# New WOO - Wave from the WOOniverse **URL:** \ **Category:** Records/Books\ **Tags:** bernie-worrell\ **Created:** [February 16, 2024, 1:11am UTC](https://pfunkforums.com/t/new-woo-wave-from-the-wooniverse/1373 "2024-02-16T01:11:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![silentboatman](https://pfunkforums.com/user_avatar/pfunkforums.com/silentboatman/32/11_2.png) [@silentboatman](https://pfunkforums.com/u/silentboatman)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 1:11am UTC](https://pfunkforums.com/t/new-woo-wave-from-the-wooniverse/1373/1 "2024-02-16T01:11:24Z")
Org Music / Loantaka Records will release this 2LP album with new Bernie material on RSD 2024 (April 20). ![wave_from_the_wooniverse](https://pfunkforums.com/uploads/default/original/2X/1/12a4868e408748197e76fddd12602d104f1bcd4a.jpeg) The tracks on this album are originally unfinished Bernie-tracks, that different artists played on and completed. It will apparently also include an unreleased Funkadelic track called _Contusion_. Really interesting! I wonder what year it’s from. Here’s the tracklist. > **A1** Intro (Reflections on a Bird) > **A2** Distant Star - feat Jerry Harrison > **A3** What Have they Done to My Funk - feat Bootsy, Michael Moon Reuben, Ouiwey and Buckethead > **A4** Heapin’ Bowl of Gumbo - feat Leo Nocentelli, Fred Wesley and Stanton Moore > **B1** Re-Enter Black Light (Phase II) - feat Sean Ono Lennon > **B2** The Big WOO - feat Fred Schneider, Marco Benevento and Steve Scales > **B3** Greenpoint - feat Steven Bernstein > **C1** Soldiers of the Stars - feat Daru Jones and Eric McFadden > **C2** When The Rain Subsides - feat Will Calhoun > **C3** Pedro WOO - feat Mike Watt > **C4** Contusion (Funkadelic) > **D1** Transcendence - feat Marc Ribot and Norwood Fisher > **D2** Wave From the WOOniverse - feat Miho Hatori # It will cost $45. It’s a ‘RSD First’-release with a quantity of 2000. _RSD First_ means that it may be released to other retailers in the future. I could only find it on the US record store day site, so don’t know if it’s an only-US-RSD-release or if it will drop later in Europe.. Here’s links to [orgmusic](https://orgmusic.com/blogs/news/record-store-day-2024-the-list) and [recordstoreday](https://recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/17849). ---
**Author:** ![Seventieslord](https://pfunkforums.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f475e1/32.png) [@Seventieslord](https://pfunkforums.com/u/Seventieslord)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 7:53pm UTC](https://pfunkforums.com/t/new-woo-wave-from-the-wooniverse/1373/2 "2024-02-16T19:53:58Z")
Wowzers! Amazing. How much more unreleased Bernie music could there be. The guy was so prolific and featured on so many recordings while he was alive, I’m still shocked that it’s 8 years after he died and we’re seeing completely new recordings seeing the light of day. We are blessed. What a time to be alive. I won’t be buying this, and probably won’t even have an opportunity to buy it. But I’m certainly excited to see it come out on CD or at least in digital form. My most anticipated release of the year, I’m sure. ---
**Author:** ![silentboatman](https://pfunkforums.com/user_avatar/pfunkforums.com/silentboatman/32/11_2.png) [@silentboatman](https://pfunkforums.com/u/silentboatman)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2024, 11:36am UTC](https://pfunkforums.com/t/new-woo-wave-from-the-wooniverse/1373/3 "2024-02-17T11:36:10Z")
He recorded so much it’s crazy 🙂. On Bernie’s fb page it says _“more ways to listen will be coming around after”_. So yeah, CD or digital. I really like the cover. It’s by [Raeghan Buchanan](https://www.instagram.com/peppermint_raygun) that also made the awesome book [_The Secret History of Black Punk_](https://store.silversprocket.net/products/the-secret-history-of-black-punk-record-zero-by-raeghan-buchanan). ![history_of_black_punk](https://pfunkforums.com/uploads/default/original/2X/0/00f8c839f51f65210082110784c5a5751461606d.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Dj\_D](https://pfunkforums.com/user_avatar/pfunkforums.com/dj_d/32/953_2.png) [@Dj\_D](https://pfunkforums.com/u/Dj_D)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2024, 6:01pm UTC](https://pfunkforums.com/t/new-woo-wave-from-the-wooniverse/1373/4 "2024-04-20T18:01:25Z")
Just got halfway through this album…wow! I had high hopes & they have been exceeded. This might be my favorite Bernie release. The only disappointing thing is its not on purple vinyl. ---
