PARLIAMENT FUNKENTELECHY FACTORY SEALED ORIG SOUL/FUNK LP POSTER + COMIC BOOK
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May 22, 2014 Sold Date
May 17, 2014 Start Date
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PARLIAMENT~FUNKENTELECHY~FACTORY SEALED ORIG SOUL/FUNK LP~POSTER + COMIC BOOK!!

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PARLIAMENT "FUNKENTELECHY" CASABLANCA NBLP 7084
AMAZING FIND! A STILL-SEALED ORIGINAL CASABLANCA PRESSING FROM 1977 - 37 YEARS AGO!! INCLUDES THE ORIGINAL FOLDOUT POSTER AND COMIC BOOK FEATURING THE ADVENTURES OF SIR NOSE D'VOIDOFFUNK!! TOP RIGHT CORNER IS CUT.
Parliament simply poured it on for this amazing album, clearly one of its all-time best. At least one band named itself after a lyric -- Urge Overkill, taken from the song "Funkentelechy" itself -- while the amount of times this album has been sampled for the music is uncountable. Besides having an absolutely wonderful name, it contained at least three of the finest Parliament tunes ever, including arguably its signature song. "Flash Light," which closes Funkentelechy on a riotous high, has it all -- a brilliant fake ending, instant singalong value, a synth-bassline to kill for from Bernie Worrell, and so much more. As the album ends, so too does it begin, with a stone-cold classic -- "Bop Gun (Endangered Species)." Starting with a brisk little guitar figure and beat, it turns into an instant party on all fronts, with great lead vocals and an addictive chorus, the Horny Horns and company hitting the grooves and blasting hard. Worrell's laser noises and shimmering keyboard leads and Cordell Mosson's monster bass squelches send everything all that much more over the top. Another song title says it all -- "Sir Nose D'Voidoffunk (Pay Attention -- B3M)." Treated with vocoders to an absurd degree, Sir Nose became the legendary enemy of funk, specifically the Starchild, on many a P-Funk recording (that's the two of them on the hilarious cover, the Starchild himself operating the Bop Gun). The throwaway lines in this song are almost legendary in and of themselves, while the music itself is a great slow build and burn rhythm that piles more on as it goes, with singers, horns, and more taking it to a climax. "Funkentelechy" and "The Placebo Syndrome" both have plenty of goodness as well, while "Wizards of Finance" is an amusing retro diversion, helping make Funkentelechy the highlight it is.
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