I’m going to see DJ Krush in the new year at the jazz cafe. Nice one
That’s awesome!
Here’s what p-funk related stuff I got last year.
I listened a lot to the Altered Beats album. It’s a Cut Chemist/Kid Koala type of record from the 90’s, like mixtape/turntable stuff. It’s compiled by Laswell and got Bernie and Jerome Brailey on it. And there are also two mixes of Bootsy’s If 6 Was 9, one of them by Prince Paul.
Another interesting record I got was the Waltz Of A Ghetto Fly 7". Released 5 years before the album and credited to “Mr Fiddler”, not to Amp…
Zillatron, Andre Foxxe, the Mr Fiddler album and that Boot-Legged-Bootsy are CDs. Waiting on the vinyl releases.
silentboatman’s massive collection blows mine away, but I’m working on it. I did add a lot to my collection this year, started buying from discogs and went a little crazy, mostly replacing CDr copies friends shared with me with legit CDs and also starting to build up my p-funk vinyl:
CD replacements of CDrs:
Bernie Worrell - Blacktronic Science
Bernie Worrell - Pieces Of Woo: The Other Side
Bootsy Collins - The One Giveth, The Count Taketh Away
Bootsy’s Rubber Band - Jungle Bass
Bootsy’s Rubber Band - Original Album Series (I needed Stretchin’ Out & This Boot)
The Brides Of Funkenstein - Funk Or Walk
The Brides Of Funkenstein - Never Buy Texas From A Cowboy
Digital Underground - Sons Of The P
Fred Wesley And The Horny Horns - A Blow For Me, A Toot For You
Fred Wesley And The Horny Horns - Say Blow By Blow Backwards
Fred Wesley And The Horny Horns - The Final Blow
Funkadelic - Reworked By Detroiters
Fuzzy Haskins - A Whole Nother Radioactive Thang
George Clinton - R&B Skeletons In The Closet
George Clinton & The P-Funk All Stars - Funk Um Agin… For The First Time
George Clinton & The P-Funk All Stars - Summer Swim
Mr. Fiddler - With Respect
Parlet - Invasion Of The Booty Snatchers
Parlet - Play Me Or Trade Me
Parlet - Pleasure Principle
The Red Hot Chili Peppers - Freaky Styley
Ruth Copeland Featuring Parliament - Self Portrait / I Am What I Am
Trey Lewd - Drop The Line
Umar Bin Hassan - Be Bop Or Be Dead
Various - George Clinton Presents Our Gang Funky
Zapp - Zapp
building my vinyl P-Funk collection:
Axiom Funk - Funkcronomicon
Axiom Funk Featuring Bootsy Collins - If 6 Was 9
Bernie Worrell - Wave From The Universe (also got this one on CD)
Eddie Hazel - Game, Dames And Guitar Thangs
Funkadelic - America Eats Its Young
Funkadelic - Cosmic Slop
Funkadelic - Free Your Mind… And Your Ass Will Follow
Funkadelic - Funkadelic
Funkadelic - Let’s Take It To The Stage
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
Funkadelic - One Nation Under A Groove
Funkadelic - Reworked By Detroiters
Funkadelic - Shake The Gate (Version Excursion)
Funkadelic - Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On
Funkadelic - Tales Of Kidd Funkadelic
Funkadelic - The Electric Spanking Of War Babies
George Clinton - Hey Man… Smell My Finger (Promo)
George Clinton & The P-Funk All Stars - If Anybody Gets Funked Up (It’s Gonna Be You)
George Clinton & The P-Funk All Stars - Summer Swim
Parliament - Mothership Connection
Parliament - Osmium
Parliament - Up For The Down Stroke
Parliament, Funkadelic & The P-Funk All Stars - Dope Dogs
Various - The Westbound Sound: Westbound Records Curated By Record Store Day
plus some odds & ends & new stuff (to me anyway):
420 Funk Mob - Atlantic City 4/20/22 download
Bernie Worrell - Retrospectives CD
George Clinton & The P-Funk All Stars - P-Funk Unreleased Remix CD
Octavepussy Featuring Parliament Funkadelic - Straight From #1 Bimini Road CD
I also added a bunch to my other obsession, my Prince collection, including Prince & The NPG - One Nite Alone… The Aftershow: It Ain’t Over! 2LP, which George is on.
Still some CDrs I want to replace in 2025 and a bunch of vinyl I still want. I’m not stopping…
Edit: almost forgot, also bought the new edition of Kris Needs’ book and a friend got me one of the George Clinton Funko Pop figures.
Nice stuff! I been thinking about buying that Smell My Finger promo vinyl (that you got) for a while now. Maybe this is the year.
It’s a good one to get, and it’s split over 2 records so the quality is niiice. I have a special love for 90s P-Funk as that is when I was a new fan. Just had to get that one, Funkcronomicon and Dope Dogs and still really, really want TAPOAFOM but haven’t yet found a good price on one that’s in VG+ or better condition.
One of my favorites is missing that I highly recommend. I don’t see Eddie Hazel’s Rest In P on the list. If you don’t have it search it out. It’s excellent!!!
Yes that’s true, I don’t have that one! I love Game, Dames And Guitar Thangs and Jams From The Heart, so I should definitely check that one out.
I got my hands on the cd a while ago. Shit is dope.
No matter how many solos he does in a record, when it fades I always feel like he’s just getting started and there’s a feeling I’m missing out on something really special, just around the corner…
Or something like that