Album artwork for Sly and the Family Stone's There's a Riot Goin' on 33 1/3 by Miles Marshall Lewis

The story behind the making of the album that signaled the descent of Sylvester Sly Stone Stewart into a haze of drug addiction and delirium is captivating enough for the cinema. In the spacious attic of a Beverly Hills mansion belonging to John and Michelle Phillips (of the Mamas and the Papas) during the fall of 1970, Sly Stone began recording his follow-up to 1969's "Stand!" the most popular album of his band's career.

Miles Marshall Lewis

Sly and the Family Stone's There's a Riot Goin' on 33 1/3

Bloomsbury
Album artwork for Sly and the Family Stone's There's a Riot Goin' on 33 1/3 by Miles Marshall Lewis
Paperback

$14.95

Released 12/03/2019Catalog Number

9780826417442

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Miles Marshall Lewis

Sly and the Family Stone's There's a Riot Goin' on 33 1/3

Bloomsbury
Album artwork for Sly and the Family Stone's There's a Riot Goin' on 33 1/3 by Miles Marshall Lewis
Paperback

$14.95

Released 12/03/2019Catalog Number

9780826417442

Learn more

The story behind the making of the album that signaled the descent of Sylvester Sly Stone Stewart into a haze of drug addiction and delirium is captivating enough for the cinema. In the spacious attic of a Beverly Hills mansion belonging to John and Michelle Phillips (of the Mamas and the Papas) during the fall of 1970, Sly Stone began recording his follow-up to 1969's "Stand!" the most popular album of his band's career.