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Funkadelic: Hardcore Jollies

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On October 29, 1976, “Warner Bros” label released “Hardcore Jollies”, the ninth Funkadelic studio album. It was recorded in 1976, and was produced by George Clinton. “Hardcore Jollies” was the last band’s album to include three original members of The Parliaments: Fuzzy Haskins, Calvin Simon and Grady Thomas.

Personnel:

  • George Clinton,Ray Davis, Fuzzy Haskins, Grady Thomas, Calvin Simon, Garry Shider, Glenn Goins – vocals
  • Michael Hampton,Eddie Hazel – lead guitar
  • Eddie Hazel, Garry Shider,Glenn Goins – guitars
  • Bernie Worrell – keyboards
  • Boogie Mosson,Bootsy Collins, Billy Bass Nelson , Jimi Calhoun – bass
  • Jerome Brailey, Tiki Fulwood, Buddy Miles – drums
  • Sir Lieb – artwork
  • Pedro Bell – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Comin’ Round the Mountain – George Clinton,Grace Cook
  2. Smokey – George Clinton,Garry Shider
  3. If You Got Funk, You Got Style – George Clinton,Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell
  4. Hardcore Jollies – George Clinton, Bernie Worrel
  5. Soul Mate – George Clinton, Grace Cook
  6. Cosmic Slop (Live)– George Clinton, Bernie Worrell
  7. You Scared the Lovin’ Outta Me – George Clinton,Glenn Goins
  8. Adolescent Funk – George Clinton,Michael Hampton, Bernie Worrell

Funkadelic: Tales of Kidd Funkadelic

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On September 21, 1976, “Westbound” label released “Tales of Kidd Funkadelic”, the eighth Funkadelic studio album. It was recorded in 1976, and was produced by George Clinton.

Personnel:

  • Michael Hampton,Garry Shider, Glenn Goins – guitars
  • Bernie Worrell – keyboards, synthesizers
  • Cordell “Boogie” Mosson – bass
  • Jerome “Bigfoot” Brailey – drums
  • Calvin Simon – percussion
  • George Clinton,Ray Davis, Glen Goins, Clarence “Fuzzy” Haskins, Calvin Simon, Garry Shider, Grady Thomas – vocals
  • Maggotusi Vocal Choir (Jessica Cleaves, Cynthia Davis,Donna Davis, Debbie Edwards, Taka Kahn, Pamela Vincent, Debbie Wright)  – backup vocals
  • Eddie Hazel: guitar
  • Billy “Bass” Nelson: bass guitar
  • William “Bootsy” Collins: bass guitar
  • Ron Bykowski: lead guitar

Track listing:

  1. Butt-to-Butt Resuscitation – George Clinton,Eddie Hazel, Bernie Worrell, Michael Hampton
  2. Let’s Take It to the People – George Clinton, Eddie Hazel,Garry Shider
  3. Undisco Kidd – George Clinton,Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell
  4. Take Your Dead Ass Home! (Say Som’n Nasty) – George Clinton,Glenn Goins, Shider, Bernie Worrell
  5. I’m Never Gonna Tell It – George Clinton, Bernie Worrell
  6. Tales of Kidd Funkadelic (Opusdelite Years) – George Clinton, Bernie Worrell
  7. How Do Yeaw View You? – George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell

George Clinton: The Cinderella Theory

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Cinderrela Theory

On August 2, 1989, “Paisley Park Records” released “The Cinderella Theory”, the fifth George Clinton studio album. It was recorded in 1989, and was produced by George Clinton.

Personnel:

