1970s with funk and psychedelic rock band Sly & the Family Stone. The 2025 release of "SLY LIVES!" arrives decades after the band's commercial peak and the artist's withdrawal from public life.
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