On May 3, 1969, “Epic” label released “Stand!”,the fourth Sly and the Family Stone studio album. It was recorded 1968 – 1969, at “Pacific High Recording Studios” in San Francisco, and was produced by Sly Stone. In 1986, “Stand!” was certified Platinum in the US by the “RIIA”. In 2003, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 118 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of all Time”.

Personnel:

• Sly Stone – vocals, organ, guitar, piano, harmonica, vocoder, bass guitar
• Freddie Stone – vocals, guitar
• Rose Stone – vocals, piano, keyboard
• Larry Graham – vocals, bass guitar
• Cynthia Robinson – trumpet, vocal ad-libs, backing vocals
• Jerry Martini – saxophone, backing vocals
• Greg Errico – drums, backing vocals
• Little Sister(Vet Stone, Mary McCreary, Elva Mouton) – backing vocals
• Don Puluse, Brian Ross-Myring, Phil Macey – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Sly Stone.

1. Stand!
2. Don’t Call Me Nigger, Whitey
3. I Want to Take You Higher
4. Somebody’s Watching You
5. Sing a Simple Song
6. Everyday People
7. Sex Machine
8. You Can Make It If You Try