This brilliant bit of footage is taken from The Ed Sullivan show in 1968 where Sly and his wonderful family performed a medley of some of their hits from the time...
Fantastic stuff.
Sly And The Family Stone - Trip To Your Heart
This is taken from their excellent debut album A Whole New Thing in 1967.
I've harped on about this album before when I posted Underdog from it a few months ago (here), but I just couldn't help posting another track....
Me bad.
Here's a bit of blurb from the Sony/Legacy site
"Back in 1967, when the interracial, mixed-gender combo burst onto the scene with their debut album, the burgeoning rock & roll subculture was, as always, hungry for fresh kicks and different sounds. But no one was quite prepared for the magical, multi-faceted musical mix Sly and company served up. Their music was an inspired blend of rock, soul, pop, jazz, and an emerging genre soon to be dubbed funk. It packed a powerful, joyous wallop, delivering all the things one hoped to find in music: The thrill of the new, the excitement of the unexpected, a galvanizing groove, and lyrics that actually said something.
This song is just a great big slab of throbbing psychedelic funk, you should just download it, play it at extreme volume, shake your booty, then go buy the album.
Buy - A Whole New Thing
Visit - Sly And The Family Stone
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