FUNKADELIC "Maggot Brain" 12 Inch Vinyl LP Stereo 33RPM 1971 WB - 2007 VG+

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                                                                   FUNKADELIC
Funkadelic is an American band that was most prominent during the 1970s. The band and its sister act Parliament, both led by George Clinton, pioneered the funk music culture of that decade. The group that would become Funkadelic was originally formed by George Clinton in 1964, as the unnamed musical backing for his doo wop group The Parliaments while on tour. The band originally consisted of musicians Frankie Boyce, Richard Boyce, and Langston Booth plus the five members of the Parliaments on vocals. Boyce, Boyce, and Booth enlisted in the Army in 1966, and Clinton recruited bassist Billy Bass Nelson and guitarist Eddie Hazel in 1967, then also added guitarist Tawl Ross and drummer Tiki Fulwood. The band name "Funkadelic" was coined by Nelson after the band relocated to Detroit. By 1968, because of a dispute with Revilot, the record company that owned the name "The Parliaments," the ensemble began playing under the name Funkadelic.


                                                   Maggot Brain
                1971 Westbound Records        WB - 2007    Unipak Gatefold




Maggot Brain is the third studio album by the American funk band Funkadelic. It was recorded at Universal Studios in Detroit during late 1970 and early 1971, before being released in July 1971 by Westbound Records. Shortly after Maggot Brain was recorded, Tawl Ross, Eddie Hazel, Billy Nelson, and Tiki Fulwood left the band for various reasons.


AllMusic Review by Ned Raggett
It starts with a crackle of feedback shooting from speaker to speaker and a voice intoning, "Mother Earth is pregnant for the third time, for y'all have knocked her up" and talking about rising "above it all or drown in my own sh*t." This could only have been utterly bizarre back in 1971 and it's no less so decades later; though the Mothership was well on its way already, Maggot Brain really helped it take off. The instrumental title track is the key reason to listen, specifically for Eddie Hazel's lengthy, mind-melting solo. George Clinton famously told Hazel to play "like your momma had just died," and the resulting evocation of melancholy and sorrow doesn't merely rival Jimi Hendrix's work, but arguably bests a lot of it. Accompanied by another softer guitar figure providing gentle rhythm for the piece, the end result is simply fantastic, an emotional apocalypse of sound. Maggot Brain is bookended by another long number, "Wars of Armageddon," a full-on jam from the band looping in freedom chants and airport-departure announcements to the freak-out. In between are a number of short pieces, finding the collective merrily cooking up some funky stew of the slow and smoky variety. There are folky blues and gospel testifying on "Can You Get to That" (one listen and a lot of Primal Scream's mid-'90s career is instantly explained) and wry but warm reflections on interracial love on "You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks," its drum hits distorted to give a weird electronic edge to the results. "Super Stupid" is a particular killer, pounding drums and snarling guitar laying down the boogie hard and hot, while "Hit It and Quit It" has a great chorus and Bernie Worrell getting in a fun keyboard solo to boot.

Tracks 
                            A1 Maggot Brain Written-By – E. Hazel*, G. Clinton* 10:10 A2 Can You Get To That Written-By – E. Harris*, G. Clinton* 2:45 A3 Hit It And Quit It Written-By – B. Nelson*, G. Shila*, G. Clinton* 3:44 A4 You And Your Folks, Me And My Folks Written-By – B. Worrell*, G. Clinton*, J. Jones* 3:29 B1 Super Stupid Written-By – B. Nelson*, E. Hazel*, G. Clinton*, L. Ross* 3:53 B2 Back In Our Minds Written-By – C. Haskins* 2:35 B3 Wars Of Armageddon Written-By – B. Worrell*, G. Clinton*, L. Ross*, R. Fulwood* 9:28

Companies, etc.

• Distributed By – Janus Records
• Published By – Bridgeport Music, Inc.
• Made By – Shorewood Packaging
• Lacquer Cut At – Mastercraft

Credits

• Art Direction – David Krieger
• Coordinator [Album Co-ordination] – Dorothy Schwartz
• Design [Album Design] – Paula Bisacca, The Graffiteria
• Executive-Producer – Armen Boladian
• Lacquer Cut By – HC*
• Management [In Charge Of The Éegangas] – Bernie Mendelson
• Photography By [Cover] – Joel Brodsky
• Photography By [Inside Cover] – Ron Scribner
• Producer – George Clinton
• Promotion – Bigland Music Industry Public Relations
• Supervised By [Album Supervision] – Bob Scerbo

Notes

Condition:  

VG +  = Very Good  . Vinyl has a few surface scuffs and/or very minor scratches (but no ‘feeler’ scratches). Label shows some evidence of wear, no writing. Jacket has some seam splits and 1-2 small hairline creases and/or minor chipping at edges or bumped corners, some ring wear, no writing, no liquid stains. 

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