Truly pioneering electro-funk — treated, lo-fi, minimal, fundamentally desolate — this long overdue compilation of Sly’s own Stone Flower label runs the five 45s alongside ten previously unissued cuts, all newly remastered from the original tapes. The missing link between the rocky, soulful Stand! and the dark, ticking, overdubbed sound of There’s A Riot Going On, his masterpiece. The notes include an exclusive new interview with the great man himself.

Stunning solo, acoustic demos of Pale Blue Eyes, I’m Waiting For The Man, Heroin and co.

Following on from UFO, in 1972, but ‘a different beast. Out go The Wrecking Crew, in comes arranger Jim Hughart [who worked with everyone from Joni Mitchell to Tom Waits to David Axelrod]. The result blends Sullivan’s folk-pickings with bold-ass brass (You Show Me), funky lounge (Sonny Jim), swampy blues (Biblical Boogie) and even honky tonk — see Sandman, ‘rescued’ from UFO along with Plain To See, its already fearsome breakbeat funked up to 11 and beyond’ (Mojo).