  • George Clinton – vocals
  • Bootsy Collins – bass, guitars
  • Andre Foxxe Williams – vocals, guitars, bass
  • DeWayne “Blackbyrd” McKnight, Tracey Lewis – guitars
  • Joseph Fiddler, David Spradley, Bill Brown, Greg Crockett – keyboards
  • DeWayne “Blackbyrd” McKnight, Steve Washington – bass
  • Dean Ragland – vocals, drums, drum programming
  • Lelan Zales, William Payne, Richie Stevens Scratchin’, Anthony Jones – drums, drums programming
  • Larry Fratangelo – percussion
  • Eric Leeds – tenor sax
  • Atlanta Bliss – trumpet
  • Mike Fleming – flute
  • AJ – spoons
  • Pat Lewis, Sheila Washington, Jimmy Giles, Sandra Feva Dance, Lige Curry, Belita Woods, Tambra Makowsky, Navarro Berman, Pennye Ford, Patty Curry, Jennie Peters, Dean Ragland, Robert Johnson, Joe Harris, Tracey Lewis, Jessica Cleaves, Karen Foster, Anita Johnson, Louis Kabbabie, Mike Harris, Garry Shider, Daryl Johnson, Daryl Clinton, Shirley Hayden, Steve Boyd, Angela Workman, “Doe” Holiday – vocals

Track listing:

  1. Airbound – Tracey Lewis
  2. Tweakin’ – Bob Bishop, Chuck D, David Spradley, Flavor Flav
  3. Cinderella Theory – Amp Fiddler, George Clinton
  4. Why Should I Dog U Out? – Amp Fiddler, DeWayne McKnight, George Clinton
  5. Serious Slammin’ – Greg Crockett
  6. There I Go Again – Amp Fiddler, George Clinton, Joe Harris
  7. (She Got It) Goin’ On – Amp Fiddler, Shawn Clinton
  8. Banana Boat Song – Burgess, W. Attaway
  9. French Kiss – Andre Foxxe Williams, DeWayne McKnight, George Clinton, Steve Washington
  10. Rita Bewitched – George Clinton, Tracey Lewis
  11. Kredit Kard – Clip Payne, George Clinton
  12. Airbound (Reprise) – Tracey Lewis

Parliament: The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein

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Clones of Dr.Funkenstein

On July 20, 1976, “Casablanca” label released “The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein”, the fifth Parliament album. It was recorded in 1976 at “United Sound” in Detroit and “Hollywood Sound” in Hollywood, and was produced by George Clinton.

Personnel:

  • George Clinton, Calvin Simon, Fuzzy Haskins, Raymond Davis, Grady Thomas, Garry Shider, Glenn Goins – lead vocals
  • Maceo Parker, Rick Gardner, Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker – horns
  • Fred Wesley – horns, horn arrangements
  • Cordell Mosson – bass guitar
  • Bootsy Collins – vocals, bass guitar
  • Garry Shider, Michael Hampton, Glen Goins – guitars
  • Jerome Brailey, Bootsy Collins, Gary Cooper – drums, percussion
  • Bernie Worrell – keyboards, synthesizers, horn arrangements
  • Debbie Edwards, Taka Khan, Gary Cooper – backing vocals, handclaps
  • Igor Jim Callow, Igor Jim Vitti – engineer
  • Allen Zentz – mastering
  • Chris Whorf / Gribbitt! – art direction, design
  • Ron Slenzak – photography

Track listing:

  1. Prelude – George Clinton, Bernie Worrell
  2. Gamin’ on Ya – George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell
  3. Funkenstein – George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell
  4. Children of Production – George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell
  5. Getten’ to Know You – George Clinton, Garry Shider
  6. Do That Stuff – George Clinton, Garry Shider, Bernie Worrell
  7. Everything Is on the One – George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell
  8. I’ve Been Watching You (Move Your Sexy Body) – George Clinton, Garry Shider, Glenn Goins
  9. Funkin’ for Fun – George Clinton, Garry Shider, Glenn Goins

Funkadelic: Standing on the Verge of Getting It

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On April 29, 1974, “Westbound Records” released “Standing on the Verge of Getting It”, the sixth Funkadelic studio album. It was recorded in 1974, and was produced by George Clinton.

