i’m curious about what you guys consider lost media within the P-Funk community. it could range from live shows, albums, lost videos, interviews and etc.
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I’m not exactly sure about the definition of lost media. But the first thing I came to think of was the CD-releases from the early 2000s. Like Garry Shider’s two albums, Diaperman Goes Starchild and Diaperman, The Second Coming. And also Kash’s Kash Up Front.
Another one could be GC’s If Anybody Gets Funked Up single that had some interactive stuff. You could see the video and I remember that you could click around and GC would say stuff. It’s not really lost since you can get it from discogs, but you would need a CD-ROM player.. Maybe more the case of a lost media player. 
And yeah, this guy’s recording. That’s definitely “lost media”.
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For me, it would be video of Michael “Clip” Payne wearing the diaper and emerging from a giant egg during the “Egg tour”.
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that early lost recording of the band is very interesting as we’ve barely had any leaks from that time period as a whole and only majority has only been photos. it would be real interesting to watch live performances from them during this time period.
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definitely one of (if not) the most sought out grails of the P-Funk community. i feel like this is another period that we’ve barely had leaks from with only like one or two shows having been leaked.
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another interesting topic are master copies to all leaked shows from 70’s - 90’s. most leaked shows are very low quality because of the generation of the VHS they were ripped off.
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Great thread. I was just thinking about this same thing again today.
Not actually “lost” but I have been dying for the shows from January 1977 that were partially released on the 4CD live sets from 1993 to be released as complete shows. Hopefully the full shows are intact and will be released one day.
2026 is the 50th anniversary of the Mothership so massive live boxset would have been nice.
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