Miles Davis shocked the music world in 1985 when he left Columbia Records after 30 years to join Warner Bros. Records. In October of th at year, he began recording the album Rubberband in Los Angeles at Ameraycan Studios with producers Randy Hall and Zane Giles. The musical direction Davis was taking during the sessions marked a radical departure, with the inclusion of funk and soul grooves; with plans to feature guest vocalists Al Jarreau and Chaka Khan. Eventually, the album was shelved and Davis went on to record Tutu, leaving the Rubberband songs unheard and untouched for over 30 years.
Recorded 1985
Studio
Ameraycan Studios
Utopia Studios (new recordings)
The Village (Ledisi Lalah Hathaway, Isaiah Sharkey, and Vince Wilburn, Jr.)
Dot's Way Recorders (Munyungo Jackson and Vince Wilburn, Jr.)
Miles Davis – trumpet, keyboards, synthesizers, bandleader
Additional musicians
Randy Hall – on "I Love What We Make Together", production on 1985 sessions
Lalah Hathaway – vocals on "So Emotional"
Ledisi – vocals on "Rubberband of Life"
Mike Stern – lead guitar on “Rubberband
Technical personnel
Zane Giles – production on 1985 sessions
Vince Wilburn, Jr. – production for 2019 release

山根麻衣（英文名Mai Yamane，日文也写作山根麻以），日本创作女歌手，自由音乐人。

■本人コメント
「not 私じゃない。」つまり、私です。という意味です。
自分に都合が悪いことや図星なことに気づかないふりをする防衛本能と向き合って次に踏み出せたら、一皮どころか五枚
くらい皮剥ける気がするんです。
それが出来ないから人間って難しい。でもそんなコンディションでいたいなっていつも思ってます。
良いところも悪いところ可能性を秘めていることは素敵なことなり。そういうアルバムです。(いつか)

Recorded：June 13-15, 1973
Donald Byrd - trumpet
Roger Glenn - flute
Jerry Peters - piano, electric piano
Fonce Mizell - clavinet, trumpet, vocals
Fred Perren - synthesizer, vocals
David T. Walker - guitar
Chuck Rainey - electric bass
Harvey Mason - drums
King Errisson - congas and bongos
Stephanie Spruill - percussion
Larry Mizell - vocals, arranger, conductor

Stand!, the fourth album from Sly & the Family Stone, could have almost pulled double-duty as a greatest hits package for the band. Laced with sure-fire winners, this 1969 LP put Sly and Co. firmly on the road to super-stardom. Four of the album's seven songs, including the Hall of Fame tracks "Everyday People" and "I Want To Take You Higher," shot straight into the national charts. This visionary work also introduced far-sighted FM radio stations to the goosebump-inducing sounds of "Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey," a song that accurately portrayed racial tensions in America in a manner that no one could have seen coming. On a musical level, the band was now tight as a cork in a bottle of vintage wine. No doubt about it: Stand! has to be the tastiest mélange ever of rock, politics, funk and soul!

由Sly Stone在1967年效仿海湾地区的嬉皮士社团建立起来的一个包括黑、白两个人种，有男有女的乐队.他们将摇滚舞曲节拍和迷幻摇滚中常见的吉他演奏风格结合起来，外界一般把他们的风格归为funk类，不过他们比一般的funk显然要“轻”得多。由于Sly本人有唱诗班的经历，他们称自己的风格为“迷幻灵魂乐”，这个词或许还准确一些。
他们演唱时惯于将两个明显不同的男声部与一个女声部并置在一起，产生一种独特的和声效果，听过之后，觉得确实相当有特色。

专辑简介这是他们进入华纳后的第一张唱片，主唱Anthony Kiedis，吉他手John Frusciante、贝斯手Flea和鼓手Chad Smith花的长达半年多的时间完成这件大作，他们还请了摇滚界最顶尖制作人Rick Rubin (The Beastie Boys、Faith No More、Pearl Jam、Smashing Pumpkins)前来布阵，最后从25首作品中精挑了17首放在上专辑中，如此超值的数据再加上将Hip-Hop、Rap、Hard Core、Heavy Metal、Punk相互事例的超载试验，果真一网打尽所有的音乐群众。

無論是用什麼名字或是符號出現，永遠是樂壇最尊貴的王子。眼光跟敏銳度永遠快人一步，擷取許多傳統樂音，自在遊走節奏藍調、放克、靈魂、流行、搖滾、藍調、爵士、新浪潮、嘻哈…等領域；建立起自己的音樂王朝，擁有引以為傲的子弟兵團；跨行演藝之途，藉著「紫雨」、「櫻桃月下」、「浮士繪之橋」電影的推出，80年代人氣到達顛峰。滾石雜誌曾評論，如果說《1999》讓Prince成為了明星王子的話，那麼《紫雨》就足以讓他成為國王。總累積86,275,000張專輯銷售量，同時擁有獨特的生活哲學，引人側目之行徑、造型打扮與音樂，總是成為鎂光燈下的聚焦中心所在！