Personnel:

  • Bernie Worrell – vocals, spaced viking, keyboards
  • Calvin Simon – tenor vocals, congas, suave personality
  • Fuzzy Haskins – berserker octave vocals, a prototype werewolf
  • Boogie Mosson – vocals, world’s only black leprechaun, bass
  • Eddie “Smedley Smorganoff” Hazel – vocals, maggoteer lead and solo guitar
  • Garry Shider – vocals, rhythm and lead guitar, doowop vocals, sinister grin
  • George Clinton – supreme maggot minister of Funkadelia, maniac froth and spit, behaviour illegal in several states
  • Tiki Fulwood – percussion, vocals, equipped with stereo armpits
  • Ron Bykowski – rhythm and lead guitar, polyester soul-powered token white devil
  • Grady Thomas – vocals, registered and licensed genie
  • Ray (Stringray) Davis – subterranean bass vocals, supercool and stinky fingers
  • Gary Bronson – drums
  • Jimmy Calhoun – bass
  • Leon Patillo – piano
  • Ty Lampkin – percussion

Track listing:

  1. Red Hot Mama – Bernie Worrell, George Clinton, Eddie Hazel
  2. Alice in My Fantasies – George Clinton, Eddie Hazel
  3. I’ll Stay – George Clinton, Eddie Hazel
  4. Sexy Ways – George Clinton, Eddie Hazel
  5. Standing on the Verge of Getting It On – George Clinton, Eddie Hazel
  6. Jimmy’s Got a Little Bit of Bitch in Him – George Clinton, Eddie Hazel
  7. Good Thoughts, Bad Thoughts – George Clinton, Eddie Hazel

 

Funkadelic: Let’s Take It To The Stage

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On April 21, 1975, “Westbound” label released “Let’s Take It to the Stage”, the seventh Funkadelic album. It was recorded in 1975, and was produced by George Clinton.

Personnel:

  • Cool’ Cal Simon,’Bad Bosco’ Bernie Worrell, C ‘Boogie’ Mosson, Garry ‘Dowop’ Shider – vocals
  • ‘Sting’ Ray Davis – bass vocals
  • ‘Shady’ Grady Thomas – Genie vocals
  • Clarence “Fuzzy” Haskins – werewolf vocals
  • George Clinton – Maggot Overlord
  • Calvin Simon – congas
  • Bernie Worrell – keyboards
  • C Boogie Mosson – bass
  • R Tiki Fulwood – percussion
  • Eddie Hazel,Michael Hampton, Garry Shider – guitar
  • Alumni Funkadelic:Bootsy Collins (vocals), Billy Bass, Eddie Hazel, Ron Bykowski
  • Guest Funkadelic:Paul Warren, Reggie McBride, Frosty, Mello Garcia, Honeys, Denise Hurd, Delores whats-her-name, Gary Cooper, Parliament

Track listing:

  1. Good to Your Earhole – George Clinton,Grace Cook, Fuzzy Haskins
  2. Better By the Pound – George Clinton, Grace Cook
  3. Be My Beach – George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell
  4. No Head, No Backstage Pass – George Clinton, Ron Bykowski
  5. Let’s Take it to the Stage – George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Garry Shider
  6. Get Off Your Ass and Jam – George Clinton
  7. Baby I Owe You Something Good – George Clinton
  8. Stuffs and Things – George Clinton, Grace Cook
  9. The Song is Familiar – George Clinton, Bootsy Collins
  10. Atmosphere – George Clinton, Garry Shider, Bernie Worrell

Bootsy’s Rubber Band: Ahh…The Name is Bootsy, Baby!

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On January 14, 1977, “Warner Bros. Records” label released  “Ahh…The  Name Is Bootsy, Baby!”, the second Bootsy’s Rubber Band album. It was recorded in 1976, and was produced by George Clinton and William Bootsy Collins.

Personnel:

  • Bootsy Collins – space bass, guitar, drums, thangs
  • Phelps “Catfish” Collins, Garry Shider, Mike Hampton, Glenn Goins- guitar
  • Frankie “Kash” Waddy, Jerome Brailey, Gary Cooper – drums, thangs
  • Joel “Razor-Sharp” Johnson, Bernie Worrell – keyboards
  • Casper – space bass:
  • Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker, Rick Gardner, Richard “Kush” Griffith, Michael Brecker – horns
  • Gary Cooper, Robert Johnson – front ground vocals
  • Fred Wesley and Bootsy Collins – horn arrangements

Track listing:

  1. ..the Name is Bootsy, Baby – William Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Maceo Parker
  2. The Pinocchio Theory – William Bootsy Collins, George Clinton
  3. Rubber Duckie – William Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Garry Shider
  4. Preview Side Too – William Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Gary Cooper
  5. What’s a Telephone Bill? – William Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Gary Cooper
  6. Munchies for Your Love – William Bootsy Collins, George Clinton,Gary Cooper, Garry Shider
  7. Can’t Stay Away – William Bootsy Collins, George Clinton
  8. Reprise: We Want Bootsy – William Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Maceo Parker

