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Sly & the Family Stone – Mother Beautiful
Sly & the Family Stone – Can’t Strain My Brain
Sly & the Family Stone – Time For Livin’

This record from Sly & the Family Stone isn’t a particularly rare record in general, but this particular copy is somewhat rare (more on that below). By this time, Larry Graham had split as had Greg Errico, replaced by Rusty Allen & Bill Lordan, respectively. My original reason for buying this record from Wax’n’Facts in Atlanta in the mid 1990s was “Loose Booty” which was sampled nicely by the Beastie Boys on Paul’s Boutique for their song “Shadrach.” (more…)