In a capitalist society, the market may determine the winners of revenue wars, but the gems of the quadios are not determined by what they sold 50 years ago.
Rather their long-term influence and timeless staying power.
Factual history records:
- Number 9 Soul single
- Number 20 Soul album
- Nuber 49 Pop Single
- Number 48 Pop album
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Mr. Graham's bona fides have been proved across six decades as an originator of funk bass guitar with Sly & the Family Stone.
In 1968 Larry joined Sly and the Family Stone. Their first album “A Whole New Thing” provided a way for people all over the country to hear Larry’s unique bass playing.
Their next album had a number of hit singles such as "Dance to the Music" and "Everybody Is a Star," both of which allowed his voice as well as his thumping & plucking bass style to be heard around the globe.
In 1993 Larry was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Sly and the Family Stone.
In the early70s, Larry left Sly and the Family Stone and started to produce a band named Hot Chocolate, which he eventually joined and renamed it Graham Central Station...
The first album released in early 1974 was named Graham Central Station and included the hit "Can You Handle It."
Few who appreciated Sly's well regarded quad would pass up a chance to hear a pristine 1974 recording of his bassist writing & playing in his unique evolving style, with guest Freddie Stone on guitar.
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Saw Graham Central Station & Chaka Khan open for The Artist Formerly (& Subsequently) Known As Prince in 1997 on the Jam Of The Year World Tour.
Suffice it to say they held their own with the Purple One.
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I am amazed and grateful Graham Central Station's eponymous debut made the cut for this batch of quadio, the one I'm most excited for, along with Sir Duke Edward Kennedy Ellington.
...Different strokes for different folks
And so on and so on and scooby-dooby-doobie 
Ooh, sha-sha
We got to live together...
