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Sly & The Family Stone
Small Talk
Album US 1974 on Epic label
R&B/Soul (Funk, Soul)
First pressing, Orange label. Columbia, Pitman pressing. Issued with 22" x 11" stiff-paper foldout lyric/credit insert. Last album with the original lineup. On A1 Sly's son, Sylvester Jr, contributes with "vocals".
Musicians
 | Sly & The Family Stone , 1967-1975 US album by |
 | Ed Bogas org, p, *1942 US arranged by, strings |
 | Sly Stone voc, key, *1943 US vocals, keyboards, guitar, bass, producer, arranged by, arranged by, strings, engineer |
 | Rusty Allen b, *1953 US bass |
 | John Berg , 1932-2015 US design, album |
 | John Van Hamersveld , *1941 US design, album |
 | Bill Lordan dr, *1947 US drums |
 | Sylvester Stewart key, h, *1943 US engineer, re-mix, written by |
 | Truman Thomas p, keyboards, assistance |
 | Jerry Martini sax, *1943 US saxophone |
 | Pat Rizzo sax, fl, US saxophone, flute |
 | Cynthia Robinson tr, 1944-2015 US trumpet |
 | Sid Page vn, man, *1947 US violin |
 | Freddie Stone voc, g, bvoc, syn, vocals, guitar, co-producer |
 | Rose Banks Stone , vocals, keyboards |
 | Vet Stewart , vocals, keyboards |
Producers
| Lee Wong engineer |
| Roger Dollarhide engineer |
| Tom Flye engineer, engineer, re-mix |
| Willie Greer engineer |
| John Stronach engineer, quadraphonic re-mix |
| Jimmy Douglass engineer, re-mix |
| Steve Lake liner notes |
| George Horn mastered by |
| Norman Seeff photography by |
Composers
| Sylvester Stewart |
| W. Silva |
Album Tracks 
| No | |
Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Small Talk | Sly & The Family Stone | 3:20 | |
| 2 | | Say You Will | Sly & The Family Stone | 3:15 | |
| 3 | | Mother Beautiful | Sly & The Family Stone | 1:59 | |
| 4 | | Time For Livin' | Sly & The Family Stone | 3:15 | |
| 5 | | Can't Strain My Brain | Sly & The Family Stone | 4:08 | |
| 6 | | Loose Booty | Sly & The Family Stone | 3:44 | |
| 7 | | Holdin' On | Sly & The Family Stone | 3:36 | |
| 8 | | Wishful Thinkin' | Sly & The Family Stone | 4:23 | |
| 9 | | Better Thee Than Me | Sly & The Family Stone | 3:34 | |
| 10 | | Livin' While I'm Livin' | Sly & The Family Stone | 2:57 | |
| 11 | | This Is Love | Sly & The Family Stone | 2:56 |
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