**Author:** ![silentboatman](https://pfunkforums.com/user_avatar/pfunkforums.com/silentboatman/32/11_2.png) [@silentboatman](https://pfunkforums.com/u/silentboatman)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2024, 1:53pm UTC](https://pfunkforums.com/t/new-woo-wave-from-the-wooniverse/1373/5 "2024-04-21T13:53:23Z")
I also really like it! Was worried it would be too eclectic, a mashup of too many styles, but that’s not the case. It flows really nicely. Was also positively surprised that it had Mobile Fidelity type of inner sleeves. Feels like they’ve thought about the details. The ones I like the most (at the moment 🙂) is _Intro (Reflections on a Bird)_, _Re-Enter Black Light_ and the title track. The title track makes me think of early hiphop beats. For y’all that haven’t got it yet, it doesn’t say on the record from what year the Funkadelic track is from. But it sounds like an early Funkadelic jam. 3 minutes with Eddie, Billy, Tiki and Bernie. Nice stuff! ---
**Author:** ![OooBooBeeDoop](https://pfunkforums.com/user_avatar/pfunkforums.com/oooboobeedoop/32/432_2.png) [@OooBooBeeDoop](https://pfunkforums.com/u/OooBooBeeDoop)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2024, 12:34am UTC](https://pfunkforums.com/t/new-woo-wave-from-the-wooniverse/1373/6 "2024-04-23T00:34:15Z")
I went out a bought this early Saturday morning and listened to it the rest of the day. It’s just one hard funk bomb after another. Man there are some serious grooves on here. ---
**Author:** ![djThunderfunk](https://pfunkforums.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@djThunderfunk](https://pfunkforums.com/u/djThunderfunk)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://pfunkforums.com/t/new-woo-wave-from-the-wooniverse/1373/7 "2024-05-30T14:34:33Z")
(My first post on the forum!) I got this on Record Store Day but didn’t have access to my turntable until this week. Finally got to hear it and Wow! I think this might be my favorite release from Bernie since… EVER! This is a GREAT record. Judie and/or whomever she got to help her with the compilation did a fantastic job. ---
**Author:** ![silentboatman](https://pfunkforums.com/user_avatar/pfunkforums.com/silentboatman/32/11_2.png) [@silentboatman](https://pfunkforums.com/u/silentboatman)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 5:34pm UTC](https://pfunkforums.com/t/new-woo-wave-from-the-wooniverse/1373/8 "2024-05-30T17:34:18Z")
Welcome to the forum @djThunderfunk! I believe Evan Taylor (the drummer of Bernie Worrell Orchestra) was the driving force behind this project. ---
**Author:** ![djThunderfunk](https://pfunkforums.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@djThunderfunk](https://pfunkforums.com/u/djThunderfunk)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 7:18pm UTC](https://pfunkforums.com/t/new-woo-wave-from-the-wooniverse/1373/9 "2024-05-30T19:18:47Z")
Thanks for the welcome and the info! He did an amazing job compiling because it all fits so well together. ---
**Author:** ![lotusflow3r](https://pfunkforums.com/user_avatar/pfunkforums.com/lotusflow3r/32/1197_2.png) [@lotusflow3r](https://pfunkforums.com/u/lotusflow3r)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2024, 4:29pm UTC](https://pfunkforums.com/t/new-woo-wave-from-the-wooniverse/1373/10 "2024-05-31T16:29:06Z")
Oh! @djThunderfunk, you’re here, too? 😁 (Databank from the purple board here 😊) ---
**Author:** ![djThunderfunk](https://pfunkforums.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@djThunderfunk](https://pfunkforums.com/u/djThunderfunk)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2024, 5:04pm UTC](https://pfunkforums.com/t/new-woo-wave-from-the-wooniverse/1373/11 "2024-05-31T17:04:50Z")
I’m a noob! 😆 ---
**Author:** ![swang](https://pfunkforums.com/user_avatar/pfunkforums.com/swang/32/2692_2.png) [@swang](https://pfunkforums.com/u/swang)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2024, 8:12pm UTC](https://pfunkforums.com/t/new-woo-wave-from-the-wooniverse/1373/12 "2024-05-31T20:12:42Z")
@djThunderfunk testin’ positive 4 the funk… ---
**Author:** ![djThunderfunk](https://pfunkforums.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@djThunderfunk](https://pfunkforums.com/u/djThunderfunk)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2024, 9:04pm UTC](https://pfunkforums.com/t/new-woo-wave-from-the-wooniverse/1373/13 "2024-05-31T21:04:57Z")
I’ll gladly p in anybody’s cup. 🕶 ---
**Author:** ![silentboatman](https://pfunkforums.com/user_avatar/pfunkforums.com/silentboatman/32/11_2.png) [@silentboatman](https://pfunkforums.com/u/silentboatman)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2024, 9:36am UTC](https://pfunkforums.com/t/new-woo-wave-from-the-wooniverse/1373/14 "2024-07-02T09:36:37Z")
If anybody found this topic from an external link, here’s [another topic about the CD](https://pfunkforums.com/t/wave-from-the-wooniverse-cd-shortly-coming/1479). ---
