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"As Good as I Can Feel" (recorded in 1969 and scheduled as Westbound W 149 (instrumental)) George Clinton, Clarence Haskins: 2:31: 12. "Open Our Eyes" (Westbound W 150) Leon Lumpkins: 3:58: 13. "Qualify and Satisfy" (45 version – Westbound W 150) George Clinton, Edward Hazel: 3:00: 14. "Music for My Mother" (Instrumental 45 version ...
In a positive review, AllMusic's Ned Raggett felt that both the album and title track are worthy of the credo and that the other songs range from "the good to astoundingly great." [ 8 ] Record Collector magazine's Paul Rigby called Free Your Mind a "superb" album which mixes "a dirty groove with wacked-out sound effects and razor-sharp lyrics ...
Funkadelic Live: Meadowbrook, Rochester, Michigan 12th September 1971 is a 1996 live release featuring the only official in-concert recording from early in the career of Funkadelic. Westbound Records owner Armen Boladian had decided to record the show without the band's prior notice, for a possible official live album release.
George Edward Clinton [6] (born July 22, 1941 [7]) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and bandleader. [8] His Parliament-Funkadelic collective (which primarily recorded under the distinct band names Parliament and Funkadelic) developed an influential and eclectic form of funk music during the 1970s that drew on Afrofuturism, outlandish fashion, psychedelia, and surreal humor. [9]
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications (sales thresholds)US [1]US R&B [2]UK [3]Funkadelic: Released: February 24, 1970; Label: Westbound Formats: Vinyl, CD 126 8
As Funkadelic, the group signed to Westbound in 1968. Around this time, the group's music evolved from soul and doo wop into a harder guitar-driven mix of psychedelic rock, soul and funk, much influenced by the popular musical (and political) movements of the time. Jimi Hendrix, Sly Stone, the MC5, and Vanilla Fudge were major inspirations. [8]
According to Tom Vickers, who served as Minister of Information for Parliament-Funkadelic from 1976 to 1980, during an impromptu performance in front of the United Nations, a woman who accompanied George Clinton to the event witnessed a U.N worker hoisting the flags in front of the building. When Clinton asked the woman what she thought, she ...
The group recorded the five songs presented on this album, and the tracks "Baby I Owe You Something Good" and "I Miss My Baby" were originally released as a one-off single by Westbound in 1972. [2] The release was credited to "U.S. Music with Funkadelic", which was probably meant to denote "U.S. with Music by Funkadelic" or simply "U.S. with ...