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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