Sly & The Family Stone - FreshWith classics such as "If You Want Me To Stay" and "Que Sera Sera", Fresh is one of Sly & The Family Stone's masterpieces. Recorded in 1973 it's steeped in the narcotic haze of political and social protest, but it is also an undeniably funky album. Elastic basslines, foot stomping beats, eccentricity lurking around every note. Fresh is cool demonstration of why Sly & The Family Stone were one of the most influential bands in 'black' music, and Fresh

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now on its fifth album

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The mastering by Greg Calbi and Steve Fallone at Sterling Sound is a homecoming of sorts as legendary mastering engineer Calbi had previously mastered the pair’s infl uential Mavericks outing as well as Falling Off the Sky the last dB’s album

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making him Motown's number one male performer