The funky farewell number from a rare concert recording of Sly and the Family Stone, from 1967, shows how playful the group was in their early days. The medley, “I Gotta Go Now (Up on the Floor)/Funky ...

The post Sly & the Family Stone to Release Earliest Known Live Recording of Legendary Funk Band appeared first on Consequence. “The Winchester Cathedral recordings showcase a one-of-kind outfit that ...

A Sly & the Family Stone live recording from their earliest years will be released this summer. The First Family: Live at Winchester Cathedral 1967 will be available on July 18 in CD, LP and digital ...

Nearly 60 years after it was recorded, a legendary early club set from Sly & the Family Stone will finally be officially released. “The First Family: Live at Winchester Cathedral 1967” will be ...

Just a week before Sly Stone‘s death last month, it was announced that the earliest known Sly and The Family Stone recording would be released as a live album titled The First Family: Live at ...

I Ain’t Got Nobody (For Real); Skate Now; Show Me; What Is Soul?; I Can’t Turn You Loose; Try A Little Tenderness; Baby I Need Your Lovin’; Pucker Up Buttercup; Saint James Infirmary; I Gotta Go Now ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — One of the seminal Bay Area bands of the ’60s and ’70s is set to release a previously unearthed live album recorded in 1967. Sly and the Family Stone will release the album, ...

Participants will take part in singing workshops, tour the cathedral and sing with current choristers.

The glossy silver foil finish inside and outside the covers of The First Family: Live at Winchester Cathedral 1967 to some degree belies the sound quality of the music inside. But the assiduous effort ...

Sly and the Family Stone on stage at the Winchester Cathedral, 31 December 1966. Left to right: Left to right: Gregg Errico, Sly Stone, Cynthia Robinson, Jerry Martini, Freddie Stone. The top of the ...