It's a pleasure, finally, to have the long-ignored recorded output of
Sly & The Family Stone back in print, each restored with original cover art,
unreleased tracks and
half-finished demos. The reissues end around the time of the band's demise, right before Sly went hoo-hoo with drugs and began missing live engagements, alienating fellow bandmates from sticking around. Sly himself carried on solo but failed to reestablish a following, even after attempting to win back his audience with several redemption-themed albums such as
High On You,
Heard You Missed Me, Well I'm Back and
Back On The Right Track. One can only wonder if he would have eventually scaled the charts again had he recorded his other proposed titles
Won't Be A No-Show No Mo';
Putting The 'Unity" Back In Comm-Unity Service;
I Swear, Officer, I Didn't Know That Was A Bong 'Cuz I've Been Using It All This Time As A Vase; and
Here I Am Again, Cleaned Up and Ready To Play It Straight (The Record Company Inserted a No Play/No Pay Clause).
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