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Sly & The Family Stone: There's A Riot Goin' On

David Stubbs, Uncut, April 2003

THE COVER SAYS it all. An American flag, the stars replaced by white flowers on a black backdrop, the stripes soiled by a brown stain, as if someone's wiped their backside with it.

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