No doubt that coasters version is killer. Wish I had some more of parliaments doo wop songs.
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Over the years, P-Funk released a number of Beatles/Lennon/McCartney cover songs. Do they have any more covers from that group of artists that were finished but not released? Also, rumor has it they covered the entire Sgt. Pepperās album. Iāve heard the unfinished title track. Is there a finished cover version of the Sgt. Pepperās album in the vault?
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Never heard of a whole pfunk album covers of Beatles song
I know thereās a cover of I want you on Eddieās album
GC covered john Lennonās mnd games with blackbyrd doing an amazing solo itās worth a listen
Pfunk did a cover of because on the how late album.
Thatās all I can tell you
Off the top of my head, Beatles, Lennon, and McCartney songs covered by P-Funk:
Sgt Pepperās Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Parliaments
I Want You (Sheās So Heavy) - Eddie Hazel
Because - Funkadelic
She Loves You (snippet) - Funkadelic
Mind Games - George Clinton
My Love - Jessica Cleaves/Family Series
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and thereās also Bernie Worrellās live piano cover of Come Together and Let It Be .
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Its a whole universe. Of unreleased p lol
Quite simplyā¦WTF!!!
Mang I donāt know what this is.
what the hell? Any idea when/where this is from?
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Yo, Loc! Long time, man. Hope all is weāll. What/when is this from? Any details?
Funky.
The metadata says track 3, WM/Composer R.Curtis,G.Shider,G.Clinton and 3/24/2008 4:13:09 PM. Thereās one search result on Google from about 5 years ago hinting at this trackās existence.
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Cool! Thanks! Funky trackā¦
I found this on an old hard drive. It may have been from those eBay auctions in 2009. I ended up winning two of the lots. There was an unmarked miniDisc that had some tracks on it. Sadly, all the tapes, CDs and other items, as well as my miniDisc player were stolen from my car in 2012. I did manage to rip most of the interesting stuff.
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Very cool of you to share it! Sorry to hear of the car burglary. Iāve been there, man. 
The other day, I was reading a Steve Panell interview from a few years ago. In reference to the āPlasticā Brain Flam project, he said a handful of Flam tunes were released on the Family Series collection. Does a handful mean thereās more out there that hasnāt been released? If so, how much more? Iād love to hear more tracks from that project.
At some point along the way, the fellas decided that George needed to hear what they were up to. So they hit the road and just showed up to P-Funk HQ one day ā lack of an official invitation not a concern. āWe didnāt get sent for,ā Stevie chuckles. āWe bogarted our way thereā¦ George was like āDamn. Theyāre here.ā We just had in our mind āWeāre gonna go do this.ā George wound up putting them up in a house and handing the fellas off to GARRY SHIDER to start recording an album at United Sound. āHe was just great at what he did,ā says Stevie of Garry. āHe was a hell of a producer to meā¦ He worked good with us. It was a project that I think he was pretty proud of.ā But proud or not, the album was never completed, and the group disbanded. However, George was good enough to include a handful of Flam tunes in the P-Funk Family Series collection. āAt least it didnāt just sit on the shelf,ā Stevie surmises. āSo that was kinda coolā¦ I wanted bigger things to happen from itā¦ but it was a good experience.ā
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Cool interview! Thanks for sharing the link. If there are more tracks on the shelf, hereās hoping we get to hear them. The stuff on The Family Series is tight.
Btw, is that a misprint in the article? The band has always been referred to as āFlastic Brain Flamā or āTreylewdās Flastic Brain Flamā (as opposed to āPlasticā).
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Yeah, I noticed that too. I thought it was a typo, but just in case wasnāt, I went with āPlasticā since thatās how it was referenced in the article.
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