The Detroit 1982 show

[silentboatman]

Continuing the discussion from Xavier feat. P-Funk Sampling in Sonic CD:

@Vampidemic

This live show (audio only) recently popped up on YouTube from 1982:

P-Funk @ Detroit, MI 1982 repaired version

In a couple songs, George can be heard leading chants which strike me as derivative of “Work That Sucker to Death”. However, I think he is saying “Suck that worker to death” in the live recording, which I don’t recall hearing in the Xavier version.

This is an interesting show in general. I believe it has Dennis Chambers on drums, and you can hear some of the arrangements the band used on the Atomic Dog tour developing, though the lineup is missing some of the “All Star” players that came back in ‘83 (no Bernie or Maceo and I think Skeet was out at this point, though it’s hard to say exactly who all was in the lineup just based on the audio as there are no band member introductions as there were for the Atomic Dog Tour).

Yes, this show is really interesting! I think it’s the only show I heard that’s between Parliament-Funkadelic’s “last show”, that show where everybody got money for a bus ticket home (around summer 1981 right?), and the Atomic Dog tour early 1983.

GC mentions the P-Funk All Stars, could that perhaps be the first time that name was mentioned? Urban Dancefloor Guerillas came out the year after. But maybe the 7"s on Hump Records came out before the album. Anybody know when they were released?

P-Funk @ Detroit, MI 1982 repaired version

[Unclejam]

The 7’s on hump were released in 1982 (One Of Those Summers/ It’s To Funky In Here) and in 1983
(Hydrulic Pump) along with Urban Dancefloor Guerillas on CBS/Uncle Jam Records