**Author:** ![silentboatman](https://pfunkforums.com/user_avatar/pfunkforums.com/silentboatman/32/11_2.png) [@silentboatman](https://pfunkforums.com/u/silentboatman)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 3:38pm UTC](https://pfunkforums.com/t/new-woo-wave-from-the-wooniverse/1373/15 "2024-07-15T15:38:59Z")
> [@silentboatman](#): > > For y’all that haven’t got it yet, it doesn’t say on the record from what year the Funkadelic track is from. But it sounds like an early Funkadelic jam. 3 minutes with Eddie, Billy, Tiki and Bernie. Nice stuff! Judie [wrote on fb](https://www.facebook.com/groups/86182551625/posts/10159372874706626/?comment_id=10159372954796626&reply_comment_id=10159373174011626) that it was recorded when Bernie first joined. So I guess it’s from 1970 (or maybe late 1969?). ---
**Author:** ![silentboatman](https://pfunkforums.com/user_avatar/pfunkforums.com/silentboatman/32/11_2.png) [@silentboatman](https://pfunkforums.com/u/silentboatman)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://pfunkforums.com/t/new-woo-wave-from-the-wooniverse/1373/16 "2025-08-08T19:27:04Z")
Not too long ago this album got a Japan CD release. It got an extra disc with 3 bonus tracks. You can listen to snippets of them [over at Juno](https://www.juno.co.uk/products/bernie-worrell-wave-from-the-wooniverse-cd/1092187-01/). ---
**Author:** ![Seventieslord](https://pfunkforums.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f475e1/32.png) [@Seventieslord](https://pfunkforums.com/u/Seventieslord)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://pfunkforums.com/t/new-woo-wave-from-the-wooniverse/1373/17 "2025-08-14T17:00:19Z")
Nice! I came in here to say this, since this showed up on Discogs lately. Not only that, but it has the nicer artwork from the LP, instead of from the 1CD version. Also, for anyone wondering, “Lucy” is not the same recording from the “Bernie Worrell and the Woo Warriors Live” EP that can be found on Bandcamp (and that EP is definitely not Live but was for some reason given that title when it was added to Bandcamp a few years ago). EDIT: I wasn’t 100% certain that I was going to buy it, but as of now that’s a moot point because it’s marked as sold out. Kinda strange for something with such niche appeal, that was released in the past month. ---
**Author:** ![silentboatman](https://pfunkforums.com/user_avatar/pfunkforums.com/silentboatman/32/11_2.png) [@silentboatman](https://pfunkforums.com/u/silentboatman)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2025, 11:08am UTC](https://pfunkforums.com/t/new-woo-wave-from-the-wooniverse/1373/18 "2025-08-18T11:08:45Z")
Seems like Juno only had one or two copies. But if you really want it, you can get it from [Amazon Japan](https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/dp/B0F9DYS8LK) or [HMV Japan](https://www.hmv.co.jp/en/artist_Bernie-Worrell_000000000015550/item_Wave-From-The-WOOniverse_15959695). # The liner notes in the Japanese release had almost nothing about who’s playing on the bonus tracks. So I talked to Evan Taylor and he gave me all the info. Big shout out to Evan! 🔥 **Everybody Needs A Wizard** _Original recording unknown._ Bernie Worrell - keys Nick Jackson - vocals Evan Taylor - backing vocals Michael “Moon” Rueben - guitars Michael Moore Jerome - drums Justin Mullens - trumpet Shlomi Cohen - saxes Horns arranged by Justin Mullens Mixed by Spencer Guerra (at Loantaka Sound, Los Angeles, CA) Produced by Evan Taylor # **Lucy** _Original sessions from sometime in the 1990s. Location unknown. Track sheets lost. As @Seventieslord already pointed out, this is a new version of the track Lucy that’s on that “live” EP on bandcamp._ Bernie Worrell - keys, vocals Catherine Russell - vocals Evan Taylor - drums, backing vocals, claps Tim Young - guitar Ana Becker - chant vocals Justin Mullens - trumpet Peter Hess - saxes John Nyboer - claps DJ Ethos - scratching Horns arranged by Justin Mullens Mixed by Spencer Guerra Produced by Evan Taylor Additional engineering by Spencer Guerra, Ana Becker, Tim Young and DJ Ethos # **La Vignette De La Maestro** _This is a really beautiful track. It’s a re-imagination of the track Judicious that’s on Bernie’s album I Don’t Even Know. The multi track was lost, so Spencer Guerra (their engineer) had to isolate the frequencies from that master to mix it._ _Lili was supposed to be on the initial release of “Wave from the WOOniverse”, but they weren’t able to coordinate the schedules. They wanted to work with a track that was really emotional and true to Bernie’s heart. He adored Lili so it seemed fitting that they would be joined again._ Bernie Worrell - keys Lili Haydn - violin Mixed by Spencer Guerra Produced by Bernie Worrell, Lili Haydn, Spencer Guerra and Evan Taylor