{"product_id":"sly-the-family-stone-life","title":"Sly \u0026 The Family Stone – Life","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"82\" data-end=\"124\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"82\" data-end=\"92\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sly \u0026amp; The Family Stone | \u003cem data-start=\"118\" data-end=\"124\"\u003eLife\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"126\" data-end=\"200\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"126\" data-end=\"156\"\u003eYear\/Genre\/Sub-Genre\/City:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1968, Funk, Psychedelic Soul, San Francisco\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"202\" data-end=\"223\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"202\" data-end=\"215\"\u003eMatrix #:\u003c\/strong\u003e E 30333\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"225\" data-end=\"292\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"225\" data-end=\"239\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e VG+, sounds great, looks good, some light marks (CC)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"294\" data-end=\"313\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"294\" data-end=\"313\"\u003eCultural Facts:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col data-start=\"314\" data-end=\"904\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"c08phl\" data-start=\"314\" data-end=\"507\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"317\" data-end=\"338\"\u003ePersonal Struggle\u003c\/strong\u003e Sly Stone was already carrying the pressure of trying to hold together a wildly original multiracial band while his own instability was beginning to shadow the success.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"gox8w2\" data-start=\"508\" data-end=\"710\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"511\" data-end=\"528\"\u003eScene Ecology\u003c\/strong\u003e The group came out of the Bay Area’s mixed world of soul, rock, psychedelia, and social upheaval, sounding like a real product of late-60s San Francisco rather than one scene alone.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"da9ml5\" data-start=\"711\" data-end=\"904\" data-is-last-node=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"714\" data-end=\"733\"\u003eMedia Narrative\u003c\/strong\u003e Overshadowed by the bigger records around it, \u003cem data-start=\"780\" data-end=\"786\"\u003eLife\u003c\/em\u003e now reads as an early document of a band about to become one of the most important and unpredictable acts of its era.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4\/18\/2026 CC\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Power Plant Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47733375664315,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0095\/4204\/1658\/files\/R-1512359-1574339615-8247.jpg?v=1776546286","url":"https:\/\/power-plant-records.myshopify.com\/products\/sly-the-family-stone-life","provider":"Power Plant Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}