Kosmik Radiation Radio - July 2, 2008 Playlist

July 2, 2008 Playlist

The Fourth Annual
Parliament / Funkadelic
Tribute Spectacular

CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
Parliament "Chocolate City" 1975 (USA)

P-Funk was really two bands in one; after George Clinton's first group The Parliaments "broke up", he reincorporated the group as Funkadelic and signed a contract with Westbound records. Then Parliament "reformed" (with literally the exact same musicians who were also Funkadelic) and signed to Motown offshoot Invictus in 1970, before adding James Brown's horn section and Bootsy Collins on bass and re-signing to Casablanca in 1974, all while Funkadelic continued to make records for the Warner Bros label! Originally the idea was that Parliament was the hooky, horn-driven "pop" group while Funkadelic would remain the heavy psychedelic group, although by 1976 they were regularly touring as "The Parliament Funkadelic" and freely intermixing songs from both groups' albums. This week's CAOTW is the third long player credited to Parliament, one of many immortal albums from the 1970's by "America's greatest band" -- if anything the title track celebrating trends in urban demographics is more relevant today than ever.
Here's several clips of P-Funk in their 1970's heyday: "Mothership Connection" which explains the mythology of the funk, "Dr. Funkenstein" on which George Clinton invents "rapping", as well as the monster jam "Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)" and the guitar showcase "Cosmic Slop". Plus here's James Brown live in 1971: "Ain't It Funky Now" featuring Bootsy Collins on bass (there's a good close up of him -- without shades! -- around 3:30 into the clip.) And here's Jimi Hendrix, the original psychedelic afronaut, playing "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)", the song on which he invented the funky wah-wah style of rhythm guitar, which was also later a posthumous #1 hit single in the UK. And finally here's a rare clip of P-Funk's virtuoso guitar shredder Eddie "Maggot Brain" Hazel.

Artist	Song	Album	Year	Country
Funkadelic	Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow	Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow	1970	USA
Curtis Mayfield	(Don't Worry) If There's A Hell Below We're All Going To Go	Curtis	1970	USA
The Jimi Hendrix Experience	Voodoo Child (Slight Return)	Electric Ladyland	1968	USA/UK

Parliament	Chocolate City	Chocolate City CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK	1975	USA
Stevie Wonder	Do Yourself A Favor	Where I'm Coming From	1971	USA
Sly & The Family Stone	Luv N' Haight	There's A Riot Goin' On	1971	USA
Miles Davis	Black Satin	On The Corner	1972	USA
Isaac Hayes	Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic	Hot Buttered Soul	1969	USA
Parliament	Together	Chocolate City CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK	1975	USA

James Brown & "The Original" JB's (Bootsy Collins on bass)	Soul Power (parts 1, 2 & 3)	A & B sides 7" single (uncut version on Funk Power 1970 CD)	1971	USA
Bootsy's Rubber Band	Bootsy (Get Live)	This Boot Is Made For Fonk-N	1979	USA
Parliament	Dr. Funkenstein	The Clones Of Dr. Funkenstein	1976	USA
Bootsy's Rubber Band	Bootzilla	Bootsy? Player Of The Year	1978	USA

Dr. Dre (with Snoop Dogg)	Let Me Ride "Mothership Connection"	The Chronic	1992	USA
Redman	So Ruff "Flashlight", "Bop Gun" & "More Bounce To The Ounce"	Whut? Thee Album	1992	USA
Cypress Hill	Psychobetabuckdown "Aqua Boogie"	Cypress Hill	1991	USA
De La Soul	Me Myself & I "(Not Just) Knee Deep"	3 Feet High And Rising	1989	USA
Digital Underground	Rhymin' On The Funk "Flashlight" & "Bootzilla"	Sex Packets	1990	USA
Zapp (co-produced by Bootsy)	More Bounce To The Ounce	Zapp	1980	USA

Funkadelic	Hit It And Quit It	Maggot Brain	1971	USA
Funkadelic	You Hit The Nail On The Head	America Eats Its Young	1972	USA
Parliament	The Goose	Up For The Down Stroke	1974	USA
Eddie Hazel	I Want You (She's So Heavy) (Beatles)	Game, Dames And Guitar Thangs	1977	USA
The Jackson 5	I'll Bet You (Funkadelic)	ABC	1970	USA

Funkadelic	Maggot Brain (Live)	One Nation Under A Groove (originally on a bonus 7" single)	1978	USA

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