Sly & The Family Stone: Fresh (Epic)
Jonh Ingham, NME, 12 May 1973
SLY IS an interesting enigma. Top soul dj-turned-musician, he singlehandedly influenced the course of soul music with a sound that owed more to acid than the records he spun on the air.
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