"Dance to the Music." "Everyday People." "Hot Fun in the Summertime."
Those are but a few of the iconic songs from an iconic group: Sly & the Family Stone, who also happen to be Legacy Recordings's Aritst of the Month for March 2013. Sly and the gang were geniuses at marrying harmony and groove, and they were pioneers in bringing the power of funk to mainstream ears. Their incendiary performance of "I Want to Take You Higher" at Woodstock is forever etched in my DNA as one of the main highlights of that legendary 1969 festival.
Here at S&V central, we're proud to be celebrating Sly's 70th birthday on March 15 by offering, in conjunction with Legacy Recordings, a prize pack of vinyl that includes Stand, Fresh, and There's a Riot Going On. You want those LPs? (You know you do.) Here's your chance. As per usual, to qualify to win, all you need to do is share your thoughts with us.
You will have to register as a user of our site (If you haven't commented before, head on up to the top of the page to the "Register" link, or go straight to the registration page) — no anonymous commenters, as we need a valid e-mail contact address to inform you of your win. For shipping reasons, we can only accept entrants with shipping addresses in the United States (apologies, dear international readers). We'll take entries until midnight (Eastern Time), on Wednesday, March 27, and will notify the winner via e-mail by Thursday, March 28. Good luck. There's some happy spinning going on!
I'd list the names of the songs, but nothing plays at that link!
I like "Everyday People" best!
theyyyguy@yahoo.com
everyday people is a great song
Don't worry about the link at this point, folks — just tell me what Sly songs you love on vinyl and why.
Thanks!
MM, S&V EIC
And just so everyone who may have experienced a linking issue has a fair shot, I've extended the giveaway entry deadline to Wednesday, March 27, at midnight EDT. As noted above, all you need to do now is post a comment here about what Sly songs you love on vinyl and why. Cool? Cool.
MM, S&V EIC
my favorite is "I Want to Take You Higher" and i love to hear it on vinyl because it makes me feel like i am right with them when i hear it
I Want to Take You Higher because it's cool.
I'll have to say Everyday People.
Everyday People, and almost everything sounds better on vinyl!
The 1968/69 school year...Some things stand out. For the first time in my life I was an "only child" as my eight year older sister became my high school's first, and to this day only, senior foreign exchange student spending the entire school term in Switzerland. I truly missed my sister whom I adored more than abhorred, she was my friend and she exposed me to some great music. In her absence I still had music and the song I remember most fondly from 1968 was "Everyday People". My dad sent her a reel-to-reel tape of some of the popular music of the time and this track was a such a monster cross-over hit (rock, funk, adult-contemporary) it was impossible not to coop as one's own personal anthem. Still to this day this is a great example of the pop-single as high art: something that can unify masses into one. I wish the music scene today was as fertile as this period which in my 53-years rates as about the most explosively creative and wonderful ever. This is a song for everyone as the title implies. I would be honored to cherish this, and more of Sly and the Family Stone's catalog, on vinyl...That would be hearing some of the best from the best era the way it was first engineered and imagined - and digital really wouldn't improve on that fantastic analog clarity (without harshness) and 3-D space (today's highly compressed digital is without depth and is flat sounding). My JVC QL5 with AudioTechnica AT-12Sa cartridge stands ready if I should be so fortunate.