Sly & the Family Stone

If Woodstock was about breaking down racial, class and musical barriers, then Sly & the Family Stone may have been the festival's definitive band. This two-disc set combines Sly's 1969 Stand!, their monster hit LP, along with their crowd-obliterating Woodstock set. The sublime "Everyday People" starts as an audience clap-along and it could still get you smiling for days. And "I Want to Take You Higher" is so funked-up you can practically hear hippies melting in its radical presence. This set is the prime platter to pick from to start your own Woodstock at home.

If it had all been sun-shine and clockwork, with a tidy profit on the morning after, no one
would have said another word. Instead, the Woodstock Music & Art Fair, held August 15th to
17th, 1969, near Bethel, New York — a refugee-camp experience officially declared a state
disaster area on the second day — became an anniversary industry. And business is
booming. In addition to these six new releases, the 1970 documentary, Woodsto... More >