Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)

I haven't been slacking off on this blog, just doing a lot of work behind the scenes. As promised, here is the next installment of what I hope to be an unending stream of mixtapes on a theme. This time it's in honor of Sly Stone (whose 30+ year reunion concert in New York I'm missing tonight) and an assortment of spin-offs, rip-offs, side projects, covers, and a few new songs too:


Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) Mixtape Side A
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Sly & the Family Stone - If You Want Me To Stay
Dennis Coffey & Luchi De Jesus - Love Theme (from the Black Belt Jones OST)
Kool & the Gang - Let the Music Take Your Mind
Please - Sing a Simple Song
Little Sister - Stanga
Outkast - I'll Call Before I Come
Slick Rick - Street Talkin'
Temptations - What it Is
Sly & the Family Stone - Dance to the Music
Lee Dorsey - Occapella


Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) Mixtape Side B
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Betty Davis - Git in There
Sly & the Family Stone - Don't Stop Dancing to the Music
Young Senators - Ringing Bells Pt. 2
Sly & the Family Stone - Trip to Your Heart
Rotary Connection - Respect
Funkadelic - I Bet You
Erykah Badu - Didn't Cha Know
Gix - I'm Just Like You
Little Sister - Somebody's Watching You

One quick note: Little Sister was one of Sly Stone's little sisters and two other singers that he drafted straight out of High School to sing backup in his newly formed group. The trio recorded a few singles between the releases Stand! and There's a Riot Goin' On on Sly Stone's own imprint Stone Flower. One of their singles, the cover of Sly's of "Somebody's Watching You," was the first major record to have a rhythm track created with a drum machine!