1967 Live Performance on Vinyl LP!
Lacquer Cut by Kevin Gray!
Includes a Lavish 24-Page Booklet!

Sly & the Family Stone were true pioneers on so many levels: black/white, male/female, rock/soul. The act shattered all preconceptions of what popular music could be and would go on to become one of the most groundbreaking and influential artists the world has ever witnessed.

The First Family: Live at Winchester Cathedral 1967is an unprecedented live performance by the original Family Stone lineup. It was recorded just prior to their signing to Epic Records and a full year before their chart breakthrough with "Dance to the Music."

Captured live in March 1967 in Redwood City, just south of San Francisco, this fascinating recording explicates Sly Stone's genius on a tremendously exciting and atmospheric set of vintage soul covers, peppered with the arrangements, motifs, and intoxicating energy that would soon become familiar during the group's ascent.

Interest in Sly Stone is high with the documentarySly LIVES! (aka The Burden of a Genius)directed by Questlove, but to experience the full impact of the Family Stone's legendary abilities from the start, this historic document is required listening.

...a fascinating and exciting glimpse of [Sly & the Family Stone] in their embryonic stage.-Mark Deming, AllMusic.com

Features

• Deluxe Edition
• Vinyl LP
• Lacquer Cut by Kevin Gray
• 24-Page Booklet with Rare Photos + 15,000-Word Essay by Grammy-Nominated Archivist Alec Palao
• Made in USA

Selections

Side 1:

1. I Ain't Got Nobody (For Real)
2. Skate Now
3. Show Me
4. What Is Soul?
5. I Can't Turn You Loose

Side 2:

1. Baby I Need Your Loving
2. Pucker Up Buttercup
3. Saint James Infirmary
4. I Gotta Go Now (Up on the Floor) / Funky Broadway