Parliament: Mothership Connection

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Mothership Connection

On December 15, 1975, “Casablanca” released “Mothership Connection”, the fourth Parliament album. It was recorded March – October 1975, at “United Sound” in Detroit and in “Hollywood Sound” in Hollywood, and was produced by George Clinton. In 2011, the “Library of Congress” added “Mothership Connection” to the “National Recording Registry”, declaring that “the album had an enormous influence on jazz, rock and dance music”.

Personnel:

  • George Clinton, Calvin Simon, Fuzzy Haskins, Ray Davis, Grady Thomas,Gary Shider, Glen Goins, Bootsy Collins – lead vocals
  • Garry Shider, Michael Hampton, Glen Goins, Bootsy Collins – guitars
  • Bootsy Collins, Cordell Mosson – bass guitar
  • Tiki Fulwood, Jerome Brailey, Bootsy Collins, Gary Cooper – drums, percussion
  • Bernie Worrell – keyboards, synthesizers
  • Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker, Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, Boom, Joe Farrell – horns
  • Gary Cooper, Debbie Edwards, Taka Kahn, Archie Ivy, Bryna Chimenti, Rasputin Boutte, Pam Vincent, Debra Wright, Sidney Barnes – backing vocals, handclaps
  • Gribbitt! – art direction, design
  • David Alexander – photography

Track listing:

  1. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up) – George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell
  2. Mothership Connection (Star Child) – George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell
  3. Unfunky UFO – George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Garry Shider
  4. Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication – George Clinton, Garry Shider, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell
  5. Handcuffs – George Clinton, Glenn Goins, John McLaughlin
  6. Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker) – Jerome Brailey, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins
  7. Night of the Thumpasorus Peoples – George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Garry Shider

Funkadelic: One Nation Under A Groove

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One nation under a groove

On September 11, 1978, “Warner Bros” label released “One Nation Under a Groove”, the tenth Funkadelic studio album .  It was recorded at “United Sound Studio” in Detroit, Michigan, and at the “Monroe Civic Center” in Monroe, Louisiana, and was produced by George Clinton. “One Nation Under a Groove” was band’s most commercially successful album, and is regarded as one of the greatest funk album of all time. In 2003, the album was ranked at number 177 on “Rolling Stone” magazine’s list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Throbbasonic Funkgeetarists – Mike ‘Kidd Funkadelic’ Hampton, Gary Shider
  • Banjo’d Muthaplucker – Bobby Lewis
  • Avatarian – Mike Hampton
  • Keybo’ Dans & Synthezoidees – Bernie ‘DaVinci’ Worrell, Walter ‘Junie’ Morrison
  • Rotofunkie Drum & Percussionatin’ Thumpdans – Jerome Brailey,  Bootsy Collins, Larry Fratangelo, Tyrone Lampkin
  • Bass Thumpasaurians – William ‘Bootsy’ Collins, Rodney “Skeet” Curtis, Cordell ‘Boogie’ Mosson
  • Funkadelic Blamgusta Vocaloids (Voices For Da Nation!) – George Clinton, Raymond (Stingray) Davis, Ron Ford, Mallia Franklin, Lynn Mabry,  ‘Junie’ Morrison, Cordell Mosson, Dawn Silva, Gary “Dowop” Shider, Greg Thomas,Jeanette Washington, Debbie Wright

Track listing:

  1. One Nation Under a Groove – George Clinton, Walter Morrison, Garry Shider
  2. Groovallegiance – George Clinton, Walter Morrison, Bernard Worrell
  3. Who Says a Funk Band Can’t Play Rock – George Clinton, Walter Morrison, Michael Hampton
  4. Promentalshitbackwashpsychosis Enema Squad (The Doo Doo Chasers) – George Clinton, Garry Shider, Linda Brown
  5. Into You – George Clinton, Walter Morrison, William Collins
  6. Cholly (Funk getting ready to roll) – George Clinton, Walter Morrison, William Collins