Album
Mothership Connection
1975 · Funk / Soul
54 collectors on Gatefold own this
Mothership Connection is a Soul & Funk album by Parliament, originally released in 1975. On Gatefold: 98 pressings tracked, owned by 54 collectors.
About
With 1976's <i>Mothership Connection</i>, George Clinton's motley posse of costumed freaks made the quantum leap from sizzling proto-funk band to bona-fide extraterrestrial phenomenon. Featuring fantastically layered grooves and instruments making noises they weren't designed to, this is party music at its most psychedelic-and that's <i>before</i> delving too deep into the outer-space messiah theme. With Maceo Parker and Fred Wesley purloined from the JBs horn section; career weirdo Bootsy Collins on bass; and the brilliant Bernie Worrell on piano, Parliament fashions a funk Frankenstein from the most way-out elements of rock, R&B and jazz. Sublimely weird moments abound, from the "ga ga goo ga" chorus and farting keyboards of "Night of the Thumpasorus Peoples" to the striking and spiritual "Swing down sweet chariot" bridge that breaks up the title track. More than just a novelty band (or thieving ground for hip-hoppers' hooks), Parliament was a force of unbridled creativity unleashed on the dance floor. Booties everywhere should give thanks.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1P. Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up)7:42
- A2Mothership Connection (Star Child)6:14
- A3Unfunky UFO4:24
Side B
- B1Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication5:01
- B2Handcuffs4:01
- B3Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)5:45
- B4Night Of The Thumpasorus Peoples5:12
Sound DNA
- Soul & Funk
- Funk
- bassheavy
- celebratory
- spacey
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Archie IvyBACKING VOCALS BACKING VOCALS , HANDCLAPS BACKING VOCALS, HANDCLAPS
- Bernie WorrellARRANGED BY ARRANGED BY , KEYBOARDS, SYNTHESIZER KEYBOARDS, ARRANGED BY
- BoomHORNS MUSICIAN , HORNS MUSICIAN, HORNS
- Bootsy CollinsARRANGED BY , BASS, DRUMS, PERCUSSION, GUITAR, VOCALS BASS DRUMS, PERCUSSION
- Bryna ChimentiBACKING VOCALS BACKING VOCALS , HANDCLAPS BACKING VOCALS, HANDCLAPS
- Calvin SimonVOCALS
- Cordell MossonBASS MUSICIAN , BASS MUSICIAN, BASS
- Debbie EdwardsBACKING VOCALS BACKING VOCALS , HANDCLAPS BACKING VOCALS, HANDCLAPS
- Debbie WrightBACKING VOCALS BACKING VOCALS , HANDCLAPS BACKING VOCALS, HANDCLAPS
- Fred WesleyARRANGED BY ARRANGED BY , HORNS HORNS
- Fuzzy HaskinsVOCALS
- Garry ShiderGUITAR GUITAR, VOCALS MUSICIAN , GUITAR
- Gary Mudbone CooperBACKING VOCALS BACKING VOCALS , HANDCLAPS DRUMS, PERCUSSION
- George ClintonVOCALS VOCALS, RHYTHM SECTION
- Glen GoinsGUITAR GUITAR, VOCALS MUSICIAN , GUITAR
- Grady ThomasVOCALS
- Jerome BraileyDRUMS DRUMS, PERCUSSION MUSICIAN , DRUMS, PERCUSSION
- Joe FarrellHORNS MUSICIAN , HORNS MUSICIAN, HORNS
54 collectors on Gatefold own this · 98 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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