Parliament – Osmium – 1970

 

Track listing

Side One

1. “I Call My Baby Pussycat” (George Clinton, Eddie Hazel, Billy “Bass” Nelson) – 4:24 (released as a single-Invictus 9077 under the name “A Parliament Thang”)
2. “Put Love in Your Life” (Clinton, Vivian Lewis) – 5:07
3. “Little Ole Country Boy” (Ruth Copeland) – 3:58
4. “Moonshine Heather” (Clinton) – 4:05
5. “Oh Lord, Why Lord/Prayer” (Copeland, P. Trim, based on Pachelbel’s Canon) – 5:00

Side Two

6. “My Automobile” (Clinton, Clarence “Fuzzy” Haskins) – 4:45
7. “Nothing Before Me But Thang” (Clinton, Bobby Harris, Hazel, Bernie Worrell) – 3:56
8. “Funky Woman” (Clinton, Worrell) – 2:56
9. “Livin’ the Life” (Clinton, Nelson, Worrell) – 5:57
10. “The Silent Boatman” (Copeland) – 5:45

Reissue Bonus Tracks

11. “Red Hot Mama”
12. “Breakdown”
13. “Come In Out Of The Rain”
14. “Fantasy is Reality”
15. “Unfinished Instrumental”
16. “Loose Booty”
17. “Breakdown (mono 45 version)”

Personnel

• George Clinton: lead vocals in “Fantasy Is Reality”, “Loose Booty”, “Moonshine Heather”, “Red Hot Mama”, “My Automobile”, “Funky Woman”
• Fuzzy Haskins: lead vocals in “I Call My Baby Pussycat”, “Little Old Country Boy”, “My Automobile”
• Calvin Simon: lead vocals in “I Call My Baby Pussycat”, “Oh Lord Why Lord”, “Livin’ the Life”
• Ray Davis: lead vocals in “I Call My Baby Pussycat”, “Put Love in Your Life”
• Grady Thomas: lead vocals in “I Call My Baby Pussycat”
• Ruth Copeland: vocals
• Eddie Hazel: guitar
• Tawl Ross: guitar
• Billy Bass Nelson: bass guitar
• Mickey Atkins: Hammond organ, piano
• Tiki Fulwood: drums

Note: Personnel as listed in the album credits. Note that some songs also featured session personnel. Garry Shider (guitar), Bernie Worrell (keyboards), and Tyrone Lampkin(drums) also appeared on some non-album tracks that were included in later CD reissues of the album.

Discaço da trupe de George Clinton  aqui numa pegada mais parecida com os primeiros discos do Funkadelic numa pegada funk rockeira psicodélica cheia de guitarras fuzz e  wha wha (Eddie Hazzel quebrando tudo) e cozinha grooveada monstra.

Depois o grupo foi pro lado mais groove mesmo sem tantas experimentações que ficaram mais com o Funkadelic mesmo (eram praticamente a mesma banda)

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