Mothership Connection (Bonus Tracks) (1976) (Remastered)

Product Summary Label: Universal Records UPC: 00044007703229 Release Date: 4/8/2003 Buy.com Sku: 60594253 Item#: MCMGVD Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. P. Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up) ~ Parliament 2. Mothership Connection (Star Child) ~ Parliament 3. Unfunky UFO ~ Parliament 4. Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication ~ Parliament 5. Handcuffs ~ Parliament 6. Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker) ~ Parliament 7. Night Of The Thumpasorus Peoples ~ Parliament 8. Mothership Connection (Star Child) - (promo radio version, bonus track) ~ Parliament   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Parliament: Bootsie Collins (vocals, guitar, bass, drums, percussion); Gary Shider, Glen Goins (vocals, guitar); George Clinton, Calvin Simon, Fuzzy Haskins, Raymond Davis, Grady Thomas (vocals); Michael Hampton (guitar); Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker, Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, Boom, Joe Farrell (horns); Bernie Worrell (keyboards, synthesizer); Cordell Mosson (bass); Tiki Fullwood, Jerome Brailey (drums, percussion); Gary Cooper (drums, percussion, background vocals); Debbie Edwards, Taka Kahn, Archie Ivy, Bryna Chimenti, Rasputin Boutte, Pam Vincent, Debra Wright, Sidney Barnes. Recorded at Limited Sound, Detroit, Michigan and Hollywood Sound, Hollywood, California. Includes liner notes by Tom Vickers (former P-Funk Minister Of Imformation). Parliament was one arm in George Clinton's funk army during the 70s, a large conglomeration of groups and musicians (including Bootsy's Rubber Band, Funkadelic, The Horny Horns and others) dedicated to rewriting the rules of funk, soul and rock. Clinton's bands sounded like James Brown gone mad, partly because of the inclusion of former JB sidemen Bootsy Collins, Maceo Parker and Fred Wesley, but mostly because of the alternate universe they inhabited--a sort of drugged-out traveling sci-fi soul revue. MOTHERSHIP CONNECTION shows why Clinton's formula for funk domination of the free world worked so well. The music is tight and groovy, with heavy bass lines, precise horn runs and ultra-electronic keyboards (provided by Bernie Worrell). The lyrics are often no more than spaced-out spoken word excursions, sounding like Sly Stone reciting Isaac Asimov. And the whole concept and presentation was so totally freaked out that it would catch people off-guard, letting Clinton's teachings and philosophies seep into the unconscious. The most traditionally structured song is a love and bondage number called "Handcuffs," which shows how far Clinton and his P-Funkers had brought funk from the halcyon days of Otis Redding and James Brown. Songs like "P-Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up)" and "Tear The Roof Off The Sucker," with their extended interplay and dazed vocals, helped pave the way for the rise of hip hop as a commercial vehicle. Producer: George Clinton   Compilation Appearances Vol. 1-Pure Funk Millennium Funk Party Funk Box Land Of 1000 Dances - Special Soul & Funk Explosion Black Power: music Of A Revolution Chronic Les: great Breaks From The Ch Old School Soul Party P Funk All Stars Essential Playlist:20 Non Stop Hits F 70's Soul Number 1's Old School Jams 7 Prins Thomas Presents Cosmo Galactic K Tel Presents Superbad Is Back   Associated Artists and Works Axiom Funk Space Cadets Space Cadets (R&B)   Technical Info Release Date : 04/08/2003 Original Release Date : 1976 Catalog ID : 077 032 Label : Mercury Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : AAD UPC : 00044007703229   Professional Reviews Rolling Stone (5/1/03, p.59) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...The masterpiece, the slang creator, the icon builder, the master narrative--or 'the bomb,' as Clinton succinctly put it before anyone else..." Vibe (2/02, p.87) - Included in Vibe's "Essential Black Rock Recordings".    Product Image